Atomic City Tales

Jay Stephens’ Atomic City Tales is a three-issue series from Kitchen Sink Press, launched in 1996, that serves as a love letter to the golden age of comic strips and pulp adventure. Stephens both writes and illustrates the book, channeling a retro-futuristic aesthetic through its tales of a quirky, suburban city where the bizarre and the mundane collide. Though brief, the series stands out for its meticulous, charmingly off-kilter world-building and its creator’s singular vision, making it a cult gem for fans of idiosyncratic, creator-driven comics.