Red Shetland

A moody, low-circulation 11-issue run from GraphXPress (1989–1998), Red Shetland is a strange, minor-key comic that pairs the colossal kaiju Mothra with a gritty, noir-tinged world. The series is most consistently shaped by writer Richard Konkle, who also contributes art alongside Terrie Smith and Scott Ruggels, giving the book a raw, DIY feel. It matters as an oddball artifact of late-'80s/early-'90s indie comics, a time when creators could freely pull a beloved Japanese monster into their own strange, small-press universe.