If you want a title that reads like Twin Peaks mixed with your standard high school acid trip, then Drumhellar might be exactly what you’re looking for. And, man, issue #4 feels like a giant dose of both.

Here’s the official word from Image:

When an immortal talk radio celebrity discovers a slight problem with living forever, he turns to Drum Hellar, the psychedelic detective, for help. But Drum’s got problems of his own. He’s in prison, in the doghouse with his girlfriend and in serious need of drugs! He’ll have to take desperate—and deadly—action!

It’s hard to know where to begin when trying to review Drumhellar since doing so is like trying to catalog a dream — creators Riley Rossmo and Alex Link have created a title unlike anything being published right now. After getting locked up for wandering around high and naked in issue #3, Quixotic protagonist (and kinda private-eye) Drum Hellar is doing a stint in a jail. His goal: to get some drugs, yes, but also to help a collection of even stranger minor characters either live forever, or save the town from a stampeding hoard of dinosaur ghosts. Yes…I’m serious. And while some critics have absolutely panned this title for its murky plot points and circular narratives, I’ve found that if you just relax and go with it Drumhellar is a real joy to read.

Maybe one of the reasons it’s easy for me to let go of wanting a logical plot for Drumhellar is because the art is so damn good. No joke — Riley Rossmo is an incredible talent; his range is *nearly* breathtaking. He seems just at home with realism as he does with dreamscapes and there are several pages of issue #4 I simply want to frame.

I’ve read every issue of Drumhellar so far, and still can’t neatly categorize it. But that doesn’t matter. Because I’m loving it. And for now that’s good enough.

5/5