Thin Blue Line is an Action Comic Book by Mike Baron, Joseph Arnold, and Jeff Slemons.
The city of Hagan, Illinois, has become a proverbial warzone. The city is stuffed to the gills with anti-cop protesters who are too mad to listen to reason, and rioting and chaos are at an all-time high, and lots of people are dead. Amidst all this, one Officer Valeria Maca is trying to raise her daughter as a single mother. One day, she and police Sergeant Mack are assigned as security detail for a speech that Mayor Myron Mulch is giving. Even before he takes the stage, it's obvious the crowd refuses to listen. And when he does, the crowd is quick to attack. Before long, Officer Maca's job quickly changes from "bodyguard the mayor" to "keep the mayor, and herself, alive in a city drowning in chaos".
The comic was funded on Indiegogo on December 4th, 2022, and Kickstarter on February 4th, 2022.
Thin Blue Line contains examples of:
- Action Girl: Officer Valeria Maca. She starts the comic winning a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu match, and over the course of the comic, fights tooth and nail to keep the mayor, and herself, alive against an army of protestors out for their blood.
- Alliterative Name: The mayor of Hagan is named Myron Mulch.
- Black Dude Dies First: While it's been established that several people have died in the comic already, Sergeant Mack is the first on-screen death we see, being stomped to death by anti-cop protestors.
- Boom, Headshot!:
- When the cops and the mayor are cornered by some protestors, one of them shoots Officer Mikkelson in the head, killing him.
- When a protestor tries to get in with a gangster covered in snake tattoos, said gangster pulls out a handgun and shoots the guy right between the eyes.
- Flipping the Bird: Mizz Amherst-Kraby flips off a woman trying to apologize for misgendering them as they walk off the gazebo Mayor Mulch is to give his speech on.
- In the Hood: Some of the protestors can be seen wearing hoodies to conceal their true identities while they attack people.
- Shout-Out: When a bunch of police supporters show up to offer their help, one of them is seen wearing a black t-shirt with a big stylized skull on it.
- Symbol Swearing: When Mayor Mulch starts to address the crowd of protestors, some lines of !#$!@# !@#%! can be seen below him.
- Tattooed Crook: A bald man with tattoos of snakes on his head and arms approaches the protestors attacking the car containing Officer Maca and the mayor. They shoot one of the protestors in the head, and demand the mayor's wallet, which he hands over with no argument.
- Waving Signs Around: Some of the anti-police protestors can be seen holding up signs saying things like "Disband The Police", "Thin Ballsack Line", and "Screw The Blue".
