Rare Flavours (2023)

The Eisner, Harvey, and Ringo Award-nominated team of Ram V and Filipe Andrade make their celebrated return, and you can get a first taste in this exclusive ashcan edition! Tantalize your senses with this amuse bouche introducing this creative duo's next masterpiece marrying the supernatural, Indian cuisine, and the cutthroat world of chef-driven celebrity in what will be the most talked about new comic of 2023! This ashcan will be strictly limited to its first printing, never to be printed again!

The next masterpiece from Ram V and Filipe Andrade (The Many Deaths of Laila Starr) continues as Rubin and Mo journey deep into the scorching Rajasthan desert in search of a mythical pepper, but supernatural detectives Dilshan & Dilkush are hot on their trail! Meanwhile, their driver, Manish, takes them on a historical journey concerning those who ferry the peppers through the fiery landscape.

Chaandni Chowk in Delhi may be relatively new concerning the breadth of history, but it's built on the bones of the 400 year old Mughal Capital, a representation of the new intermingling with the old. It's here that a traditional kebab crafter still makes them in an ancient way, one enjoyed by emperors of old. It's here that Rubin and Mo find the perfect subject for their documentary... and the perfect meal for Rubin.

Perfection is pompous and unrealistic. Mistakes, ugly places, and even letting things burn, As Rubin and Mo continue their travels and the work on their documentary, a Dhabha cook on a highway to Mumbai provides a delicious look into the depth in simplicity, and how the most mundane thing can turn complex through effort.

Rubin couldn't hide his dark secret forever, and Mo certainly won't stick around, finally learning the truth. But after two assassins capture the demon, will Rubin make an escape, and will Mo learn the true motivations behind Rubin's culinary dreams? There is just one issue left until the mouthwatering conclusion to Ram V and Filipe Andrade's new classic-in-the-making!

Against all odds, Rubin and Mo's documentary seems like it will finally be finished... but with Rubin nowhere to be found, just what exactly is he intending? Ram V and Filipe Andrade's delectable story of celebrity, demons, and that indelible magic of cooking reaches its climactic final issue, with an ending that cements the book as another must-read from the Eisner, Harvey, and Ringo-Award nominated team.