Creator: Clifford Thompson Cleaver Magazine, 2025-ongoing Since early 2025, Connecticus Diggs, Cultural Detective has appeared quarterly in Cleaver Magazine, the non-profit online literary magazine known for publishing contemporary fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, flash prose, dramatic monologues, craft essays, and book reviews. Written and illustrated by Clifford Thompson, the series feels unlike anything else currently circulating in comics, occupying a space somewhere between literary essay, visual meditation, and detective fiction. The titular character, Connecticus Diggs is a detective of sorts, taking clients in a setup familiar to anyone who has read noir (or as Mr Thompson calls his genre, “psuedo-noir”). A troubled visitor enters through the front door, finds Diggs seated at his desk, and presents a problem in need of solving. But while the staging resembles classic private-eye fiction, Diggs himself is interested in an entirely different kind of investigation. His methods are not rooted in surveillance, interrogations, or criminal