Posted By Dan Greenfield on Jan 28, 2025 | 1 comment

DESPOP TUESDAYS!

In this week’s DESPOP TUESDAYS, it’s not midcentury Marvel or DC — we’re spotlighting a brand-new 1950s character created by Des Taylor’s pal Carrick Esquivel.

Her name? Jacqueline Jones. Her nickname? The Lady in Blue.

As usual, Savoir magazine has the scoop:

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THE FEMININE ARM OF THE LAW

By CARRICK ESQUIVEL

In the bustling Southern California metropolis of Themis, ironically named after the Greek goddess of Justice, the city’s police department has hired its first patrolwoman. But this lady cop doesn’t do the usual duties relegated to those with the title of policewoman. Instead of writing parking tickets and escorting ladies of the night to their jail cells, she’s on the front line against the city’s war on the criminal underworld.

Standing at the statuesque height of  6’ 2″, Officer Jacqueline Jones might as well be an Amazon warrior from classical myth. But there’s nothing mythical about this hefty heroine who makes Rosie the Riveter look like Olive Oyl. Graduating at the top of her class in the academy, she’s already rivaled her male counterparts with her quality arrests and proactivity within the community. As if she were a costumed superhero, she already garnered the nickname “The Lady in Blue” from the citizens she protects and serves.

Jones told our reporters that while she has always wanted to “hunt bad guys”, she emphasized she sees role as “a protector of the innocent” and “a humble servant of the public.” For Jones, saving a cat from a tree or helping an elderly woman cross the street with her groceries while on patrol is just as important as putting gangsters behind bars.

Some have criticized her inclusion into the department’s patrol division, claiming she got in thanks bureaucratic oversight and putting the “male sounding” name of “Jackie” on her application. Jones previously worked in the department’s Policewoman Bureau and was often called Jackie by her fellow officers then. But her recent bust of a foreign weapons smuggling ring in the glitzy Oro Hills neighborhood has proved that putting her back on meter maid duty would be a grave injustice to the safety and well being of the community.

Sumin Reed, the local owner of Min’s Donuts, claims “If cops like Officer Jones were taken off the street, this city would go to hell in a handbasket!”

Already Jones has helped inspire the next generation of crime-fighters, most notably 10-year-old Tiffany Robbins, who unlike most little girls, doesn’t desire glass slippers but to don the badge like her role model. Jones told reporters that her young admirer has all of the makings of a great patrolwoman.

“She has a knack for marksmanship with her slingshot that puts my fellow officers to shame!” Jones laughs. Though she remarks more seriously, “It’s great to know that the next generation is more than eager to help serve our community and protect this fair city!”

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Wanna check out the Lady in Blue in action? Your sure do! Carrick’s got Jacqueline Jones #1 available on Etsy. Here’s a SNEAK PEEK:

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Swell! We hear she’s pretty popular in the San Diego Police Department, too:

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Want more DESPOP TUESDAYS? Come back next week!

Want a commission? Buy prints? Buy Des’ comics? Check out his Despop Art website!

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DES TAYLOR is the man behind creator-owned comic properties Scarlett Couture, The Vesha Valentine Story, The Trouble With Katie Rogers and a new property in the works The Blue Lotus Strikes. His client list includes DC Comics, La Perla, FHM, Cosmopolitan, Universal Music, ITV Studios America and many more. When he’s not working on his own properties or churning out commissions, Des spends his spare time… working some more, hating Arsenal and raising his two baby daughters, Scarlett and Leia-May.

CARRICK ESQUIVEL graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City with a BFA in Cartooning in 2016. Since then he’s worked as a freelance illustrator, most notably providing artwork for the recruiting division of the San Diego Police Department. He’s currently working on the second issue of Jacqueline Jones and collaborating with comics writer David Lucarelli on the upcoming illustrated police procedural magazine project Sheridan & Swift.