I couldn't find much information about The Sewer by itself, but here is a review of a bumper collection of comics which includes The Sewer!
This collection of comics combines breadth, depth and quality. The omissions of DC and Marvel stories isn't important this time because they weren't as important in this genre. A simple list of the contributors alone should have anyone with the slightest interest reaching for the add to basket button.
An opening elegy for the gangster by Alan Moore; a short by Kirby & Simon, Jack 'Plastic Man' Cole including one image that freaked out Frederick Wertham; a surreal piece by modernist Charles Burns; a short sharp and sexy Spirit story (a mandatory inclusion); a 70-page complete daily strip written by Dashiel Hammett prior to leaving for the lucre of Hollywood and illustrated by then-newcomer Alex Raymond; legend Alex Toth; a 50page story featuring a 9-month pregnant private eye Ms Tree by Collins & Beatty; a Kane story by the talented and British writer/artist Paul Grist; Mickey Spillane writing Mike Hammer for a Sunday strip; and much much more.
The time span ranges from the 30's to the 90's, the contributors from America, Britain, and Europe.
Not all of it's perfect. Crime stories often look better in black and white so the removal of colour usually isn't a problem here. Usually. The two Bernie Krigstein stories look very thin compared to the other contributions. But that is the worst I can say and it's a minor quibble; Krigstein is historically important so I can understand why compiler Paul Gravett included him.
Here is a link to an online version, worth a gander.
http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=98951&gsub=11738
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