Posted in Comics, Pulp, Reviews on February 15, 2008 | No Comments »
So awhile ago I happily discussed The Next Issue Project, wherein many modern-day writers and artists would essentially continue defunct old series from the golden age of comics, using characters that are now in the public domain. A great idea indeed. Then, more recently, I geeked out over the fact that it was, supposedly, about [...]
Posted in Comics, Kung Fu, Pulp, Reviews on February 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sorry about the long, long, long, long, long, looooong absence. School. Bleh. I’ll continue to post when I can, but it won’t be as often as I’d like.
Moving on, it’s funny that my three favorite current comic titles are all a) ongoing series featuring perennial C-list characters, and b) written by a team of two [...]
Posted in Administrative, Hardboiled, Mystery, Pulp on November 19, 2007 | No Comments »
Bookgasm makes me happy and sad all at once. Happy for the wonders that exist in this world, and sad for the time and money needs that constrain them. A great review: this right here looks like a must-have!
Posted in Hard Case Crime, Hardboiled, Mystery, Pulp, Reviews on November 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
To be frank, I wouldn’t have even writen a review of Mickey Spillane’s Dead Street if I hadn’t liked the book. I have no desire to spit on the fairly recent grave of one of the most popular and influential mystery writers of all time.
Truth be told, I’d never read any Spillane before Dead Street. [...]
Posted in Blogroll, Cool Stuff, Pulp on October 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Nothing, that’s what.
Hello everybody, sorry I’ve been away so long, but midterms are over so perhaps I’ll be able to find a bit of time to do some fun reading, and then write about said reading. However, while I don’t have time at this moment to go on at too great a length in a [...]
Posted in Doc Savage, Doc Smith, Himes, Pulp, Reviews, The Shadow, Thriller on August 29, 2007 | No Comments »
He felt something explode off the back of his head, and he sank to his hands and knees, bolts of pain radiating through his body like the energy waves broadcasting from the RKO Studios’ theatrical emblem.
- The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril, p. 281-282
I really am pretty mad at myself for waiting so long to read [...]
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