I have read Noir a fair few times now. I have added things, I have deleted things. Themes have been added, and characters fleshed out. It is interesting how it all polishes up. One little word at a time and all the difference it can make. I now have to write a one page synopsis. [...]
Posted on May 12th, 2009 by ryan
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I have been reading Richard Wormser’s The Late Mrs. Five and while I was waiting at the airport throwing a few quick pages down a passage jumped out at me and made me smile. The main character, Paul Porter (named in the old Marvel manner), has just met a rich old man whose grand-daughter he [...]
Posted on May 10th, 2009 by ryan
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I just read my first real Hard Case Crime book, and I don’t count Stephen King’s The Colorado Kid because I would read King’s tea leaves if given the chance. This book, by Seymour Shubin, was interesting and readable, but I wouldn’t call it an awesome book. It made me slightly uncomfortable in parts and [...]
Posted on May 7th, 2009 by ryan
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Yeah, that’s no question mark in the title. That’s a bonafide exclamation mark. Justin Greenwood is awesome, and I don’t just speak because of pseudo-personal ties. Check the cover, which Oni ran with for Free Comic Book Day! Gold dust. Turn it on its side, it looks like they are billing Justin before Marc Guggenheim, [...]
Posted on May 6th, 2009 by ryan
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I love short stories. They have a small punch and they’ll get you, if they’re any good. A short story has to have a wicked high concept, something you can literally sum up in one sentence, or less. I grew up on the masters of short stories; sorry not Hemingway or O. Henry, I’m talking [...]
Posted on May 4th, 2009 by ryan
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Saturday was Free Comic Book Day, and like the nerd I am I was at the store just after 9am. It was pretty packed, which i thought was good. I wanted people to be there, I wanted people to buy other stuff while they were there. Most importantly, I wanted kids to be there to [...]
Posted on May 3rd, 2009 by ryan
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I am a little late, but still a little excited about the coming comic form adaptation of Philip K Dick’s ‘masterpiece’ Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? I have read the book, and seen the movie (Blade Runner), but I always like to see how things shape up when presented in a mash up of [...]
Posted on May 1st, 2009 by ryan
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