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MURDER
BY CROWQUILL |
All
sales benefit
The Comic-Book Legal
Defense Fund |
180-page trade paperback
b&w w/ color covers
Amazing Montage Press |
$12.45
($9.95 plus $2.50 p&h)
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| Cover by Stephen
Blue (Image's THE AWAKENING); introduction by Don McGregor (DETECTIVES
INC.); book design by Steve Conley; edited by Joe Zabel. |
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MURDER BY CROWQUILL is the largest
comics anthology ever devoted to the mystery genre. A diverse assortment
of cartoonists have been invited to contribute, and each tackles the assignment
with their own unique approach! Classic whodunnits, bizarre paradoxes,
hilarious pastiches, and compelling crime dramas-- MURDER BY CROWQUILL
has it all!
Contributors include Tim
Truman and Joe R. Lansdale (JONAH HEX), Batton Lash (WOLFF AND BYRD, COUNSELORS
OF THE MACABRE), Mack White (VILLA OF THE MYSTERIES), Alex Robinson (BOX
OFFICE POISON), Jenni Gregory (DREAMWALKER), David Yurkovich (THRESHHOLD),
Colin Upton (BUDDHA ON THE ROAD) and Steve Conley (ASTOUNDING SPACE THRILLS).
Other are Ben Adams and John
A. Polacek (PRISONOPOLIS), Joe Chiappetta (SILLY DADDY), Tony Consiglio
(DOUBLE CROSS), Charles Dougherty, Robert Humble and Mort Castle (THREADS),
Gary Dumm (AMERICAN SPLENDOR), Scott Gilbert (TRUE ARTIST TALES), Michael
Neno (THIS ETERNAL FLAW), Josh Neufeld (KEYHOLE), Jesse Reklaw (CONCAVE
UP), and Joe Zabel (THE TRESPASSERS).
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RAYMOND
CHANDLER
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MICHAEL LARK |
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RAYMOND
CHANDLER'S
PHILIP MARLOWE:
THE
LITTLE SISTER |
| by Raymond Chandler & Michael Lark |
Paperback: 144 pages
Fireside
ISBN: 0684829339 |
$15.00
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| In this innovative,
graphic adaptation of Raymond Chandler's THE LITTLE SISTER illustrator
Michael
Lark captures the film-noir vision of Los Angeles that Chandler
brought compellingly to life in this classic novel. Full-color illustrations. |
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Remember those
great film adaptations of Raymond Chandler's work? Who could forget
Humphrey
Bogart as Philip Marlowe in The Big Sleep
or Dick
Powell playing the same character in Farewell, My Lovely?
In Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe: The Little Sister,
DC Comics illustrator Michael Lark has given us a brand-new incarnation
of Chandler's famous fictional detective, a "comic book" version
of Chandler's 1949 mystery. When Orfamay Quest hires Marlowe
to find her missing brother, the case at first seems pretty straightforward,
but--beset by mobsters, blackmailers, and murder--Marlowe soon discovers
that a missing person is the least of his troubles.
The Little Sister
was
not one of Raymond Chandler's best efforts, but Michael Lark
has effectively tailored the text to clarify the original story, emphasizing
through his "comic noir" artwork the dark, dangerous environs, both physical
and psychological, in which Philip Marlowe still moves.
The
New York Times Book Review:
So,
I read comic books--you want to make something of it? Not that "comic book"
is the proper term, anyway, for a work of art like Raymond Chandler's
Philip Marlowe: The Little Sister ... this stunning graphic novel
is as visually alluring as the big, bad city after dark.
--Marilyn
Stasio
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| DANIEL CLOWES |
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LIKE
A VELVET GLOVE
CAST
IN IRON |
| by Daniel Clowes |
Paperback: 144 pages
Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1560971169 |
$19.95
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| "The
artwork is haunting, calculated and vehement. Its storytelling ability
is unparalleled; each face built archetypically, every detail explains
what the written word cannot. Even if for that reason alone, I'd earnestly
recommend VELVET GLOVE as a masterpiece of postmodern fairy-telling
and eager self-destruction."
--Your
Flesh
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| Some consider
this comic book novel obtuse; others find it deeply intellectual. Whatever
the reaction, it's hard to refute its daring originality and smooth artwork.
Described as "a terrifying journey into madness," the story revolves around
Clay
Loudermilk as he stumbles upon the mysteries behind a snuff film. Soon
he's involved with increasingly bizarre characters who hang in the air
like stale cigarette smoke. Fans of movie director David Lynch who aren't
already tipped to Daniel Clowes' popular work should take note. |
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ALLAN COLLINS & RICHARD PIERS RAYNER |
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Road
to Perdition |
| by Max Allan Collins & Richard Piers Rayner |
Paperback: 304 pages
Pocket Books
ISBN: 0743442245 |
$14.00
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| Depression-era
Chicago: a city riding a tide of liquor and blood, ruled by guns, graft,
and gangsters. At the top of the heap is Al Capone... and Capone's most
feared hitman is Michael O'Sullivan, known to friends and enemies alike
as the "Angel of Death". But when Sullivan's eight-year-old son witnesses
a gangland execution, father and son find themselves facing off against
the most merciless gangster of all time. |
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| Writer Max Allan
Collins is a two-time winner of the Private Eye Writers of America's Shamus
Award for his Nathan Heller historical thrillers "True Detective" and "Stolen
Away". Award-winning artist Richard Piers Rayner spent four years working
on the artwork for "Road to Perdition", a labor of love that has resulted
in some of the most stunningly realistic drawings of 1930s Chicago ever
seen on the printed page. |
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