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HAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: Mr. Dynamite, Part 2 (1935)
New York Daily News, May 25, 1935The Richmond Item, May 26, 1935Decatur Herald, May 26, 1935Reading Times, June 5, 1935Sheboygan Press, June 6, 1935Mount Carmel Item, June 8, 1935Honolulu...
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Forgotten Stoires: OUTSIDE OF TIME by Carroll John Daly (1950)
This is CJD's one and only appearance in Weird Tales, which seems like a very weird place for him to be.  It's from Jan. 1950, and comes to us courtesy of the Internet Archive.
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NERO WOLFE Comic Strip: The SIXTH Sunday Adventure (1957)
As usual, we got a taste of this case at the end of the last Sunday adventure (above). Sept. 8, 1957 Sept. 15, 1957Sept. 22, 1957Sept. 29, 1957 Oct. 6, 1957Oct. 13, 1957 Oct. 20, 1957Next Saturday: A...
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A Brand New Classic: BILLY (THE KID) by Peter Meech
Author Peter Meech didn't just write this book, he painstakingly crafted every sentence from first to last. There's a big difference. The average novel, if it tells a satisfying story, can get by with...
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HERALD HAMMETT-TRIBUNE: Mr. Dynamite, Part 3 (1935)
McComb Enterprise-Journal, July 3, 1935Allentown Morning Call, July 7, 1935Hawaii Tribune-Herald, July 17, 1935Shreveport Journal, July 22, 1935Kokomo Tribune, Aug. 16, 1935Eugene Guard, Sept. 15,...
View ArticleA Swingin' Murder Ballad from VIRGINIA O'BRIEN (1944)
From the Lucille Ball/Dick Powell comedy Meet the People. Great stuff!
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Forgotten Stories: "Silver Saddle" by Frank Gruber (1937)
Here's a piece of illustrated fiction by pulp writer (and later Western and mystery author) Frank Gruber. At the time this story appeared in Star Ranger #1 (Feb. 1937), his Oliver Quade, Human...
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NERO WOLFE Comic Strip - Weeks 58 & 59 (1958)
Sadly, we now begin the final continuity of the daily strip. The good news is it's a long one, and we'll still have some Sunday stuff to follow.We begin, as promised, with the teaser panels from the...
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FRAZETTA and Looie Lazybones in "There's No Feud Like an Old Feud" (1948)
This story, from Thrilling Comics #67 (Aug. 1948) is, I believe, the first appearance of Looie Lazybones. It wasn't his last. Looks to me like this is Frank trying out for the Li'l Abner strip, where...
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HAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: The First Glass Key Movie - Part 1 (1935)
Boston Globe, June 11, 1935Sheboygan Press, June 12, 1935San Francisco Examiner, June 13, 1935Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 17, 1935Fitchburg Sentinel, June 20, 1935New York Daily News, June 25,...
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RUBE GOLDBERG's Inventions
Rube Goldberg did the Sunday page Side Show for a newspaper syndicate from 1938 to 1941. Each week, along with the title strip gags, he did a poetry corner called "Twisted Tales" and a sitcom strip...
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Forgotten Books: 007 in DEVIL MAY CARE by Sebastian Faulks (2008)
I read this book when it came out, and despised it. Why? I can't remember, so, after pretty much exhausting all the other Bond audiobooks available, I decided to give it another try.And whaddaya know?...
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Watch it Here: SECRET AGENT X-9 (1945)
Yep, it's old Sea Hunter Lloyd Bridges and Number One Son Keye Luke in a serial derived from a strip created (so the legend goes) by Dashiell Hammett. Is it any good? Who cares? Watch it anyway. You...
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