Clik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Forgotten Stories: DAFFY DILL in "The Dancing Corpse" by Richard Sale (READ...
To kick off our nine day extravaganza celebrating slick-tongued reporter Daffy Dill, here's a never-reprinted adventure from the September 7, 1935 issue of Detective Fiction Weekly. Over the next week...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A DAFFY DILL Cover Gallery
1937All Hail Daffy Dill. These first five covers feature Daffy the way I picture him, with curly red-blond hair and looking a little like Richard Sale himself (gotta wonder if that was deliberate). I'm...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A DAFFY DILL Encore: "A Dirge for Pagliaccio" by Richard Sale (Read it HERE!)
As Daffy Dill Week (And Then Some) dances on, we re-present this classic tale from the July 29, 1939 ish of Detective Fiction Weekly.If you enjoy this story (and why wouldn't you?) you'll no doubt...
View ArticleClik here to view.
DAFFY DILL returns in "A Slug for Cleopatra" by Richard Sale (Read it HERE)
DAFFY DILL WEEK is still young (there are still five days to go), and we've already presented two fine stories and a cover gallery. Here's another adventure, from the March 30, 1935 issue of Detective...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Art Galley: DAFFY DILL Interior Illos
Apr. 1, 1939The Overlooked Film originally scheduled for today, the Daffy Dill-based movie Find the Witness, will be delayed until tomorrow. My apologies. While you're waiting, I invite you to peruse...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Overlooked Films: DAFFY DILL (almost) Goes to Hollywood in "Find the Witness"
Take a gander at the movie still above and the pulp art below. Similar, ain't they? That's because the 1937 Columbia film Find the Witness was based on the 1935 Daffy Dill story "A Slug for Cleopatra."...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A complete DAFFY DILL story: "Death on High Iron" by Richard Sale
In honor of National Daffy Dill Week I'm re-presenting this fine adventure from the Sept. 17, 1941 issue of Detective Fiction (the weekly magazine had been reduced to bi-weekly). Here's what has gone...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Forgotten Stories (lots of 'em): "The Life and Times of DAFFY DILL" by Monte...
(Editor's Note: We are greatly indebted to Mr. Monte Herridge for permission to reprint this piece. It originally appeared in the 2013 PulpFest organ PEAPSTER.)The Life and Times of Daffy Dillby Monte...
View ArticleClik here to view.
DAFFY DILL in "The Murderous Mr. Coon" by Richard Sale (Read it HERE!)
Here's the wrap-up to our nine day tribute to Daffy Dill, coming to you straight from March 20, 1937. Are you hooked yet? I am!
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
AHMM May 2014: Mr. Crockett and the Longrifle
My friend Davy is crowing about the fact his latest adventure is now playing in the shiny new May issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. The story is really about his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Overlooked Films: The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939) starring Cesar Romero
This was Cesar Romero's first (of six) rides in Cisco's saddle. He was pretty good, but my vote for the all-time coolest Cisco goes to Gilbert Roland. Others of interest in this film are Ward Bond and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Forgotten Books: THE PRIVATE EYE by Cleve F. Adams (1942)
The Private Eye is the eighth Adams novel I’ve featured so far in Forgotten Books, and some folks consider it his best. It’s pretty good, I admit, but I suspect some folks prefer it because they don’t...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Toy Soldier Saturday: TIM-MEE CIVIL WARRIORS
Anybody out there fight the War Between the States with these little boogers? They're pretty crude compared to their Marx counterparts, but looks like they got the job done. More Toy Soldiers HERE.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.