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The Western Art of Fred Harman
A few years ago my wife and I visited the Fred Harman Art Museum in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, run by his son Fred Jr. Dang, was I impressed. This guy went way beyond Red Ryder and Little Beaver,...
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Cap Gun Monday: HUBLEY PIONEER
Hubley. Pioneer. It's a beaut. What more can I say?More Cap Guns HERE!
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Overlooked Films: FESS PARKER & BUDDY EBSEN on Disney Family Album
Fess and Buddy relive old times in this Disney Family Album episode from 1988. Watch out! You'll be hummin' that tune.Â
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Forgotten Stories: RIDDLE IN THE RAIN by Robert Leslie Bellem (1943)
About a zillion Dan Turner stories have been reprinted, but last time I checked (a year or so ago) this did not appear to be one of them. Now I ain't so sure. But so what? If you're a Dan fan, you'll...
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Toy Soldier Saturday: MARX 54mm KNIGHTS (Part 2)
Here are the rest of our valiant (but sometimes clumsy-looking) Marx knights from 1953. Part 1 was HERE. In Part 3, coming soon, we'll meet a better-looking crew.Lots more Toy Soldiers HERE
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Nero Wolfe lived here (or not).
My wife and I just returned from a week of fun, frolic and foot pain in New York City. After walking the High Line north to West 30th Street, I dragged her along on my pilgrimage to West 35th. Because...
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Cap Gun Monday: Hamilton Secret Agent Hideaway Pistol
Most toy derringers were pint-sized, but this one is a whopping six inches, making it larger than some real derringers, and a very nice handful. It's also unusual in that it tries to straddle the fence...
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Overlooked Films: Lash LaRue in RETURN OF THE LASH (1947)
It's a well-kept Hollywood secret that Western idol Alfred "Lash" LaRue borrowed his schtick from a young Texan named William "Wild Bill" Crider, who, with his pal James "Fuzzy" Reasoner, once roamed...
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Coming Attraction: CONCRETE ANGEL by Patricia Abbott
A good-lookin' new novel. Bring it on, Patti!
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I'm Henery the Eigth, I Am (maybe)
The folks at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art say it's "believed" that this armor, including its horsey accouterments and cool shoes, belonged to jolly old King Henry VIII. Makes you want to hum...
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Forgotten Books: THE PROUD RIDERS by Brian Wynne (Garfield)
The Proud Riders is the fourth installment in Brian Garfield's saga of Marshal Jeremy Six, and the most complex story (so far) in the series. This time we get three protagonists and three major plots...
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Toy Soldier Saturday: MPC WWII Germans
We were visited by a platoon of MPC WWII Russians a couple of weeks ago. Now it's equal time for the Germans. They're not up to Marx quality, of course, but the detail and facial expressions are pretty...
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Off with His and Her Heads!
The Martyrdom of Saint BarbaraThe Metropolitan Museum has, on permanent display, 45 rooms full of what they call "European Paintings 1250-1800." That sounded pretty cool, but I walked through the whole...
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Cap Gun Monday: HALCO MARSHAL
Halco was a toy distributor that had guns made by other companies (Hubley and Leslie-Henry among them) and put their own brand on them. This model labeled "Marshal" was clearly made by the Nichols...
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Overlooked Films: PHILIP MARLOWE, PRIVATE EYE in "Finger Man"
I have not examined the original appearance of "Finger Man" in the October 1934 issue of Black Mask, but as reprinted in the 1947 Avon digest below, the detective narrator seems to be unnamed. That...
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On Hallowed Ground: Where the Pulps were made
Frank Munsey Co./Red StarYou may have noticed I've been posting pics from the recent trek my wife and I made to New York City. One of my goals was to see what's become of the editorial offices of my...
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Forgotten Books: REBEL by Bernard Cornwell (1993)
No, this one (unfortunately) is not about Johnny Yuma, and is not to be confused with the even more unsatisfying book of almost the same name by Johnny Yuma's creator, Andrew Fenady. Having recently...
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