VINTAGE HALLOWEEN MASKS (Part 1)
The Fox So Cunning and FreeBridezillaThe HornetMr. NimoySmashed HulkP&OTricky DickArt ScottThe 6 Million Dollar MaskDirty Filthy ApeBeware! More masks approacheth.
View ArticleOverlooked Films: The Continental Op in Dashiell Hammett's FLY PAPER (1995)
Christopher Lloyd stars as the Op, with Darren McGavin as the Old Man, and a screenplay by Donald Westlake. From the Showtime series Fallen Angels.More Overlooked Stuff at Sweet Freedom.
View ArticleVINTAGE HALLOWEEN MASKS (Part 2)
BarneyFrankYo, RintyThe Man With the Gun of the Man Called PaladinChuckyThe Merry ManThe original FlashThe BossThe TrampThe first installment of this 12-Part Spectacular is HERE..
View ArticleForgotten Books: FEARLESS FOSDICK by Al Capp (1990)
"Fearless Fosdick," I'm sure you know, was a long-running strip-within-a-strip appearing as part of - and sometimes seemingly in place of - Li'l Abner. It's complicated. And that was part of its...
View ArticleMost Embarassing Minor League Baseball Caps (Part 6 - Balls)
Asheville TouristsWest Virginia PowerHagerstown Suns Salem DashLas Vegas 51sColumbus ClippersOmaha StormchasersCan they get any worse? You bet! Come back next week.
View ArticleVINTAGE HALLOWEEN MASKS (Part 3)
Uncle Ben CartwrightWolf DudeThe DonaldSupesChewyVlad and friendJohnFredThe SargeThe Cap'nThe BozeW.C.Our first two sets are HERE.
View ArticleOverlooked Films: THE THREE STOOGES in "The Three Troubledoers" (1946)
Apparently this short was officially titled "The Three Troubledoers," but some of the promotional material left out the Three. No biggee. It's the Three real Stooges Out West. Let the...
View ArticleVINTAGE HALLOWEEN MASKS (Part 4)
Cousin EerieThe KingThe other KingThe WalrusThe BeetleHeartlessUncle CreepyThe Return of Uncle Creepy"Read my lips."Frank BuckArmin ShimermanGeorgeEric EstradaPruneface BocheThe First Three Parts are...
View ArticleForgotten Books: A KILLING IN COMICS by Max Allan Collins (2007)
When I read the first half (and only the first half) of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay a few years ago, I found it pretentious and boring and chucked it. That book, in case you were...
View ArticleMost Emarassing Minor League Baseball Caps (Part 7 - Seafood)
Biloxi SchuckersHickory CrawdadsJupiter HammerheadsLakewood BlueClawsCarolina MudcatsVermont Lake MonstersMore weirdness to come.
View ArticleVINTAGE HALLOWEEN MASKS (Part 5)
The FinkThe DickThe PopJaws IJaws IIThe Scarlet SpeedsterDarth's DaughterBlack LagoonerRichard StarkeyEddie AlbertSelina KyleKevin CostnerThe RonaldThe Mask Gallery is HERE.
View ArticleOverlooked Films: Danny Glover in Raymond Chandler's RED WIND (1995)
Danny Glover got an Emmy nomination for his performace in this episode of Showtime's Fallen Angels. The story first appeared in this January 1938 issue of Dime, where Chandler got second billing to...
View ArticleVINTAGE HALLOWEEN MASKS (Part 6)
The Mouse of TomorrowMr. Greenjeans"Fool!"FoolSandwichRobert BlakeBorisDarth Jr.Mr. Fantastic's uncleThe MonkHuckleberry IHuckleberry IIHossSee 'em all (so far) HERE.
View ArticleForgotten Books: MURDER AT MIDNIGHT by Richard Sale (1950)
Like Richard Sale's earlier Popular Library entry, Home is the Hangman (reviewed HERE), Murder at Midnight is two long novelettes (or maybe novellas) disguised as a novel. Not that there's anything...
View ArticlePulp Gallery: THE SHADOW (1941)
Davy and I are deeply indebted to Mr. Frank Spremulli, whose generosity made this post possible. Thanks a million, Frank!
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