Created by Justin Roiland, Dan Harmon and Ryan Ridley "I'm Mr. Meeseeks, look at me!" -- typical first words of a Mr. Meeseeks Just in case the universe-chewing lunacy of the Cartoon Network's Rick and Morty animated television series wasn't enough, the Meeseeks were tossed into the mix in the show's first season and soon … Continue reading Mr. Meeseeks (Rick and Morty)
Year: 2024
Tom Dwyer (The Last Crooked Mile)
Created by Jerry Sackheim "She doesn't know anything. She's with me."-- Tom introduces his girlfriend. In the 1946 B flick, The Last Crooked Mile (1946, Republic Pictures), the Jarvis Gang's bold daylight robbery of the Harrison Bank in San Francisco leaves one of them dead on the sidewalk and one of the bank's customers injured, … Continue reading Tom Dwyer (The Last Crooked Mile)
Joe Pitt
Created by Charlie Huston A vampire P.I. that doesn't suck? Imagine a virus-infected New York City populated by warring vampire clans, and a vampire private detective caught between factions. That's the thin line bloodsucking tough guy gumshoe JOE PITT must walk, armed with his straight razor and his brass knucks, in a series that is far … Continue reading Joe Pitt
Gregory Hood (The Casebook of Gregory Hood)
Created by Anthony Boucher (1911-1968) and  Denis Green (1905-1954) Wealthy gentleman sleuth-about-town GREGORY HOOD was an antiquities importer whose search for various treasures took him all over the world, and whose acquisitions inevitably had interesting histories that were somehow always associated with a current-day mystery — a mystery that Hood, of course, would end up solving. … Continue reading Gregory Hood (The Casebook of Gregory Hood)
Jack Foster (Where the Body Was)
Created by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips "A private eye is always outside, looking in... It's lonely, watching everyone else find love and make mistakes... Living wildly... Let me save you from all this... Let us run away together..." -- Jack fantasizes about another life Taking a break from their acclaimed Reckless series, Ed Brubaker … Continue reading Jack Foster (Where the Body Was)
Tim Kyle (The Pulsar International)
Created by Robin Moore and Al Dempsey When we first meet him in this men's adventure series from the mid-seventies, TIM KYLE (married, with children) is the vice-president and chief operations officer for Pulsar International, and has been for years. Pulsar is an international detective agency that boasts an incredible arsenal of surveillance devices, high-tech … Continue reading Tim Kyle (The Pulsar International)
Hugh Lockwood, Nick Bianco & “C.R.” Grover (Search)
Created by Leslie Stevens HUGH LOCKWOOD, NICK BIANCO and CHRISTOPHER ROBIN "C.R." GROVER were operatives for Probe, a high-tech private detective agency in Search, the cheesy 1972 TV show that tried to combine the private eye, spy and science fiction genres with what was then pretty cutting-edge technology. It was actually good, hokey fun for … Continue reading Hugh Lockwood, Nick Bianco & “C.R.” Grover (Search)
Fergus O’Breen
Created by Anthony Boucher Pseudonym of William A. P. White Other pseudonyms include Theo Durrant, Herman W. Mudgett & H. H. Holmes (1911-68) It's hard to believe that a guy with a monicker like FERGUS O'BREEN is Irish, but IT'S TRUE!!! I know. I'm as shocked as you are. He's also one of the most … Continue reading Fergus O’Breen
Scott Elliott
Created by Terence Faherty (1954 --) Another of the growing breed of retro eyes (see Toby Peters, Jack Levine, Brian Kane, Nate Heller, etc.), the adventures of Tinseltown gumshoes SCOTT ELLIOTT take him from Hollywood's so-called "Golden Age" of the 1940s right up to the late sixties. A former bit-player (a nice word for failed actor) … Continue reading Scott Elliott
Owen Keane
Created by Terence Faherty (1954--) A ruminative ex-seminarian (he flunked out) turned Boston private eye (of sorts), OWEN KEANE is hired to keep an eye on a friend who's wife has recently been killed in a car accident, in 1991's Deadstick, which was nominated for an Edgar. There have since been several subsequent adventures featuring Owen, … Continue reading Owen Keane