Created by P.B. Yuill Joint pseudonym of Gordon Williams and Terry Venables "My name is James Hazell and I'm the biggest bastard who ever pushed your bell-button." -- from Hazell Plays Solomon When cocky Cockney private eye JAMES HAZELL first showed up in 1974 in the novel The Boneless Keeper, it opened up a whole … Continue reading James Hazell (Hazell)
Category: Detective
Hettie Bagshot
Created by Mandy Morton "An unfamiliar noise made Hettie's elegant tabby fur stand on end..." -- from The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency. The prosecution rests... Hack! Koff! Koff! Just what we don't need now is some cutie pie cat private eye mystery, with a crime-solving feline named HETTIE BAGSHOT who runs her own struggling … Continue reading Hettie Bagshot
Flatfoot Fox
Created by Clifford Eth Pseudonym of Eth Clifford Rosenberg Illustrated by Brian Lies A series of amusing and entertaining juvenile picture books about FLATFOOT FOX, just about the "the smartest detective in the whole world," who solves woodland cases with the "assistance" of Secretary Bird and plenty of helpful clues, which observant children should have … Continue reading Flatfoot Fox
Hairbutt the Hippo
Created by Bodine Amerikah Art by Jase Paulos Mystery! Intrigue! Romance! Guns! Flatulence! From the pages of Australian edition of MAD Magazine and the decidedly-twisted good folks at Rat Race Comix comes the thundering saga of a Down Under private dick who does not go gently into that good night. You know him, you love him! … Continue reading Hairbutt the Hippo
Mosaku Anchu
Created by Matsunaga Anshindo "Glabble"? For those of you out there (or maybe just Jan) who just can't get enough of P.I.'s and hippos, you might want to check out the online manga adventures of MOSAKU ACHU, wherein the Japanese private eye confronts the nefarious (and politically incorrect) "The Case of the Oriental Hippo." It was … Continue reading Mosaku Anchu
Fred Fox
Created by James Thurber (1894-1961) A parody of the tough guy P.I. story, in which all the characters are animals in the forest? Seriously? It's a wandering rabbit job, with hard-boiled, rye-drinking FRED FOX called in by old Mrs. Rabbit to find Daphne, one of her descendants. As you might guess, old Mrs. Rabbit has a … Continue reading Fred Fox
Rex Shepard (You Never Can Tell)
Created by Lou Breslow and David Chandler "Oh Goldie, these are humans we're dealing with. You can't just tell them the truth and expect them to believe it." -- Rex explains the inadequacies of humans. Speaking of unfortunate viewing habits, how could you not include You Never Can Tell in the list of movies on your … Continue reading Rex Shepard (You Never Can Tell)
Burke
Created by Andrew Vachss "I parked the cab at a hack stand, pulled my gym bag off the front seat and walked along until I found a bar that didn't have ferns in the windows." -- from Down Among the Zero Three things can immediately be said about BURKE. One, he is, as they say … Continue reading Burke
John Swan
Created by John Swan Pseudonym of Kerry J. Schooley Other pseudonyms include Slim Volumes (1949-2010) "The next day's news said (a former client) had survived a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Yeah, well, he would. Maybe if I'd hung in there long enough I could have prevented it. But I didn't give a shit." -Swan gets all … Continue reading John Swan
Webster Dodge (Dodge’s Bullets)
Created by Jay Faerber Can you turn it up to 11? WEBSTER DODGE is a rockin' young Seattle private eye, in his mid-to-late 20s, who's not real big on authority figures, in Jay Faerber's original graphic novel Dodge's Bullets (2004). Despite the fact that Faerber made his name with assorted spandex-clad mutants and teen titans, … Continue reading Webster Dodge (Dodge’s Bullets)