Written by Takushi Fukada & Hiroshi Ishii Get out the nipple clamps! In Kindan no Ai (English: Bondage House), a thirty-minute videoblast of hentai anime, Japanese private eye TAKAYASU HIGASHINOA enters "a dangerous game of intrigue, seduction and S&M when he investigates a mysterious mansion with sex-crazed residents," with plenty of "Kinky animated fare in … Continue reading Takayasu Higashino (Bondage House)
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Spider-Man Noir
Created by Stan Lee & Steve DitkoSpider-Man Noir created by David Hine & Fabrice Sapolsky In their endless battle to reel in more customers, it's long been an established practice in the comic book biz to take established superheroes and revamp, revise, reboot and regurgitate them. Pump some new air into tired lungs. Or just … Continue reading Spider-Man Noir
The Elongated Man (aka Ralph Dibny)
Created by John Broome (writer) & Carmine Infantino (artist) RALPH DIBNY was an actual private eye in the DC universe. Well, sorta. And briefly. And only eventually. He was better known for by his super-hero monicker "ELONGATED MAN." And he was pretty much, at least at first, an intentional rip-off of Plastic Man, another very … Continue reading The Elongated Man (aka Ralph Dibny)
My Scrapbook: “It’s about my wife. I need you to find out what she thinks I did wrong.”
My Scrapbook "It's about my wife. I need you to find out what she thinks I did wrong." By Jon Adams (The New Yorker) Private eyes are so ubitquious in pop culture by now that they pop up everywhere; a well-established meme that almost everyone instantly recognizes, and thus a frequent inclusion in humor. Here, … Continue reading My Scrapbook: “It’s about my wife. I need you to find out what she thinks I did wrong.”
My Scrapbook: “Why, thanks. You’re looking very film-noir-ish tonight yourself.”
My Scrapbook "Why, thanks. You're looking very film-noir-ish tonight yourself." By Mort Gerberg (The New Yorker) The term "film noir" has become so pretentious, so compromised, so misunderstood and so misappropriated, used to sell everything from perfume and jewelry to yogurt and Yoyos, and its definition so sloppily applied to novels, films and television to … Continue reading My Scrapbook: “Why, thanks. You’re looking very film-noir-ish tonight yourself.”
Droopy (Droopy, Master Detective)
Created by Tex Avery and Rich Hogan "Hello, all you happy people. Created by Tex Avery and Rich Hogan for MGM for cartoon shorts back in the forties, DROOPY was the slow-walking, slow-talking, seemingly indestructible and certainly unflappable bloodhound who somehow always seems to get his man (or woman) (or wolf). Since he first appeared, … Continue reading Droopy (Droopy, Master Detective)
Johnny Eyeball/Goofy (How to Be a Detective)
Goofy created by Walt Disney, Pinto Colvig, Tom Palmer & Art Babbitt Johnny Eyeball created by Dick Kinney Beloved Disney character GOOFY is JOHNNY EYEBALL, in "How to Be a Detective," a 1952 cartoon short. Something of a send-up of assorted private eye and noir-ish tropes (before noir was even recognized as a thing), it's … Continue reading Johnny Eyeball/Goofy (How to Be a Detective)
My Scrapbook: “The Game is Afoot” by Tom Richmond
My Scrapbook "The Game is Afoot" by Tom Richmond This rogues gallery round-up of various cinematic Sherlocks displays definite MAD-like tendencies--but that's understandable, given that it was done by Tom Richmond, a proud member of the Usual Gang of Idiots. According to Tom, "Sherlock Holmes is one of literature’s greatest characters, and holds the … Continue reading My Scrapbook: “The Game is Afoot” by Tom Richmond
Mr. Meeseeks (Rick and Morty)
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)
Bugs Bunny, Private Eye
Created by Warner Bros. "Bugs Bunny, private eyeball – thugs thwarted, arsonists arrested, bandits booked, forgers found, counterfeiters caught and chiselers chiseled.” — Bugs answers the phone in “Bugs and Thugs" Created in the late 30s by a slew of producers, writers and directors at Warner Bros., BUGS BUNNY has always seemed like a natural as … Continue reading Bugs Bunny, Private Eye