"THE DINGUS” (Part One) We hope you enjoy this eight-part story arc, featuring Port Nocturne's Mike Hammer-ish private eye, Red "Rusty" Nales, and the villainous K. Burton Smythe (Boo! Hiss!). "The Dingus” first saw print in AC Comics' Femforce #121, which went on sale in November 2003, but it was also presented in weekly installments … Continue reading “The Dingus” (Part One)
Tag: Christopher Mills
“Slightly Tarnished Armor”
By Christopher Mills Featuring Matthew Dain May 1999 "I'm afraid the son of a bitch is going to kill me." Her voice was hard, cold; as completely devoid of emotion as a telephone operator's. She took another long drag on her cigarette and closed her eyes as she exhaled. I took another sip of coffee … Continue reading “Slightly Tarnished Armor”
“Hit and Run”
By Christopher Mills Featuring Matthew Dain October 2008 I was sitting in my '65 Ford Mustang with a thermos of hot coffee between my legs to keep my nuts from freezing, wincing at the icy wind that howled in off Casco Bay and through the half-open window. I hate stakeouts anyway, and sitting in a thirty-year … Continue reading “Hit and Run”
My Bookshelf: Noir: The Illustrated Crime Fiction Quarterly
My Bookshelf Noir: The Illustrated Crime Fiction Quarterly Edited by Christopher Mills A year after his ambitious one-shot anthology The Detectives, editor Christopher Mills let fly with the even more ambitious Noir: The Illustrated Crime Fiction Quarterly, an attempt to re-create The Detectives on a regular basis. It never quite caught on, lasting a mere three … Continue reading My Bookshelf: Noir: The Illustrated Crime Fiction Quarterly
My Bookshelf: The Detectives
My Bookshelf The Detectives (April 1993, Alpha Productions) A classic one-shot comic book anthology of comic book private eyes, edited and designed by Christopher Mills, "celebrating seventy years of the American private eye." A great idea, and groundbreaking for 1993, this 32-page comic book was handsomely produced, and simply an amazing collection, with both original and … Continue reading My Bookshelf: The Detectives
Matthew Dain
Created by Christopher Mills From Stephen King country comes thirty-something ("Too young to be called a baby boomer and too old for Generation X") private eye MATTHEW AARON DAIN. Matt walks the not-so-mean streets of Portland, Maine, although his work (and his personal life, such as it is) takes him all over the Pine Tree … Continue reading Matthew Dain
Mike Danger
Created by Mickey Spillane (1918-2006) According to legend, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer was originally meant to be a comic book eye called MIKE DANGER, allegedly a harder, tougher version of a Mike Lancer backup feature he had written for Harvey Comics' Green Hornet #10 back in 1942. Danger worked out of New York City's Hackard … Continue reading Mike Danger