"THE DINGUS” (Part Four) READ IT ALL HERE! "The Dingus" Part One "The Dingus" Part Two "The Dingus" Part Three "The Dingus” Part Four "The Dingus" Part Five "The Dingus" Part Six "The Dingus" Part Seven "The Dingus" Part Eight Script, Colors & Letters by Christopher Mills. Pencils & Inks by Joe Staton. Cartoon and logo … Continue reading “The Dingus” (Part Four)
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“The Dingus” (Part Three)
"THE DINGUS” (Part Three) READ IT ALL HERE! "The Dingus" Part One "The Dingus" Part Two "The Dingus" Part Three "The Dingus” Part Four "The Dingus" Part Five "The Dingus" Part Six "The Dingus" Part Seven "The Dingus" Part Eight Script, Colors & Letters by Christopher Mills. Pencils & Inks by Joe Staton. Cartoon and logo … Continue reading “The Dingus” (Part Three)
“The Dingus” (Part Two)
"THE DINGUS” (Part Two) READ IT ALL HERE! "The Dingus" Part One "The Dingus" Part Two "The Dingus" Part Three "The Dingus” Part Four "The Dingus" Part Five "The Dingus" Part Six "The Dingus" Part Seven "The Dingus" Part Eight Script, Colors & Letters by Christopher Mills. Pencils & Inks by Joe Staton. Cartoon and logo … Continue reading “The Dingus” (Part Two)
Red “Rusty” Nales
Created by Christopher Mills and Joe Staton Femme Noir: "Mercenary!" Red: "Is that some kinda insult?" His office is in the “crummy burg” of Port Nocturne, on the corner of Whittington and Rabe, overlooking Widmark. He's got a gat, a bottle of rotgut, a Murphy bed in his office, and a client list that ranges … Continue reading Red “Rusty” Nales
“The Dingus” (Part One)
"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)
See Ya in The Funny Papers
P.I. Spoofs and Callouts in Comics & Cartoons If Mickey Spillane Wrote NANCY… from MAD Magazine In the Tradition of Hammett, Chandler, Macdonald and Snoopy (Peanuts) by Charles Schultz Arlo, Janis & Spenser Bugs Bunny, Private Eye Johnny Eyeball (Goofy) (1952, "How to Be a Detective") Private Eye Popeye (1954, Famous Studios) Meat Hamburg (Pogo) by Walt … Continue reading See Ya in The Funny Papers
Eddie Race
Created by Doug Wildey (1922-94) E.V. "EDDIE" RACE was the handsome, square-jawed private eye hero of a detective strip that appeared in the short-lived (two issues!) Sojourn, Joe Kubert's tabloid-sized comics anthology magazine, which was done to support the Joe Kubert School of Comic Art and its students. It was written and drawn by Doug … Continue reading Eddie Race
Jenner Faulds (Fairlady)
Created by Brian Schirmer Every fantasy epic ends with a war. But what happens when the war is over? All set for a female comic book private eye in an ongoing fantasy series that pitches itself as “Magnum P.I. meets Fables”? That's the concept behind Fairlady, a 2019 Image Comics fantasy offering. The war is … Continue reading Jenner Faulds (Fairlady)
Paul DeSanto
Created by Steve Niles & Scott Morse "His body looked like it had been fed through a sausage press." When a man's partner is killed, you're supposed to do something about it. Right? So when Los Angeles private dick PAUL DeSANTO discovers one of his operatives, Lou "Potbelly" Sanders, dead in a Hollywood alley, he figures he … Continue reading Paul DeSanto
Joe Coogan
Created by Steve Niles and Bernie Wrightson "No use avoiding the obvious. I was dead." -- Joe faces facts This P.I.'s expired and gone to meet his maker! He's a stiff! Rough and tumble Los Angeles private eye JOE COOGAN's life may not have been much. For over twenty years, he drank in between bouts … Continue reading Joe Coogan