Created by Victor Gischler CHARLIE "THE HOOK" SWIFT was one of the hard-boiled kinda guys in a promising new series of stories back when this site started. Written by one of fellow upstarts in those heady times, Â Victor Gischler's first story featuring Charlie, "Hitting Rufus," was selected by Otto Penzler for his Best American Mystery … Continue reading Charlie “The Hook” Swift
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Spademan
Created by Adam Sternbergh "It's hokey but it's true. You learn things hauling trash." -- Shovel Ready In his relatively well-received debut, Shovel Ready (2014), Adam Sternbergh, culture editor for the New York Times Magazine and former editor-at-large at New York Magazine, paints a suitably bleak but well-rendered picture of a post-apocalyptic Big Apple that's … Continue reading Spademan
Jackie Fuentes (Killer Groove)
Created by Ollie Masters and Eoin Marron It's the early Seventies, and the Swingin' Sixties are definitely over, but that doesn't mean musicians aren't still pouring into Los Angeles, desperate to stoke the star-making machinery of the popular song, in the 2019 five-part comic mini-series Killer Groove. Struggling singer-songwriter Jonny is one of them. He's a … Continue reading Jackie Fuentes (Killer Groove)