My Scrapbook"We'd Like You to Follow a Star" I dunno. There's just something about this gag Christmas card that made me smile — a perfect little blend of seasonal greetings and the Shamus Game. The cartoon is by Stan Eales, and it's printed on recycled paper, and it's available on the Nobleworks.com web site, where … Continue reading My Scrapbook: “We’d Like You to Follow a Star”
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My Scrapbook: Carroll John Daly’s Obituary
My ScrapbookCarroll John Daly's Obituary CARROLL JOHN DALY was one of the most pivotal figures in the development of hard-boiled crime fiction and pretty much created the "private eye" as we now understand the term, but even now, all these years later, he still can’t get no respect. But he apparently never got much even … Continue reading My Scrapbook: Carroll John Daly’s Obituary
My Scrapbook: Luke Cage, Page One
My ScrapbookLuke Cage, Page One The above splash page, presented in all its pre-press, pasted-up, camera-ready glory, is from the very first issue of Luke Cage, Hero for Hire (June 1972), garnered a lot of attention when it came up for auction at Heritage Collectibles. Not just because it's one righteous, bad ass piece of … Continue reading My Scrapbook: Luke Cage, Page One
My Scrapbook: This or That? (A Lincoln Lawyer Dilemma)
My ScrapbookThis or That? I'm just asking... FURTHER INVESTIGATION Mickey Haller (The Lincoln Lawyer)Our take... My ScrapbookA Cornucopia of Tear Sheets, Illustrations, Photos, Scribbles & Other Crap That I Think is Cool. Respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.
My Scrapbook: A Kent Murdock Murder Mystery TOLD IN PICTURES!
My ScrapbookA Kent Murdock Murder Mystery TOLD IN PICTURES! Is this cool, or what? Above is the actual cover of Four Frightened Women (1950, Dell), and right below is an ad for it. Occasionally touted as "the very first graphic novel"  (it wasn't), it was number two in  Dell's "Told in Pictures" line, Dell's ambitious … Continue reading My Scrapbook: A Kent Murdock Murder Mystery TOLD IN PICTURES!
My Scrapbook: Raymond Chandler’s Typewriter
My ScrapbookRaymond Chandler's Typewriter Is this the coolest thing ever or what? Long-time friend of the site, Mark Coggins, author of the acclaimed August Riordan private eye series, has scored a typewriter at an estate sale, Â conducted by auction house Doyle New York. And not just any typewriter. It's the the Olivetti Studio 44 that … Continue reading My Scrapbook: Raymond Chandler’s Typewriter
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: Dashiell Hammett as The Thin Man
My Scrapbook Dashiell Hammett as The Thin Man A good part of Dashiell Hammett's initial — and ongoing —success and popularity  was not simply due to his writing, but also to the fact that Hammett himself was a former detective for the Pinkerton Detective Agency. He wasn't no oil company exec, or a CPA, or, … Continue reading My Scrapbook: Dashiell Hammett as The Thin Man
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.”
My Scrapbook: The Maltese Falcon Tourist Trap
My Scrapbook The Maltese Falcon Tourist Trap Friend of the site Robert A. James, author of Truths and The Maltese Falcon (2023), sent along this photo, writing "My friend was visiting Mdina on the island of Malta, and sent me this photo of a completely authentic shop!" Curious? The official address is "Maltese Falcon, 27 … Continue reading My Scrapbook: The Maltese Falcon Tourist Trap