Created by Kathy Acker (1948 – 97) "Narratives are purely for shit. Here's the information go fuck yourself." — Rip-Off Red Can you say "post-modern"? I knew you could... Rip-Off Red, Girl Detective is a (discovered and published post-humously) from early in the career of legendary kamikaze slice-and-dice author Kathy Acker, supposedly full of the … Continue reading Rip-Off Red
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February Smith
Created by Leigh Brackett (1915-1978) "I am a private dick...That means, according to all the storieds I've read, that I'm tough, resilient and bullet proof. Also infallibly brilliant. So don't worry..." -- (people should worry) FEBRUARY SMITH is the hero of "The Death Dealer," a 1943 novella by Leigh Brackett, written a year before her … Continue reading February Smith
Regan
Created by Ian Rankin REGAN is a hard-boiled American private eye right out of central casting--or at least an American pulp mag from the forties, very much in the Chandler mold, full of world-weariness, wisecracks and similes, is hired to investigate a woman's murder, in Scottish author Ian Rankin's 2012 illustrated novella "The Lie Factory." "The … Continue reading Regan