Created by Rex Pickett Struggling actor JACK HAYNES (played by Jim Haynie) and failed mystery novelist RAYMOND SAVAGE (Scott Paulin ) have both seen better days, and their new career as private investigators isn't exactly setting the world on fire either. But when a sleazy Hollywood studio offers them $25,000 to track down Lana Dark, … Continue reading Jack Haynes & Raymond Savage (From Hollywood to Deadwood)
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Droopy (Droopy, Master Detective)
Created by Tex Avery and Rich Hogan "Hello, all you happy people. Created by Tex Avery and Rich Hogan for MGM for cartoon shorts back in the forties, DROOPY was the slow-walking, slow-talking, seemingly indestructible and certainly unflappable bloodhound who somehow always seems to get his man (or woman) (or wolf). Since he first appeared, … Continue reading Droopy (Droopy, Master Detective)
Howard the Duck (aka Howard Duckson)
Created by Steve Gerber & Val Mayerik (art) 'Trapped In a World He Never Made!' -- the most-used tagline In the mythology of the Marvel Universe, HOWARD THE DUCK (real name Howard Dickson) looms surprisingly large--a relatively bit player punching well above his weight. A cranky, cigar-smoking, foul-tempered (or should that be fowl-tempered?) anthropomorphic duck … Continue reading Howard the Duck (aka Howard Duckson)
Spike Bludgeon
Created by Marion Mainwaring (1922-2015) "You're so wonderful, Spike," she muttered, "All those ugly scars....your broken nose...and the ear that's chopped off...How could they do it, Spike? Â How could anyone bear to hurt you?" "The ones who did it are dead," I told her. Â "People who cross me usually end up that way." Murder in … Continue reading Spike Bludgeon
Bugs Bunny, Private Eye
Created by Warner Bros. "Bugs Bunny, private eyeball – thugs thwarted, arsonists arrested, bandits booked, forgers found, counterfeiters caught and chiselers chiseled.” — Bugs answers the phone in “Bugs and Thugs" Created in the late 30s by a slew of producers, writers and directors at Warner Bros., BUGS BUNNY has always seemed  like a natural as … Continue reading Bugs Bunny, Private Eye
Lou Peckinpaugh (The Cheap Detective)
Created by Neil Simon "Being a private eye may not be much, but we do have a code of honor. It's all right to fool around with your partner's wife, but once he's dead it makes it all so dirty. That's the way it is, angel. You marry yourself a nice guy, have a couple … Continue reading Lou Peckinpaugh (The Cheap Detective)
Butch Patterson (Butch Patterson, Private Dick)
Created by Greg Lawrence "Do you think I'd look good in a hat?" How’d I miss this one? A 30-minute Canadian TV comedy lampooning the whole Shamus Game? That lasted three seasons? And I had no clue it even existed? Turns out Butch Patterson, Private Dick ran from 1999-2001 on The Comedy Network, a Canadian channel … Continue reading Butch Patterson (Butch Patterson, Private Dick)
Private Eye Popeye
Created by E.C. Segar Pseudonym of Elzie Crisler Segar (1894-1938) POPEYE, everyone's favourite spinach-chugging sailor man, gets the P.I. treatment in "Private Eye Popeye," a lame, low-budget cartoon from the mid-fifties, put out by Famous Studios. It was not Popeye’s greatest moment. Despite the fact this was produced smack-dab-in-the middle of the hard-boiled P.I. craze, with … Continue reading Private Eye Popeye
Duck Twacy (The Great Piggy Bank RobberyDuck Twacy)
Created by E.C. Segar "Snake Eyes! Agh! Eighty-Eight Teeth! Hammerhead! Oh, no, Pussycat! Pussycat Puss! Bat Man! Double-Header! P-p-picklepuss! P-p-p-pumpkin Head! Neon Noodle! Juke Box Jaw! Wolf Man! You're all under arrest!" "The Great Piggy Bank Robbery," a 1946 Looney Tune cartoon short from Warner Bros., directed by Robert Clampett and featuring Daffy Duck, is … Continue reading Duck Twacy (The Great Piggy Bank RobberyDuck Twacy)
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