A Review by Sam Wiebe The sanitized, bland, and distinctly un-evocative covers for the newest iteration of Black Lizard inspired me to read a few more old pulp novels recently—the kind that usually feature lurid covers by artists like Robert McGuinness. It’s my small, silent and utterly meaningless pushback against the “downplay the ugly and … Continue reading This is a Wild One: Solomon’s Vineyard by Jonathan Latimer
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Night Moves: An Introduction
Sam Wiebe Introduces the 1974 Classic Slated to introduce Night Moves at the Vancouver Film Center in August 2022, Canadian crime writer Sam Wiebe, the creator of private eyes Dave Wakeland and Michael Drayton, confessed that "It’s one of my favorite PI films and neo-noirs, and a million times better than Altman’s very good The Long Goodbye, … Continue reading Night Moves: An Introduction
A Conversation About The Conversation
Sam Wiebe Introduces the 1974 Classic Slated to introduce The Conversation at the Vancouver Film Center before the pandemic, Canadian crime writer Sam Wiebe, the creator of private eyes Dave Wakeland and Michael Drayton, finally got to do it in April 2022. The screening was part of a free day of programming in memoriam for VIFF staff … Continue reading A Conversation About The Conversation
Michael Drayton
Created by Sam Wiebe "There's no real polite way to say this, Mr. Drayton. Someone's fucking our corpses and we'd like it to stop." -- Michael meets a new client. Twenty-nine year old Vancouver dick MICHAEL DRAYTON isn't your usual hard-boiled gumshoe -- in fact, he gives off something of a slacker vibe. He drinks tea, … Continue reading Michael Drayton
Dave Wakeland
Created by Sam Wiebe Sam Wiebe, author of the raw, bruising (and Shamus-nominated) P.I. novel Last of the Independents (2014) returns with another damaged young Vancouver private eye, DAVE WAKELAND, in Invisible Dead (2016). Don't be a chump and ignore this new one, thinking you've read it all before. Wakeland may not even be thirty … Continue reading Dave Wakeland