Created by Rick Dewhurst "Since I'm going to die, do you mind if I lead you to the Lord?" -- Joe faces off against a gunman According to author Rick Dewhurst, his private eye JOE LaFLAM and I have something in common. But here, let's let Joe tell it: "I was born in Vancouver, Canada, but … Continue reading Joe LaFlam
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An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down
Eyes of the Northwest OREGON Cal Claxon by Warren C. Easley (Portland) Lennox Cooper by Lily Gardner (Portland) Conan Flagg by M.K. Wren (Oregon) Garrison Gage by Jack Nolte (Barnacle Bluffs) Dex Parios by Greg Rucka (Portland, aka "Stumptown") Myron Vale by Scott William Carter (Portland) WASHINGTON Thomas Black by Earl Emerson (Seattle) Frank Corso … Continue reading An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down
Thomas Black
Created by Earl Emerson What were they smoking in Seattle in the eighties? Another 1980's Seattle P.I. who may have once inhaled is Earl Emerson's THOMAS BLACK. While not quite the flake that Richard Hoyt's John Denson is, he certainly has his moments. Especially when he teams up with his best bud, Kathy Birchfield who, … Continue reading Thomas Black
Carmen Courageous
Created by Rob MacKinnon “It’s a good thing Danger is my middle name." Well, they tried. Coming off a successful crowd-sourcing campaign, hopes were high for this rollicking comic book aimed at adventure-loving kids eleven and up. CARMEN COURAGEOUS was a plucky young (twenty-something?) Seattle-based private eye looking for adventure, and whatever comes her way. … Continue reading Carmen Courageous
Webster Dodge (Dodge’s Bullets)
Created by Jay Faerber Can you turn it up to 11? WEBSTER DODGE is a rockin' young Seattle private eye, in his mid-to-late 20s, who's not real big on authority figures, in Jay Faerber's original graphic novel Dodge's Bullets (2004). Despite the fact that Faerber made his name with assorted spandex-clad mutants and teen titans, … Continue reading Webster Dodge (Dodge’s Bullets)
Leo Waterman
Created by G.M. Ford (1945-2021) Should you judge a private eye by the company he keeps? A hapless, rumpled, heart-on-his-sleeve, middle-aged, grumpy smart-ass, Seattle private eye LEO WATERMAN stumbles from one quixotic case to another, in this highly-entertaining, sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, critically-acclaimed series, by G.M. Ford. Aiding him in his escapades are "the boys," a … Continue reading Leo Waterman
Frank Corso (G.M. Ford)
Created by G.M. Ford FRANK CORSO is a reclusive renegade newshawk with a conscience. As an up-and-coming journalist in New York City, he became involved in a nasty libel suit which cost him his reputation and almost his career. Tail between his legs, he ended up on the west coast working for the third-rate Seattle … Continue reading Frank Corso (G.M. Ford)
Harry Nile
Created by Jim French (1928-2017) Not all radio detectives are available only in re-runs from sometimes dubious old-time radio outlets. Here's one radio detective still very much on the case. HARRY NILE, a fictional private detective in Los Angeles and Seattle during the 1940's and 50's, is the title character of a long-running and much … Continue reading Harry Nile
Carl Kolchak (The Night Stalker)
Created by Jeff Rice "I promised I'd show up with a haircut, a new hat, and a pressed suit... but I lie a lot." -- Carl Kolchak Poor CARL KOLCHAK. A wise-cracking, would-be hard-bitten newsman in a battered seersucker suit and straw boater hat, Kolchak would have been right at home in a 1940's newspaper flick. … Continue reading Carl Kolchak (The Night Stalker)
Van Shaw
Created by Glen Erik Hamilton Cold, relentless and tougher than dirt, Army Ranger and reportedly former thief VAN SHAW hits the sweet spot somewhere between Stark's Parker and Child's Jack Reacher, albeit with a veneer of vulnerability (and sentimentality) unimaginable in the other two men, thanks to the shitload of PTSD he lugged back from … Continue reading Van Shaw