Created by William E. Barrett (1900-1986) I wonder if Jeff Johnson, creator of P.I/tatoo artist Darby Holland, knows about NEEDLE MIKE, William E. Barrett's crime-solving tattoo artist from the pulps? Posing as a seedy, disreputable alcoholic owner (complete with gold tooth and bum leg) of a grimy tattoo parlor on South Broadway in the equally … Continue reading Needle Mike (aka Ken McNally)
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Sister Holiday Walsh
Created by Margot Douaihy In her debut, 2023's Scorched Grace, SISTER HOLIDAY, a young nun with the Sisters of the Sublime Blood order in New Orleans, proved herself to be a particularly effective amateur sleuth. Seems she has a thing about unanswered questions. And isn't that what faith is, really? The unsolvable mystery? But this … Continue reading Sister Holiday Walsh
Darby Holland
Created by Jeff Johnson Here I go again, slipping a non-P.I. into the deck... The kick-off to a trilogy, Lucky Supreme (2017), impressed me mightily with its fresh take on the hard-boiled genre, goosing it along in a way that even fedora fetishists won't mind. It introduced tattoo artist and slightly dodgy small business owner … Continue reading Darby Holland