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Re: RARA-AVIS: hardboiled comics
On Sun, 12 Jan 1997, Flavio wrote:
: -SECRET AGENT X9 (http://mmnewsstand.com/AgentX/)- spy comic strip
: written by Hammett (I'm not sure he wrote all the stories).
This is a different Secret Agent X9, I think. It looks good, though.
I think Hammett's stuff was printed in a book, but does anyone know if
it's available? Or what the storylines were like?
Thanks for the list, Flavio, I'll check out the URLs. I saw a comic
(or, as some prefer, graphic novel) interpretation of Paul Auster's
New York trilogy, which was great. It's a kind of surreal noirish
thing that draws a lot on the genre (and is very unsettling in parts),
and it worked well as a comic. I think any good hardboiled story,
especially with someone like Marlowe or Spade, or with some twisted
Jim Thompson characters, could be done the same way. I guess you
haven't heard of any, or else they'd be on the list?
Bill
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