Spillane should have stayed in comics. I think Brubaker's
Criminal is top notch, and there's a French comic called "The
Killer" that's pretty good. So far as I know, only the first
five issues in a the ten issue series have been translated
into graphic novel form in English yet.
There's a trailer for it here.
http://www.daradja.com/the_killer_trailer.php
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Jonathan Bravard <
jon.bravard@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Michael hits the nail squarely on it's head, when he
writes of Penzler. In
> not reading comics/graphic novels, you miss so
much.
> Like the work of Ed Brubaker his "Criminal" series,
as well as Scene of the
> Crime and Sleeper, are all worth reading
> and would be enjoyed by all in this group, I
believe.
>
> And yes Mickey Spillane did get his start in comic
books, Captain America,
> Superman, and Batman amoung others I am
sure.
>
> Jon
>
>
> On 5/1/08, Michael Sharp <
msharp@binghamton.edu> wrote:
> >
> > I stopped listening to the Penzler interview
when he said flatly and
> > without explanation that he didn't read comics
or graphic novels. Some
> > of the best, most innovative crime fiction of
the past quarter century
> > has been in comics. Moore and Gibbons'
Watchmen, most of Frank Miller's
> > work, David Lapham's extraordinary Stray
Bullets, etc. And, I mean,
> > Spillane got his start writing for comics,
didn't he? Why would someone
> > who is undeniably an expert on crime fiction
ignore a massive and
> > undeniably important crime fiction medium? It
would be like saying "Oh,
> > I don't watch movies." ???
> >
> > MDS
> >
> >
> >
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