Monthly Archives: October 2011

Two-Gun Bob: “The Bright Barbarian”

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Don

And what better way to celebrate Halloween and close out October, than with something kind of creepy. . . . It probably won’t amount to much, but I’ve noticed a possible new trend in the way some people want Robert E. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lit, REH | Tagged "Conan vs. Conantics", "The Bright Barbarian", Al Harron, Jason Momoa, Justin Bieber, L. Sprague de Camp, Leo Grin, Lin Carter, Professor Frank Coffman, The Cimmerian, The Dark Barbarian |

Hammett: More Tad’s Blind Man

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Don

Once he’s on the trail, Terry Zobeck sticks like a bloodhound — and the Tad’s blind man bit from the Op story “It” has caught his attention. He put out a general inquiry on the Fiction Mags list, and credits fellow FictionMagateer … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Frisco, Lit | Tagged "It", Steve Rowe, Tad Dorgan, Tad's blind man, Terry Zobeck |

Hammett: “The Black Hat That Wasn’t There”

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Don

And Terry Zobeck is back, with more info on the Op yarn “It” — here’s Terry: Frederic Dannay reprinted “It” — which first appeared in the November 1, 1923 issue of Black Mask — in his 1951 collection Woman in the Dark.Among … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit | Tagged "It", "The Black Hat That Wasn't There", Baron Charles Bowen, Black Mask, Charles Darwin, Frederic Dannay, Tad's blind man, Terry Zobeck, The Dain Curse, Zobeck Series One |

Hammett: “It”

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Don

Terry Zobeck springs back into action with a new posting, detailing the changes made to yet another Op adventure. Take it, Terry: This time around we look into the edits made to the obscure Continental Op story “It.” Obscure because it … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit | Tagged "Death and Company", "It", "The Black Hat That Wasn't There", Black Mask, Frederic Dannay, Terry Zobeck, Zobeck Series One |

Two-Gun Bob: Lightin’ Al Strikes Again, Like Lightin’

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Don

Meanwhile, over in the World of Robert E. Howard Studies (or at least one encampment where skin-clad knuckle-draggers sit around and devour the latest issue of the Conan comic book in cannabalistic fashion — yum-yum, eat-em-up): I see that Al Harron … Continue reading →

Posted in News, REH | Tagged Al Harron, Amra, Brian Leno, Conan Meets the Academy, Damon Sasser, George Scithers, Howard Days, L. Sprague de Camp, Professor Frank Coffman, The Dark Barbarian |

Hammett: More Rhea and Wilmer

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Don

Bill Arney has been busy knocking out a new series of Cheese Theatre episodes, but after holding down the Sam Spade apartment in 891 Post Street for years he keeps his hand in on Hammett stuff — and just popped these notes in as … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit | Tagged 891 Post, Bill Arney, Cheese Theatre, Mike Humbert, Rhea Gutman, Wilmer Cook |

Hammett: Rhea, Wilmer, or. . . ?

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Don

Mike Humbert refreshes his name in my Tag Cloud by sending in a link to a bit about The Maltese Falcon he’s found hanging out in the web — as he notes, it is an “Off-the-wall theory, but interesting. . . .” The … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Film, Lit, News | Tagged "Mike Alec or Rufus", "Tom Dick or Harry", Albert Fish, Casper Gutman, Elisha Cook Jr., Frederic Dannay, John Huston, Marissa Skudlarek, Mike Humbert, Rhea Gutman, Skeptical Inquirer, Stan Old, Wilmer Cook |

Hammett: Two New Collections On the Way

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Don

Our peripatetic Guest Blogger Terry Zobeck roams the mean streets looking for news, when he’s not laired up pulling pure Hammett texts out of moldering pulp magazines. Here’s Terry: Last month I was in St. Louis for Bouchercon — the … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Film, Lit, News | Tagged Bouchercon, Mr. Dynamite, New Black Mask, On the Make, Otto Penzler, Radio, Richard Layman, Terry Zobeck, The Adventures of Sam Spade, Thin Man |

Two-Gun Bob: Lightin’ Al

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Don

I’m getting the distinct impression that good old Al Harron, over in the World of Robert E. Howard Studies, isn’t the fastest blade out of the scabbard. Back on February 11 I addressed some concerns he had raised about where I … Continue reading →

Posted in News, REH | Tagged "Conan vs. Conantics", Al Harron, Conan Meets the Academy, L. Sprague de Camp, Professor Frank Coffman |

Hammett: “This King Business” News

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Don

Our frequent Guest Blogger Terry Zobeck pops back with some swell news — if you might wonder why you’d want to have the third edition of a book on your hard-boiled shelf over the first edition, read on. I started … Continue reading →