Monthly Archives: November 2020

Two-Gun Bob: Barbing Up Jeopardy!

Posted on November 28, 2020 by Don

Barbarianing, that is. Two-Gun Bob Howard of Cross Plains, Texas has been easing onto the Jeopardy! scene in recent years, in a category here, a category there. When he made the cut for Famous Bobs, you knew he was in … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: DICK HARDBOILED

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Don

Hey. Turkey Day. Not quite Xmas. It starts later than Xmas. If you haven’t seen it before, some folk turned me on to “The Adventures of DICK HARDBOILED in Neo Noir Dark Noir City.” Some funny lines. Only a few … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Charles Saunders

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Don

You can tell that at the time Cheryl Cline wrote her article on Sword-and-Sorcery for Portable Storage 4 she was unaware of the death of Imaro creator Charles Saunders. Like most, I only got the news late in the year. … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: Portable Storage Four

Posted on November 21, 2020 by Don

But for being buried under the sprint to the finish on Haefele’s Lovecraft: The Great Tales the last few weeks or months, I would have mentioned the fact that Bill Breiding pubbed another ish of his new zine on August … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: The Mystery of Tinkles

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Don

Got a note from Terry Zobeck a week or so back, basically wondering if I was dead. I wasn’t offended. Not so long ago I popped the bookdealer Gavin Smith of Texas an email, saying “Yo, Gavman! I heard you … Continue reading →

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Hammett: And Yet Another “Silver Eyes”

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Don

Today Evan Lewis pops another newsprint reprint of Hammett’s Op yarn “The Girl with the Silver Eyes” — Camden, December 1938. Since he’s already done the full spread with all the text at least a couple of times, this round … Continue reading →

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