Tag Archives: Brian Leno

Two-Gun Bob: Brian Leno, Reporting Ringside

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Don

Whoa. Courtesy the production wizards over at The Cimmerian Press, yesterday Brian Leno popped out his second TriplePunchPack — Ringside with Robert E. Howard. Just an appetizer against the full feedbag of the book he’s working on, an in-depth look … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Derleth and The Tube

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Don

Not to be left out of the Derleth Anniversary action thundering around the internet, Brian Leno sends in some start-of-the-day thoughts. Take it, Brian:   The other night I watched Night Gallery and the episode was “The Doll” by Algernon … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: Sherlock Leno

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Don

Leno giveth, and Leno taketh away. Biblical. First Brian alerts me to the fact that REHupa mailings from the estate of Carl Osman are on the block at eBay (some with deadlines today). Now he sends at least tentative proof that … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: The “Great Extinction” Clock

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Don

Okay. I’m calling it. Time to set the clock on the Great Extinction Event. I was thinking about what little note to post today in acknowledgment of the birth of Robert E. Howard one hundred and thirteen years ago, when Brian Leno — … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Carnera v. Young

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Don

Woke up with an email from Brian Leno lurking in the inbox, and here it is, every word, plus the attachment. Brian obviously is going full-tilt after his hobby of autograph collecting (Terry Moore and Ben Johnson starred in the … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: A Quick Meditation on Arriving Too Late on the Scene

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Don

Another factor in hitting the Second Sunday fan gathering was that Tom Krabacher — an academic of many years standing, but also a longtime fan (he’s planning on doing a Dum Dum next year for Edgar Rice Burroughs enthusiasts) — … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Borland’s Mark

Posted on October 25, 2018 by Don

You know that Brian Leno collects autographs constantly, but I’m sure he gets an added kick out of the hunt if he can spin a seasonal angle out of it. He tells me that the autographed photo above is “something I … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: Famous No.1, then Leno No.1, then. . .

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Don

After I blurbed that my new eBook Famous Someday got to no.1 on the Amazon list for Kindle — sub-category horror, sub-sub-category litcrit on horror — I realized that it probably hadn’t been the actual no.1. It was no.1 in the … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: The First Robert E. Howard Biograph TriplePunchPack

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Don

Yesterday the eBook Famous Someday popped on Kindle — another Robert E. Howard TriplePunchPack from The Cimmerian Press, but this time instead of litcrit the concentration is on biography. Interviews with people who knew REH. Investigations into books from the library of … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: Rob Roehm on Previous Discovery of “Racial Standpoint”

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Don

Just got in a note from Rob Roehm, a Big Name Fan in Robert E. Howard circles in recent years, tireless tracker of any mention of the Howard family in courthouses and county records across Texas. My favorite of his … Continue reading →

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