Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
With just two crime / noir novels (Hell on Chruch Street and The Posthumous Man) to his credit, Jake Hinson has made a name as a new author to watch. Both novels were well received by fans and critics alike and get my highest recommendation. (I liked Hell on Church Street a bit more than The Posthumous Man, but they are both excellent reads so why quibble?)
Darwyn Cooke’s two graphic novel adaptations of (Donald Westlake aka) Richard Stark’s Parker novels have been resounding successes with fans and critics alike. So it only made sense that a third adaption, Slayground would be coming at Christmas.
Recently Cooke, the estate of Donald Westlake and publisher IDW announced…
For the first time, the Parker novels will be published in a deluxe, hardcover format, and with Cooke designing the series, as well as providing stunning color illustrations to accompany Westlake’s (AKA, Richard Stark’s) crime classics! The first book, The Hunter, will arrive in the first half of 2014. Additional editions will be released in chronological order thereafter.
I can not wait!
Source: Sequential Highway
There’s a new Crow mini-series coming in 2014 and it won’t be for the faint-of-heart.
The Crow: Pestilence will be written by novelist Frank Bill, the author who exploded on the crime fiction scene with a brutal one-two punch: his short-story collection, Crimes in Southern Indiana followed by his debut novel, Donnybrook. Bill will be joined by artist Drew Moss (interior art) and Crow creator, J. O’Barr (providing covers).
For the full story check out CBR.com’s The Crow Rises Again…
Here’s a really well done video summation of Breaking Bad. BEWARE SPOILERS!!
Matt Wagner fans are going to be excited to hear that Wagner is writing and drawing a three issue (48 pages per) prestige mini-series featuring a cross-over between The Shadow and Wagner’s creation, Grendel.
As excited as his fans may be, Wagner may be even more excited…
“Ever since the smash success of my two previous crossover events (with Batman), I’ve had many offers over the years to see Grendel cross blades with a varied host of other characters,” comments Grendel creator, Matt Wagner. “But none of those opportunities ever excited me as much as this possibility. I’ve been a huge fan ofThe Shadow for many, many years and my love of the character finally saw fruition when I got the chance to literally re-define his origins by writing The Shadow: Year One for Dynamite. To have the chance to both write and draw The Shadow facing my own creation is something of a dream come true! It’s also adds yet another instant classic to my long legacy of Grendel projects with Dark Horse Comics.”
Click over to Sequential Highway for the full report.
Would you like to see an animated gif of the first and last appearance of every major character on Breaking Bad?
Sure, you would.
I believe that Breaking Bad is probably the best television series ever.
There have been other great series, but Breaking Bad was the most consistently good series that did exactly what it set out to accomplish.
Unfortunately all good bad things must come to an end. If you’re like me, you like to speculate about what happened to the characters after the final fade to black. Breaking Bad series creator, Vince Gilligan and the show’s writers have their own ideas about what happened next and they shared them with Entertainment Weekly.
We’re about six hours away from the series finale of Breaking Bad. My guess is you still need a little something to hold you over.
How about Wired’s profile of Franco Francavilla’s Breaking Bad minimalistic episode posters?
Or… my predictions for the Breaking Bad finale?
I think that Walter is going to die, but first he’ll earn a bit of redemption.
Here’s how I see it going down:
The great thing about Breaking Bad is, you never know what is going to happen. So don’t be surprised if I’m wrong. Dead wrong.
Entertainment Weekly commissioned a poster for each of their five favorite Breaking Bad episodes. Sadly they are no longer online, but I did save the one above. I wish I knew the name of the person who created it. If you do, let me know and I’ll credit them here.
If you’re a fan of great crime comics, you should be reading Gravedigger by Chris Mills and Rick Burchett. I’ve been singing the praises of Gravedigger since before it was released. I knew from the premise and with Chris and Rick at the helm that Gravedigger would be a winner.
And it is.
Keep in mind, that my love for Gravedigger happened long before I became a part of his universe!
The Shield was an amazing series and remains a favorite over a decade after it premiered on FX (back when hardly anyone tuned in to FX).
If you’re a fan of The Shield, then you’ll want to check out Good Cop, Bad Cop: An Oral History of The Shield by Jason Matloff. Before you click over, please know the article/interview, like The Shield, contains adult language and discussion and is NOT for kids.
Thanks to David Chen for the Tweet.
In honor of Quentin Tarantino’s twenty years of film-making, Miramax has posted 10 behind-the-scenes photos from the making of Pulp Fiction!
TNT just released two new teaser posters Mob City starring Jon Bernthal. The photo above is one of them.
The series is based on L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America’s Most Seductive City by John Buntin. Here’s how ComingSoon describes the series…
It’s a world of glamorous movie stars, powerful studio heads, returning war heroes, a powerful and corrupt police force and an even more dangerous criminal network determined to make L.A. its West Coast base.
How can you not be excited about THAT?
If you want to see the other teaser poster and learn more about the series check out Coming Soon: TNT’s Mob City…
“What if I did kill the Black Dahlia, they can’t prove it now.”
Steve Hodel has long believed that his father, George Hodel, was the Black Dahlia Killer.
It’s not just that his father was a prime suspect in the case. Or that his father was a doctor (experts believe that the killer had medical knowledge and experience). Or that his father’s handwriting matched that of the killer’s.
Steve Hodel has discovered new evidence including receipts tying his father to the murder as well as evidence connecting his father to a symbol carved into Elizabeth Short’s hip and he recently shared it with a CBS Los Angeles station.
I am really looking forward to Frank Frank Darabont’s Mob City starring Jon Bernthal and Robert Knepper.
