The “Evil Genius” Trailer is Here!

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Check out the trailer for Evil Genius.

Kind of pulls you in, huh?  It sure did for me.

Of course I’m old enough to remember the case.  Bank robber becomes surrounded by cops while trying to make his escape.  He tells the cops that he was kidnapped and the kidnappers placed the device around his neck.  It is a bomb set to blow his head off if he doesn’t rob the bank.  Although cops are skeptical, they keep their distance.  Guy begs for help… As cops work out what to do, the bomb goes off killing the guy.

Who was behind this?  Was the guy kidnapped or part of the robbery gone wrong?  I guess we’ll find out if we tune in.  I know I will.

“Assault on Precinct 13” Poster by Martin Ansin

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Once a week Joblo.com posts Awesome Art We’ve Found Around the Net.  As you can imagine, they post awesome art that they, well, you get the idea.

I always enjoy seeing what JoBlo has found because with each post they list the artist’s name and a link to more of his/her art.  That’s where I saw this  Assault on Precinct 13 (by Martin Ansin) poster.

The Wild Real-World Playboy Adventures of a One-Time Superboy

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Back in 1961, John Rockwell was cast to star as Superboy in a follow-up to the extremely popular Superman tv series which was enjoying renewed popularity in reruns.  Superboy never made it past the pilot stage (which you can see if you click over to the link I’ll provide in a second) because of a dispute between two cereal companies over who would get sponsorship rights!

Although the unproduced series became Rockwell’s biggest claim to fame, he was still considered a star and led a very interesting life.  Consider that Rockwell….

  • …once save saved Hugh Heffner’s life

  • … for years lived on and off in the Playboy mansion

  • … became a competitive backgammon player for big bucks (and he still competes!)

  • … married a Mexican heiress and although they haven’t seen each other in over 40 years, are still married due to a strange divorce stipulation

  • …competed with Frank Sinatra for the attention of a woman they were both after (and won)

Jennifer Vineyard’s The Wild Real-World Playboy Adventures of a One-Time Superboy for SyfyWire is worth a read.

 

Ace Atkins Talks Crossroad Blues and a Lot More!

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Ace Atkins is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated novelist who has written 23 novels.  Perhaps best known for being selected to carry on Robert B. Parker’s Spenser series, Atkins has series characters of his own (Nick Travers and Quinn Colson).  If you dig his Spenser yarns, then you ought to give Travers and Colson a go.

Crossroad Blues is Atkins first Nick Travers novel.

The disappearance of a college professor investigating rumors of previously unknown recordings by renowned blues musician Robert Johnson, murdered more than fifty years earlier, leads football player-turned-blues historian Nick Travers along a dangerous trail as he seeks to unravel the dark truths behind an old mystery.

Crossroad Blues has been adapted into a graphic novel by Atkins along with artist Marco Finnegan.

“Thrillkill” by Jim Stenstrum and Neal Adams!

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If you’re not familiar with Thrillkill by Jim Stenstrum and Neal Adams, you’re in for a real treat.  Originally published in Creepy #75, by Warren in November 1975,

Thrillkill is one of Neal Adams’ most beautifully illustrated stories and Stenstrum was ahead of the times looking at mass murders.  (You have to remember that they were almost unheard of in 1975.  These days, they happen regularly.)

Click over to The Bristol Board to see the full Thrillkill story in a format that’s easy to read.