Back in the 90’s Bob Callahan and Art Spiegelman founded Neon Lit. “The language and attitudes found in these books derive historically from the great hard-boiled crime novels of the 1920’s. The stark sense of black and white shadow derives from the Noir films of a generation later. Both traditions merge, and are renewed, in these intelligent and handsome picture paperbacks.” I thought this was a terrific concept and was delighted to find the book half price at my local comic shop. Through inventive storytelling […]
Hey Joe, where ya goin’ with that cutlass in your hand?
Picking up right after then end of Jenny Finn: Doom, Joe is at work (he’s the “Hammer Man” at the slaughterhouse), still troubled by the events of the previous day. It’s one CLONK! after another until the next cow in line speaks to him and reveals the plague once again. That’s it. Joe quits on the spot and goes to get a bottle to drown his sorrows while he plots out how he can escape the city. Little Polly Platt comes along and tells him she […]
I am your man if you’re looking for trouble
The late great Phil Lynott is one of those rock and roll figures that still looms large, decades after his death. So many bands and artists cite him and his band Thin Lizzy as an inspiration. I still have a battered old vinyl copy of Thin Lizzy’s Nightlife from 1974 and while it’s not their most popular album it’s still my favorite. That will illustrate that I am not the most diehard of Lizzy fans and therein lies my problem with this book. Putterford conducted […]
Doom
From the delightfully creepy and imaginative mind of Mike Mignola comes Jenny Finn: Doom. Set in London, the populace is gripped by the mysterious deaths of local whores. What no one seems to be addressing is a curious plague that is slowly overtaking the city. Down by the docks, country boy Joe sees a young girl amongst the throng of ne’er do well’s and takes it upon himself to escort her to safety. But who needs to be saved from whom? As Joe dashes after […]