Crimespree Magazine

Gary Phillips: The Hardest Working Man in Crime Fiction

by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 14, 2016 | Comics

Gary Phillips just might steal James Brown’s title of being the Hardest Working Man in Show Business – his output certainly shows as much. This year he’s already published 3 THE HARD WAY through Down & Out Books with three more projects to see release in October....

Fortune's Unknown Soldier: The Influence of Hugo Pratt's CORTO MALTESE

by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 14, 2016 | Books, Reviews

I first heard the name “Corto Maltese” when watching the original Tim Burton Batman movie as a boy. It was mentioned in passing by reporter Vicki Vale, who’d shot an article for TIME magazine about the small, fictional war torn nation. It...