by Crimespree Magazine | May 20, 2013 | Comics, Reviews
MARSHAL LAW: THE DELUXE EDITION Pat Mills, Kevin O’Neill 2013 DC Comics They say I don’t pray for my enemy I do. I pray they go to Hell I remember reading the original Marshal Law comics back in the late 80’s. The punk scene and strange party all the time attitude of...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Crimespree Magazine | May 19, 2013 | Features
This past Saturday, Frank Wheeler and I spent the late morning and afternoon hitting some used bookstores in Milwaukee. The places to hit have changed from when I first started spending my time out hunting for cool books though there are still plenty of places to go....
by Crimespree Magazine | May 19, 2013 | Flashback
From Crimespree 21 Where the Ideas Come From By Gabriel Cohen Whenever I attend an author talk, the audience always seems fascinated by the process of writing. Do you write every day? they ask. How many hours? Perhaps the most popular question, though, is Where do you...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 19, 2013 | Books, Serials
Seventeen Downtown / 5:30 P.M. Calhoun was lying on a bed in one of the hotel rooms they kept around the city. This one had a view of the bullring and a technical college from the window in front oft of him. When he’d woken up he could hear the students outside...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 19, 2013 | Films
Guillermo del Toro’s latest is looking pretty fun. When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju,...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 18, 2013 | Books
Fantasy—ripped from today’s headlines By Robert Liparulo I like stories that surprise me, show me things I’ve never seen before, and get me playing make-believe like I haven’t done since selling my G.I. Joes and Legos at a garage sale. Few tales are as make-believe...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 18, 2013 | Books, Events
Friday night, Red and I went to see Pete Hautman at St. Paul’s Red Balloon bookshop. The Grand Ave. staple has been attracting quite a few high-profile authors lately, such as Jon and Carol Barrowman (The Hollow Earth) and Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl). Celebrating the...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 18, 2013 | Books, Serials
Sixteen Downtown / 3:20 P.M. Selena’s “Tú Solo Tú” was on the juke box.We’re all finished off in the war of life – some just take more killing than others, Calhoun thought, looking at his beer. He thought of running to a theater and hiding from...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 18, 2013 | Books
Crimespree pal Steve Ulfelder is on the road in promotion of SHOTGUN LULLABY , the first book in his Conway Sax series. Take a gander and see if he is coming to a store near you. Conway Sax is a man seeking redemption. A man with a deeply checkered past currently...
