She-Hulk: Single Green Female

By this point, most comic book fans know the name Dan Slott. “He’s the guy that’s making all that noise on Spider-Man! He’s the guy taking all that abuse on twitter! And didn’t he used to write Ren and Stimpy?” While all these points are true and accurate, back in...

Día de los Muertos: Chapter 18

Eighteen Hotel Arizona / 6:00 P.M. Calhoun made a call from the Hotel Arizona’s front desk up to their room. The lobby was crowded with American men in for the weekend. Middle manager types with girlfriends. It was that kind of hotel. For some reason, the sight...

MARSHAL LAW: THE DELUXE EDITION reviewed

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...

Adventures in bookhunting: Milwaukee

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....

Flashback: Where Do Ideas Come From

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...

Día de los Muertos: Chapter 17

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...