by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 13, 2014 | Flashback
This originally appeared in issue 8 (Sept/Oct 2005) SHOOT TO THRILL: Brian Azzarello’s 100 Bullets: An Appreciation by Duane Swierczynski Hardboiled comic fans are a rare breed; tough guys don’t usually do funnybooks. Yeah, yeah, I know—Mickey Spillane got his start...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 14, 2014 | Books, Features
Another in our series of author workspaces. as always click on pictures to see them larger, and please, no wagering. Ian Rankin: Yes, it’s the back room at the Oxford Bar in Edinburgh, where Rebus goes to drink and I go to think. People send mail to me...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 7, 2013 | Books, Reviews
MULHOLLAND BOOKS April 30th, 2013 If you haven’t read the first 2 books in the Charlie Hardie trilogy by Mr. Swierczynski, stop reading right now. Do not pass go, don’t collect shit. If you have read them, then proceed by all means but I’m warning you now. I gotta...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 1, 2013 | Author Interviews, Books
Called “… the hottest thing in crime fiction” by no less than Joe R. Lansdale, Duane Swierczynski has been a force in crime fiction since his debut novel SECRET DEAD MEN hit shelves in 2005. Since then nine other novels have followed, as well as comic book work for...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 19, 2012 | Comics
Over the next two days, I will sound off on some of the comics I’ve read recently. There were some others but these are the ones that made me want speak up. I’ll be doing a roundup of trades soon. A VS X (AVENGERS VS X-MEN) Four issues in and I’m enjoying this. I like...