Bruce Townley (btownley@sirius.com)
Sun, 19 Dec 1999 09:08:30 -0800 (PST)
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 at 23:44 Bill Crider sent: Re: RARA-AVIS:
Tough Titles
>I don't have CARTOON LAFFS, but I do have all those
books that were
>listed in the back of it. I've even read some of
them.
I continue to stand in awe of you, Bill. You must have a
pretty fabulous collection of books. Of course, CARTOON LAFFS
is interesting for the feel it gives one of the pop-cultural
look and feel of the time (early-mid-50s). This is
particularly brought home when you compare the `toons
published in CARTOON LAFFS by Charles Addams. Very different
in tone from, say, his NEW YORKER work (but still good old
blood curdling, yet hilarious, Addams stuff). Got another
collection of TRUE `toons called BEST CARTOONS that's like
half Virgil Partch, lotta fun. A number of hardboiled themes
trickle into even the domestic scenes (most of the guys wear
snappy fedoras and sharply tailored suits and the drink of
choice appears to be either martinis or whiskey straight
up).
Found the book by Watergate plumber, E. Howard Hunt, to be
historically interesting, if only for its political
connection.
>(Matthew Blood is
>really Brett Halliday.)
I'd guessed that "Blood" was a pseudonym, thanks for
supplying the actual name.
Bruce T. = btownley@sirius.com
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