RARA-AVIS: Comic Books. Why Not?

Kevin Smith (kvnsmith@colba.net)
Mon, 31 Aug 1998 09:54:10 -0500 Jamie Fellrath wrote:

>Firearm was a comic about a PI in Pasadena, CA.....
>I realize that many of you may find this silly, to be talking about comics
>in a literary mailing list, but I think that it is very interesting to see
>how the hard-boiled genre affected Robinson and how he shows its effects
>within the pages of Firearm and observations of his main character. He is
>truly a student and fan of the genre and if any of you are interested I'd be
>happy to tell you more.

I've never even heard of Firearm! It sounds intriguing! Tell us more about
Firearm! Who published them, how many, who drew 'em, etc. And who cares,
anyway, how you got here, you're here now. I got here through Roy Rogers
myself!

The whole comic thing has, in fact, been discussed a bit here before, and
probably will again. In fact, I think comic book P.I.s might be the next
topic for a poll or guestbook on my site. I'll let you guys know in a few
days...I'm re-compiling the list of cheese (damn free Guestbook crashed!)
and I'll have it up soon...

By the way, speaking of comics, Stray Bullets #15 just came out (at last!).
It's on my TBR comics pile, along with a few other hardboiled-type comics,
including Hitman, Jonny Double, Sandman Mystery Theatre, and The Detective
(which seems to be an English reprint or update of Max Faccione, which was
originally done in Belgium, I think, in the early eighties...does anyone
know anymore about Faccione?)

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