A few years years back, as Ready-Made Rubber, I offered a
small selection of rubber stamps designed by Richard Sala.
One of them was an image of a painter, another was a
hard-boiled gunman. In fact, my introduction to Richard was
after he'd been quoted in an article and had made a biblio or
biographic mistake regarding a crime fiction stylist. Later
we made a trade, somewhere around twenty paperbacks .. Day
Keene, Gil Brewer, Roy Huggins, Wade Miller, Charles Williams
and Jonathan Latimer -- a small treasure trove, certainly ...
for a selection of his original artwork. He was also going to
do an portrait of Harry Stephen Keeler for a set of trading
cards. I got him a photo reference. Well, the portrait was
switched, the rubber stamps faded out, for a time, but Sala
knows the noir territory. Richard was always a well organized
pro with a good work ethic and obviously, a unique
style.
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