> The reference to a paperback series
> character called Johnny Gossamer is
> based on Mike Shayne and Shell Scott
> and, in fact, the paperbacks they
> show are redesigned Mike Shayne
> novels with the name Johnny Gossamer
> on them instead.
Actually, Robert McGinnis, the painter resposible for most of
the original Mike Shayne covers, painted four or five brand
new "Johnny Gossamer" covers just for the movie (basing them
in some cases on sketches he'd originally done for us at Hard
Case Crime).
--Charles
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