Man that brain damage don't fade quick. Wrote last month up as April, just like the comix list.
The Films of Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Master of Fear (2007) - by Jerry White
Not terribly scintillating stuff. A decent read if you want a clear-eyed view of the early filmography. The plot recaps are the snooziest part, honestly. Not much in the way of interpretation. Baseline competent. I am seriously overdue to watch 'Cloud' and 'Loft'.
Chicago: City on the Make (1951 / 1961) - by Nelson Algren
Annual re-read. Nope, not one word about Chester Gould, nor a single allusion to Dick Tracy. But pertinent nonetheless. One of the best poems I've ever read. You could do worse than try to mimic Algren's voice. The coda, written in '61, has as much snark, sting and stentorian wrath as you might desire, standing directly on the steeltoed tips of the Cuban missile crisis, freshly simmering. I'll probably be clipping & pasting pertinent bits into forthcoming Tracing Gould entries over the next few weeks.
Outline Of My Lover (2000) - by Douglas A. Martin
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