Americas leading publisher of pulp novels, hard case crime, has turned its eyes towards the comic august 27, 2016 published in news. Hard case crime presents a loving manga homage to film noir and japanese gangster cinema, as japanese artist eldo yoshimizu unveils the bloody and beautiful saga of a yakuza princess. Also it uses the titles of all the previously published titles as chapter titles. Authors include awardwinning modern masters like stephen king, lawrence block, max allan collins, and donald e. Hard case crime series show list info hard case crime brings you the best in hardboiled crime fiction, ranging from lost noir masterpieces to new novels by todays most powerful writers, featuring stunning original cover art in the grand pulp style. Titan and hard case crime celebrate mickey spillanes. When a chance encounter for peepbooth worker roxy bell leads to the brutal murder of a public access pornographer, the erotic performer and her punk rock expartner nick zero soon find themselves under fire from criminals, cops, and the city elite, as they begin to untangle. Hard case crime company new york, new york facebook. Issa rae stars as issa dee, who struggles to navigate the tricky professional. Brand new graphic novel by max allan collins, creator of the highly acclaimed longrunning hard case crime series quarry, now a major tv series. Discover gripping crime fiction, cozy mysteries, detective novels, police stories, and more pageturning books you wont. Hard case crime brings you the best in hardboiled crime fiction, ranging from lost noir masterpieces to new novels by todays most powerful writers, featuring stunning original cover art in the grand pulp.
When a chance encounter for peepbooth worker roxy bell leads to the brutal murder of. The publisher has been featured in a number of respected publications including time magazine and the. See more ideas about pulp fiction, crime and pulp fiction art. Fiftytoone hard case crime book 50 kindle edition by ardai, charles. Hard case crime gets graphic look out marvel, look out dc, look out image comics. Discover gripping crime fiction, cozy mysteries, detective novels, police stories, and more pageturning books you wont be able to put down. Hard case crime giclee cover prints suntup editions. Westlake, lawrence block, pete hamill, max allan collins, madison smartt bell. I very much enjoyed this interview with charles ardai, founder and editor of hard case crime. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting. The book was initially issued in one paperbackonly edition by the specialty crime and.
They reissue books that were previously published and they also publish new books. As quarry tries to build his new life, someone is out to end. Americas leading publisher of pulp novels, hard case crime, has turned its eyes towards the comic august 27, 2016. Nov 15, 2017 i very much enjoyed this interview with charles ardai, founder and editor of hard case crime. The series recreates, in editorial form and content, the flavor of the paperback crime novels of the 1940s and 50s. Fiftytoone is a creative way to celebrate hard case crimes fiftieth publication. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. New stephen king novel coming from hard case crime prweb. The political threads of this book are reminiscent of the current american political struggles making this throwback a timely read.
The confession hard case crime by domenic stansberry. To celebrate the centenary year of mickey spillane, titan comics is excited to announce mickey spillanes mike hammer, a brandnew hard case crime comic book series, based on a story originally. We are pleased to offer this series of art prints reproducing the covers from popular hard case crime novels. See more ideas about crime books, pulp fiction and crime.
Enter a thrilling world of suspense with our wide selection of mystery and crime books. Ryuko is a hard hitting, motorcycleriding member of the japanese mafia after a criminal operation in the middleeast turns explosive, she must return home to. Honoring ray bradburys centennialthe definitive collection of the masters crime fiction. Most of the cool and lam series are out of print, so im glad that hard case crime published one of the books, although it would have been nice if it was the first in the series looks like top of the heap was the th of 29 books in the series. A workingclass jewish family in new jersey watches the political rise of the aviatorhero and xenophobic populist charles lindbergh. Hard case crime series show list info hard case crime brings you the best in hardboiled crime fiction, ranging from lost noir masterpieces to new novels by todays most powerful writers, featuring stunning. Hard case crime is a book publisher that focuses on the sort of crime and mystery novels of the golden age of detective novels. Kings previous hard case crime novel, the colorado kid, became a national bestseller and inspired the television series haven, now going into its third season on syfy. Hard case crime is an american imprint of hardboiled crime novels founded in 2004 by. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices.
May 05, 2008 all hard case novels come out in massmarket paperback editions, much like the classic crime novels from the 40s, 50s and 60s, with cover art inspired by images from the genres heyday. Yesterdays and todays best crime fiction, served piping hot. The book was initially issued in one paperbackonly edition by the specialty crime and mystery publishing house. Hard case crime is a publication that specializes in pulp crime novels. Based on a series of interviews with gangster jimmy alo 19042001 in his old age, struzans first novel takes a sweeping look at the prohibition era from 1920 to 1933. We talked about the origin of the series, the beautiful artwork that grace the covers, and of his. Oct 21, 2010 nominated five times in five years for the edgar allan poe award, the mystery genres highest honor, hard case crime has published such luminaries as stephen king the book that was the basis for the new tv series haven, mickey spillane, ed mcbain, donald e. Those covers brought me right back to the good old days.
Hard case crime 102 books meet your next favorite book. The covers feature original illustrations done in a style familiar from the golden age of. We talked about the origin of the series, the beautiful artwork that grace the covers, and of his two stephen king publications, the colorado kid and joyland. Theres plenty of room in the hard case crime family for newcomers or lesser knowns, as well, and different books in the series have earned different accolades. One of the most merciless crimebusters of them all is on the way back, with titan comics and hard case crime announcing a new collection of ms. Tree to return via hard case crime hollywood reporter. So was born a collection of novels composed of not only reprints of some of the classic crime pulp, but also new books dedicated to the old styles of the genre. Im running low on books to read during quarantine, and these series were some of my favorite growing up. Hard case crime brings you the best in hardboiled crime fiction, ranging from lost noir masterpieces to new novels by todays most powerful writers, featuring stunning original cover art in the grand pulp style. Hard case crime is an american imprint of hardboiled crime novels founded in 2004 by charles ardai and max phillips. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The colorado kid is a mystery novel by american writer stephen king, published by the hard case crime imprint in 2005. Hard case crime is an american imprint of hardboiled crime novels founded in 2004 by charles ardai also the founder of the internet service juno online services and max phillips.
All hard case novels come out in massmarket paperback editions, much like the classic crime novels from the 40s, 50s and 60s, with cover art inspired by images from the genres heyday. The covers feature original illustrations done in a style familiar from the golden age of paperbacks. Hard case crime series page 3 show list info hard case crime brings you the best in hardboiled crime fiction, ranging from lost noir masterpieces to new novels by todays most powerful writers, featuring stunning original cover art in the grand pulp style. Hard case crime is an american imprint of hardboiled crime novels founded in 2004 that recreates, in editorial form and content, the flavor of the paperback crime novels of the 1940s and 50s.
The collection includes both reprints of books from the pulp era and new novels written for the collection. The team is lead by an excop by the name of nick reddink and is joined by cop koeper and her team. Quarry in the black is a great introduction for people looking to get into the. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Kings next novel for hard case crime was joyland, which was published in june 20. The dutch government starts a new undercover agency to deal with national terrorism. Most of the cool and lam series are out of print, so im glad that hard case crime published one of the books, although it would have been nice if it was the first in the series looks like top of the heap was. The publisher has been featured in a number of respected publications including time magazine and the stranger. Printed on acid free art paper, these beautiful fullcolor giclee prints measure 16. Charles ardai is a writer, editor, entrepreneur, and television producer, best known. The basic premise is that hard case crime was started fifty years ago instead of fifty months. Two of the titles fade to blonde by max phillips and songs of innocence by richard aleas pen name of charles ardai have won the 2005 shamus award. Fifty to one by charles ardai to celebrate the publication of hard case crime s fiftieth book, ardai, the erstwhile founder of hard case crime and author in his own right, decided to write a pulp novel that paid homage to all of the previous fortynine books hard case crime had already published.
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