Comments on: Week of NBM Reviews - A Treasury of 20th Century Murder: Famous Players

By: T.

T. — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:27:22 +0000

Rick Geary's books are always great. I highly recommend them.

By: Omar Karindu, with the power of SUPER-hypocrisy!

Omar Karindu, with the power of SUPER-hypocrisy! — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:56:03 +0000

Also, was the Fatty Arbuckle case -- more accurately, the Virginia Rappe case, as ol' Roscoe probably wasn't involved in her injuries -- technically a murder or an accidental death?

By: Bill Reed

Bill Reed — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:54:16 +0000

Big fan of Geary's style. And that lettering...! I miss hand lettering.

By: Ken Raining

Ken Raining — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:36:23 +0000

Love Geary, and love these books, but this one was not my favorite. I think he did this one, mostly, because he wanted to do something about the early days of Hollywood, and it works well, but I agree that the murder story is less compelling then many of the others he's investigated. I wonder why he chose this one, and not the Fatty Arbuckle case? He mentions that in passing, and could certainly have kept all the Hollywood stuff in there. I guess there's really no "mystery" there....

By: Omar Karindu, with the power of SUPER-hypocrisy!

Omar Karindu, with the power of SUPER-hypocrisy! — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:15:09 +0000

Anybody else getting a Richard Corben vibe from the art? (That's a good thing.)

By: Ian Thal

Ian Thal — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:04:19 +0000

Admittedly, it's a nitpick, since the art is otherwise gorgeous, but I'm a big fan of Edna Purviance and Mabel Normand, and I did not recognize their likenesses beyond the period hairstyles.