Mastodawn

Wrapped Stray Bullets Vol. 2 after a day with the grandkid and my hound. Lapham’s desert noir is all grit and regret, runaways, mob heat, and moral wreckage. Comics don’t get much bolder. Big thanks to Supercontext for the rec.
https://vikingsvssamurai.com/unraveling-the-wests-dark-secrets-david-laphams-stray-bullets-vol-2/
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Unraveling the West’s Dark Secrets: David Lapham’s Stray Bullets Vol. 2

I spent the day with my grandkid and walked my loyal hound, and now’s the moment to cap this weekend with David Lapham’s Stray Bullets Vol. 2: Somewhere Out West. Snagged it from the library a few weeks ago, and I’ve slowly been making my way through

VIKINGS vs SAMURAI

Trench Reynolds Aug 7, 2025

UPDATE: My Final Review of #OutofAlcatraz

https://trench.report/2025/03/31/comic-book-recommendation-out-of-alcatraz-1/

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Comic Book Recommendation: Out of Alcatraz

Since I started reading comics from more independent publishers, I’ve been reading some really good crime comics. You might think I consume a lot of crime content since I write about crime, b…

The Trench Reynolds Report

Long Shott Nov 28, 2023

‘Guard Frog!’

or ‘give the frog a bone’

Original source: ‘Crime Reporter’ (1948)

#crimereporter #crimemagazines #crimecomics #pinupcomics #pinupart #pinupstyle #pulpart #pulpcover #goodgirlart #1940s #comic #comicstrip #crime

Bobbi Betamax Nov 5, 2023

Cheap pickup. The Perfect Crime #1. 1951 UK reprint of The Perfect Crime #11 USA edition. Pretty sharp artwork by Cal Massey and others, and plenty of snappy dialogue too, pleasantly surprised by this one. #comics #crimecomics #goldenagecomics