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Undertown, vol. 1 Hellboy Animated: The Judgment Bell Hellboy Animated: The Black Wedding Kim Possible: Badical Battles Kim Possible: Attack of the Killer Bebes Kim Possible: Killigan's Island Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Death of Buffy Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Ugly Little Monsters Buffy the Vampire Slayer: False Memories Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Creatures of Habit Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Out of the Woodwork Five Shots and a Funeral By the Balls: A Bowling Alley Murder Mystery
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Monday, September 29, 2003
Criticism For the first time in almost 3 years a new customer review has appeared on Amazon for my first book, By the Balls. Titled "Irresistible package surrounds inadequate story," this review goes on to say, "It's a meatless tribute to all things hard-boiled, featuring prose written in a spare (much too spare) style. Descriptions are sorely lacking, and the dialogue, while it talks 'tough,' is un-creative."
Ouch! Actually, I love it when someone cared enough to write out my work, even when the criticism is harsh. And this guy seemed to really love the design we did for the book. But there is one line that I feel needs a comment from me: "[By the Balls] doesn't attempt real spoofery, and it certainly is not authentic." Here's the truth. We definitely weren't trying to write a spoof, though I think this book is plenty funny. And even though Tom and I may say that we tried to create an artifact from the 1940s, we weren't really trying to create something that was "authentic," because that stuff already exists. What we were REALLY trying to do was funnel the 1940s pulp fiction through the Fassbender & Pascoe filter, which I hate to say, in some ways results in an anachronistic mess. But for me, that is totally the beauty. This review mentioned a huge laundry list of pulp writers to check out. Check them out. Then, if you haven't already, please check out By the Balls and its follow-up Five Shots and a Funeral. Not because we belong on this long list of pulp greats. But because we belong on our own list. // posted at
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