Posts by Paul Bond
Noir-view mirror
I’m not sure where the knight fits into D’Angelo’s worldview, but that’s the part I’m going to play as I attempt to sidestep my recent lack of blogging and jump forward a couple steps.
ds106 is always an adventure, and it’s a different adventure every time. From my perspective …
Read MoreCaution: Crawford
The Black Widow Agency has identified a connection between NoirCat and noir icon Joan Crawford.
Caution is advised. No wonder NoirCat is in hiding.…
Read MoreThe Night Driving Killers
When I saw a screen shot of Night Driver it immediately made me think of the driving scene in The Killers that Jim giffed a while back. I started thinking about how to combine the two. You could use the silhouette of the car interior and the two figures …
Read MoreCommie?
I think some left-coast reporter has been casting aspersions on my character:
#StirrupJack @phb256 Has a commie hoodie. Can’t even trust his briefing on Jack. #noir106 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/4uj4fE9Bvd
— Stirrup Trouble (@StirrupTrouble) April 7, 2015
I suspect this is a deliberate misreading. As we all know, CCCP = Come Celebrate …
Read MoreIn memory of…
Report from the field
cc2012 Roger from https://www.flickr.com/photos/71380981@N06/7692058706
As you know, I was away on a mission over the past week. My investigations took me to Portland, a town crawling with dirty hippies, people sleeping in the streets, and beggars with pit bulls. I could totally see myself living there.
Purely by accident, …
Read MoreHaves vs Wants
NoirCat by Grant Potter and Talky Tina
One of our ds106 Noirsters regrets missing last night’s broadcast:
Gah, apparently I chose the wrong night to skip on the radio shows. Sorry, creators #ds106radio
— Spencer Scott (@spencer_cscott) March 12, 2015
and it was a night not to be missed! But …
Read MoreHome of Elvis and the Ancient Greeks
University of Memphis writing professor Sonja Livingston sent me this clip the other day, asking for my thoughts. She was actually interested in the singer, Valaida Snow, while I was curious about the movie, Pieges, also known as Personal Column, which has something of a noir pedigree.…
Read MoreThe mark of Cain
Inspired by Jim’s post from the other week, I picked up the EC Archives Crime SuspenStories Vol. 1. This volume contains the first six issues of the series, four of which feature stories indebted to James M. Cain. Road to Perdition author Max Allen Collins provides the …
Read MoreGuardian of the galaxy
Groom wrote about his favorite Groom art, which included Sharla’s revisioning of I Am Legend. But since I just saw Guardians of the Galaxy last weekend, I had to interpret it differently. At first I was going to use the Groot character in place of Will Smith, but …
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