Just posted–two long new episodes of my serial novel King Touey! Coming soon–the Final Episode!
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JUST POSTED: Notes on “Goldfish”, Comics and Cartoonists, and a tribute to Leonard Starr
JUST POSTED!
KING TOUEY, EPISODE NINE: The Truth
Just posted at Café Pinfold–Episode 9 of King Touey, “Truth,” where some murky motives are finally revealed and the stage is set for the busy and bloody finale. Also, on the homepage–a few thoughts on being surprised by my own story and its cast of characters.
Notes on THE ORPHAN’S TENT
My latest essay–in the BOOKS section of the blog–centers around the third and last novel I wrote for Young Adults, The Orphan’s Tent, published in 1996, the same year I published Derby Dugan’s Depression Funnies.
JULY 1915: KING TOUEY’S STRIKE
Just posted–a new essay commemorating the centennial of the Great Bayonne Standard Oil Strike of July 1915, the inspiration for my continuing serial novel, King Touey!
KING TOUEY RETURNS! EPISODE EIGHT!
In the centennial month of the 1915 Standard Oil strike that provides the novel’s backdrop, KING TOUEY resumes with the super-long (28,000 words!) “Episode 8: Sleepless Night”!
Just Posted: Author’s Note on Derby Dugan’s Depression Funnies
Art Spiegelman, around the time he created the book jacket, frontispiece, and incidental drawings for Derby Dugan’s Depression Funnies.
In 1996, I published Derby Dugan’s Depression Funnies, a book that never would have been written without the friendship, encouragement, and astonishing generosity of the great cartoonist Art Spiegelman. At Café Pinfold–in the BOOKS section–I’ve just posted a new essay about the circumstances surrounding the creation of the novel of mine that’s my own personal favorite.
Please click here or on the image of Art Spiegelman to read more.
NIGHTMARE ALLEY, and two new essays!
Just Posted–the second and concluding installment of the Nightmare Alley graphic novel script, plus, in BOOKS, two new essays: “Notes on Chronicles of the King’s Tramp,” and “Notes on Green Candles.” Coming soon: Episode Eight of King Touey!
KING TOUEY–Episode 7: “Breaker” Bergoff
“General” Pearl L. Bergoff, “King of the Strikebreakers,” in a photo dating from the 1930s.
Just Posted! KING TOUEY, Episode 7: “Breaker” Bergoff. Only 3 more episodes to go! (Or maybe 4.) Plus–in BOOKS, a short essay about Pixie Meat, the limited-edition art-book that I collaborated on with the great comics artists Gary Panter and Charles Burns. And Coming Soon: the second and last installment of my script for the Nightmare Alley graphic novel.