Titan comics is bringing hard case crime to comics in the form of a new imprint that will include a slate of noir series from allstar creators kickingoff the imprint are two new crime series. Now, the publishers reload to release three new titles quarry, normandy gold and millenium. In short, searches bunch of providers of cd covers and gets you results fast. I very much enjoyed this interview with charles ardai, founder and editor of hard case crime. Easily complete the album art for your music collection with album art downloader.
Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. After parting ways with dorchester publishing last august and finding a new home at titan books in the fall, hard case crime is back this season with four new titles. Library journal take a look at web of the city, you will be glad you did. Hard case crime relaunches with titan publishers weekly. Hard case crime is an american imprint of hardboiled crime novels founded in 2004 by. Beautify your music collection with fresh and fancy artworks. Larrys plots are ingenious and marvelous and i love them, but its his voice that hooks you. Charles ardai is a writer, editor, entrepreneur, and television producer, best known. When the beautiful young videographer offered to join his campaign, senator lee rogers shouldve known better. A look at my hard case crime paperback books and the artists who do the amazing painted covers. Seeing that cool yellowribbon logo is like paperback crack. Speaking of low priced chinese art books those orbik and mcginnis covers are one of the best draws to the hard case crime books series. We are pleased to offer this series of art prints reproducing the covers from popular hard case crime novels.
Hard case crime is an american imprint of hardboiled crime novels founded in. Hard case crime coming to comics in october hollywood. He began his education at duke university and completed it at the art students league after returning from service in world war ii. The collection includes both reprints of books from the pulp era and new novels written for the collection. The series recreates, in editorial form and content, the flavor of the paperback crime novels of the 1940s and 50s. See more ideas about crime books, pulp fiction and crime. In between issuing monthly editions, series editor charles ardai talked to us about the lines genesis and its future. In this article, hard case crime editor charles ardai talks about the girl with the deep blue eyes, as well as the other lb titles theyve published. Charles ardai, writer and hard case crime founder, said. Several manufacturers produce these robust cases, including pelican, perhaps the bestknown hard case brand. Huge database for downloadinggrabbing album covers high resolution artworks autocheck album art. Album art downloader utilizes some of the most of the popular album art sources to find your album cover art.
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Joyland will feature new painted cover art by the legendary robert mcginnis, the artist behind the posters for the original sean connery james bond movies and breakfast at tiffanys, and by glen orbik, the painter of more than a dozen of hard case crime s most popular covers, including the cover for the colorado kid. Hospitalized after a liaison with another mans wife ends in violence, paul cole has just one goal. Sacad is a multi platform command line tool to download album covers without manual intervention, ideal for integration in scripts, audio players, etc. The cover art is, as usual with hard case crime, a joy in itself. When you open this window, 5 first images are preselected automatically. The book also includes minicovers of the first 50 copies of the hard case crime novels. The primary feature of a hard case is its rigid design that resists deformation. Authors include awardwinning modern masters like stephen king, lawrence block, max allan collins, and donald e. Before i became a mystery reader, i was a comic book fan so the chance to expand hard case crime into the world of comics is a dream come true.
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