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Boston Blackie: Bloody Shame by Stefan Petrucha, Kirk Van Wormer, Chris Burnham Collecting two dark noir stories starring the famous proto-noir character created in 1910, Boston Blackie. In Blackout (originally published seperately) Suave safe-cracker/ex-con, Boston Blackie is misunderstood... a lot. This new TPB contains two full-length features: A jewel heist goes horribly wrong, and a five-year-old boy disappears and is presumed dead. All fingers point to Boston Blackie. The body is never found, and seven years later, BB is still haunted by what happened that night. In Inside Out, awoman from Blackie's past comes to him for help. Her son is sitting on death row for a murder she knows he did not commit. Quickly getting himself some short time, Blackie finds that the rotten warden may have a hand in the man's execution. |
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Boston Blackie From Moonstone Publishing, first in the Noir Fiction series. Written by: Stefan Petrucha At an extravagent costume ball a jewel heist goes horribly wrong. The five-year-old son of the wealthy Greene family dissapears, is presumed dead, and all fingers point to BOSTON BLACKIE as the main suspect. The body is never found, and seven years later BB is still haunted by what happened that night. He's drawn back into the case, and finds that his memory and the truth of what happened that night lay deep and distorted in a watery grave. Reviews for Boston Blackie: "Petrucha's Boston Blackie perfectly
captures the noir feel of the old pulps. It's a big, dark story that
doesn't ignore the human touches, and is easily one of the more entertaining
comics I've read this year (and I read a lot of them)." "Is it worth picking up? That's a Hell, yes!" "Be sure to check it out; it's definitely a
hidden gem, just like the black diamond!" "If you enjoy hard-boiled detective fiction
with some weight to it, I believe Moonstone Noir: Boston Blackie will
be right up your doubtless dark alley. It gets four [out of five]
Tonys." "Pulp fans will delight in the return to crime
stories of the past. Petrucha’s terse and hard-boiled prose
harkens back to the tough guys of the golden age of radio. " "The faux noir in which Blackie finds himself
is neither simple nor staid. The book has an edge to it and does indeed
make use of horrible crimes that would certainly find a place in the
black and white world of despair. However, Blackie's presence alleviates
the doom-felt atmosphere, and we're better for it in my opinion. " "Starting with the line "Memory is like
a woman, one who wants you in the worst possible way..." you
just know your reading Noir. It doesn't stop there, though, the story
by Stefan Petrucha is peppered with good lines..." "Readers of the genre can rejoice at the arrival
of this tale of noir character Boston Blackie. Packed with flashbacks
and betrayals, this book covers a lot of dark territory in its pages." "Petrucha does a great job with the dialog
in this book, bringing an authentic hardboiled voice to the characters.
In particular, it serves the title character well. Blackie has an
affable tone, and it's easy to like him. But the violence that surrounds
him keeps us from getting too close."
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