Head Games: The Graphic Novel
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
In this graphic novel adaptation of the Edgar-nominated novel Head Games, Craig McDonald blends history and legend to tell the tale of the classic hard-drinking, hard-living, and hard-boiled protagonist. Artist Kevin Singles brings this noir thriller to life with a style reminiscent of the golden age of dime-store paperbacks.
It’s 1957, and aging novelist Hector Lassiter thought that his adventures were long behind him. But then he receives a treasure worth killing for: the skull of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.
With his partners in crime, brooding poet Bud Fiske and hard-as-nails beauty Alicia Vicente, Hector must make a mad dash across the American southwest. If the trio can survive long enough to sell the skull to the highest bidder, they'll score big. But in the meantime, Hector must dodge bullets from deranged fraternity members, aging soldiers of fortune, vicious warlords, and crooked feds.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
McDonald's Hector Lassiter crime novels mix 20th-century history and dime-novel fiction via the adventures of a pulp writer who, like a hard-boiled, chain-smoking Zelig, crosses paths with famous figures and historic events everywhere he goes. In this graphic adaptation of Lassiter's debut, he brawls with Orson Welles on the set of Touch of Evil, crosses the Mexican border with a car trunk full of skulls (one of which belongs to Pancho Villa), ruminates on his ongoing feud with Ernest Hemingway, and gets on the wrong side of Senator Prescott Bush. This pulpy alternate history adds color to what is otherwise familiar noir territory, complete with seedy schemes, gunfights, and a narrow-eyed woman in trouble. The art, by newcomer Singles, has the right shadowy, rough-hewn look, but it could use a little spit and polish, especially in the sometimes awkward renderings of human figures and faces. It's a breezy thriller designed to hit the sweet spot for crime fans and history buffs alike.
