tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736891887729249983.post6455362338674453120..comments2023-12-06T00:30:01.898-08:00Comments on Brian Drake At Large!: FORGOTTEN BOOKS: The Black Mask BoysBrian Drakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233187184688491057noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736891887729249983.post-12611581745195034182010-02-23T20:18:15.428-08:002010-02-23T20:18:15.428-08:00William F. Nolan will be the guest of honor this y...William F. Nolan will be the guest of honor this year at PulpFest.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05444534055189290915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736891887729249983.post-64154791845422521712010-02-19T18:07:40.416-08:002010-02-19T18:07:40.416-08:00Evan, Found it on page 272!Evan, Found it on page 272!Brian Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01233187184688491057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736891887729249983.post-67466146301979232542010-02-19T17:18:01.297-08:002010-02-19T17:18:01.297-08:00When Nolan was putting the book together he asked ...When Nolan was putting the book together he asked if I'd write the intro for Frederick Nebel. Then he wrote back and said the publisher decided they wanted him to do all the writing instead. So he credited my Nebel article (by Dave Lewis) in the back. I don't have the book handy, so can't point you right to it.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736891887729249983.post-48725177456997236052010-02-19T15:25:58.967-08:002010-02-19T15:25:58.967-08:00Patti, Feel free to add this to your list, no prob...Patti, Feel free to add this to your list, no problem. <br /><br />Evan, Where might one find your name in the book? Now I'm curious....<br /><br />Richard, The Black Mask Boys was published in 1985. I was ten years old! I'm much older now, so it has indeed been quite a few years and that's why I thought it would make a good post.<br /><br />Thank you, everybody, for your comments.Brian Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01233187184688491057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736891887729249983.post-5419008963527580782010-02-19T10:59:20.526-08:002010-02-19T10:59:20.526-08:00This is indeed a great book, and I think it was th...This is indeed a great book, and I think it was the first time I got my name in one (somewhere in the list of sources).Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736891887729249983.post-11034182933281049612010-02-19T10:42:41.341-08:002010-02-19T10:42:41.341-08:00I have a copy of this, I just know it. I can't...I have a copy of this, I just know it. I can't find it, dammit, but I have it. Somewhere. And yes, it's good, too good to have lost or misplaced. Now I want to read it again, since it's been a long time (20 years? When was this published?) and I'll have to figure where it might have gone. Meanwhile this review will have to do, and it does pretty darn good. Thanks.Richard Robinsonhttp://brokenbullhorn.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736891887729249983.post-49581032003464473282010-02-19T10:27:54.694-08:002010-02-19T10:27:54.694-08:00Daly's was the first hardboiled private eye......Daly's was the first hardboiled private eye...there were mannered PIs of sorts beforehand...as Nolan and others note, including Spillane himself, the Mick took a few cues from Daly, and improved upon the model...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736891887729249983.post-69925307743918101672010-02-19T10:25:27.746-08:002010-02-19T10:25:27.746-08:00Well, I knew BLACK MASK did romances and westerns,...Well, I knew BLACK MASK did romances and westerns, but because I read this and similar books some years back...and have always found it amusing that both Dashiell Hammett and Cornell Woolrich were publishing in THE SMART SET first, before finding their metier in the magazine founded to help keep that TSS alive. And that Mencken and Nathan would go from the folded THE SMART SET to AMERICAN MERCURY...which would diversify its portfolio with a number of fiction magazines over the next decade or so, notably ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE and THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736891887729249983.post-66758035924593413352010-02-19T09:28:51.707-08:002010-02-19T09:28:51.707-08:00Oh, I almost missed this. Thanks, Brian. I will ad...Oh, I almost missed this. Thanks, Brian. I will add it in if that's okay.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736891887729249983.post-11300563844722083022010-02-18T19:58:32.061-08:002010-02-18T19:58:32.061-08:00The tiny bios in BIG BOOK are nothing compared to ...The tiny bios in BIG BOOK are nothing compared to what Nolan wrote, David. I heartily recommend the book. Never mind the stories, as good as they are. The details of the writers' lives make that book unique.Brian Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01233187184688491057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736891887729249983.post-25334079182692963942010-02-18T18:05:58.542-08:002010-02-18T18:05:58.542-08:00In the BIG BOOK OF PULPS, there are similar pithy ...In the BIG BOOK OF PULPS, there are similar pithy bios that leave you craving for more. Required reading for certain and it sounds like THE BLACK MASK BOYS is too.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.com