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Beyond the Badge: The Beautiful Wreckage of “The Guards”

by Tom FasanoJune 19, 2026June 20, 2026

The Guards Jack Taylor (Book 1) Ken Bruen Minotaur Books / St. Martin’s Press (an imprint of Macmillan Publishers) …

Book Reviews

“The Ivory Grin” Has Teeth

by Tom FasanoJune 20, 2026June 20, 20260

Title: The Ivory Grin Series: Lew Archer (Book 4) Author: Ross Macdonald US Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard (an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group /…

Book Reviews

Beyond the Badge: The Beautiful Wreckage of “The Guards”

by Tom FasanoJune 19, 2026June 20, 20260

The Guards Jack Taylor (Book 1) Ken Bruen Minotaur Books / St. Martin's Press (an imprint of Macmillan Publishers) Jack Taylor is an ex-cop turned…

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Schopenhauer at the Super Market

by Tom FasanoJune 19, 20260

I'll be drawing single-panel comics form now on.

Comics

Shakespeare Finding Yorick’s Skull

by Tom FasanoJune 18, 2026June 19, 20260

I always thought a better title than INFINITE JEST would've been MOST EXCELLENT FANCY.

Book Reviews

“The Galton Case”: Family as Crime Scene

by Tom FasanoJune 18, 2026June 20, 20260

For a long time, the literary establishment treated Ross Macdonald as Raymond Chandler’s slightly less glamorous understudy. But with The Galton Case, his ninth Lew…

Beyond the Badge: The Beautiful Wreckage of “The Guards”

“The Ivory Grin” Has Teeth

Beyond the Badge: The Beautiful Wreckage of “The Guards”

Schopenhauer at the Super Market

Shakespeare Finding Yorick’s Skull

“The Galton Case”: Family as Crime Scene

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