The Black Dahlia: A Treasury of XXth Century Murder

Author:   Rick Geary
Publisher:   NBM Publishing Company
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9781681120522


Pages:   80
Publication Date:   01 November 2016
Format:   Hardback
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On January 15, 1947, a woman was walking with her daughter in a Los Angeles neighborhood. She passed what looked to be a discarded manikin. It turned out to be the body of Elizabeth Short: posed, drained of blood, meticulously scrubbed, and cut in two. From this point, Geary reconstitutes and reveals for us the life of this 22 year old woman who had become known as Black Dahlia because of her striking appearance. She had moved to LA to make it in show business. How could her life have ended in such a ghastly fashion? Was it a jealous boyfriend, a rejected suitor, or one of LA s notorious mafia connections whom she had apparently been dabbling with? The case gets more complex when, days later, a local newspaper receives a cut-out letter from an anonymous Black Dahlia Avenger admitting to the crime. More letters follow toying with the LAPD. Eisner Award winner Geary takes us through all the twists and turns in one of the most captivating unsolved mysteries of the 20th century in this latest installment of his Treasury of XXth Century Murder.

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Author:   Rick Geary
Publisher:   NBM Publishing Company
Imprint:   NBM Publishing Company
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9781681120522


ISBN 10:   1681120526
Pages:   80
Publication Date:   01 November 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Clearly delineates the intricacies of this still-intriguing case. Gordon Flagg, <i>Booklist</i>


As usual, his black-and-white line art gives the stories a slightly retro, though never nostalgic, feel, with a tinge of weirdness to the chronicle of transgressions that reveal higher truths in their gruesomeness. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>


Meticulously researched, immaculately presented, Black Dahlia is another page-turning whodunnit from one of America's finest and most unique writer/artists. Geary, as usual, is the true treasure of the series. --Andrew Smith, Indiana Gazette Clearly delineates the intricacies of this still-intriguing case. --Gordon Flagg, Booklist As usual, his black-and-white line art gives the stories a slightly retro, though never nostalgic, feel, with a tinge of weirdness to the chronicle of transgressions that reveal higher truths in their gruesomeness. --Publishers Weekly


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Rick Geary is an award-winning cartoonist and illustrator who has been published by Marvel Entertainment Group, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Heavy Metal magazine, Rolling Stone, National Lampoon and the New York Times Book Review, to name a few. He is the author of the long running A Treasury of Victorian Murder series and the Treasury of XXth Century Murder series. He lives in Carrizozo, New Mexico, with his wife, Deborah.

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