tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post3613372018540617448..comments2023-04-30T07:27:54.645-07:00Comments on <b>HUNGRY GHOST BLOG</b>: Canadian Pulp FictionDavid Chutehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606470667042155559noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-28805600446241089782009-12-24T17:49:17.340-08:002009-12-24T17:49:17.340-08:00The Callaghan is a great tip, thanks.
My dad reme...The Callaghan is a great tip, thanks.<br /><br />My dad remembers those Canadian bootleggers from his childhood in my home state of Maine. A fair amount of their traffic into the States came through those majestic lakes and rivers. There are stories of perforated bodies washing ashore near vacation cabins. Bangor Noir?David Chutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606470667042155559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-19513084171918590122009-12-24T17:24:05.709-08:002009-12-24T17:24:05.709-08:00There goes my purchase, then. I want to experience...There goes my purchase, then. I want to experience the real thing, warts and all...I don't want something that's been rewritten.<br /><br />I went through a phase of buying, reading, and actually laughing at Archie comics, and I was disturbed to see the way they've altered their reprints...you can always tell my the quality of the printing in the word balloons. They'll reprint a '50s strip about Archie mooning over a pop star, but clumsily insert "Britney Spears" all over the place.<br /><br />It's even better (worse) when they draw iPods onto old comics and try to erase the turntables.<br /><br />BTW, I've been fortunate to find some original pulp paperbacks from Toronto's past...strange to read about the city in that context and to realize how SMALL it used to be. I highly recommend Morley Callaghan's "Strange Fugitive," which is credited with being the original Toronto pulp, bootleggers and all. Apparently it (and others like it) were reactions against the "squeaky clean" image that Toronto was pushing at the time. Callaghan, being a reporter, probably couldn't stand the whitewash.Adam Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634565262440008573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-52112497051867990922009-12-23T13:26:10.009-08:002009-12-23T13:26:10.009-08:00Unfortunately, they seem to have been rather bowdl...Unfortunately, they seem to have been rather bowdlerised: see http://brianbusby.blogspot.com/2009/12/hard-lessons-in-publishing.html<br /><br />A shame, because I'm strongly tempted to buy them.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.com