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Louise Brooks: Detective, by Rick Geary
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A fictional story centered on actress Louise Brooks, this graphic novel by Rick Geary is spun around her actual brief meteoric career as a smoldering film actress who popularized bangs. Geary fantasizes about her coming back to her home town of Wichita where she becomes intrigued by a murder involving a friend, a famous reclusive writer and a shady beau. Not before she gets herself in great danger will she emerge with the solution the police fail to grasp.
Louise Brooks: Detective, by Rick Geary- Amazon Sales Rank: #1383876 in Books
- Brand: Geary, Rick
- Published on: 2015-06-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .80" w x 6.00" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 80 pages
Review "A fun, twisty mystery for both film buffs and crime fiction lovers, and the final revelation is satisfying." —Publishers Weekly"He knows his way around both history and crime stories. Geary is also possessed of a unique and charming art style, something I've dubbed 'faux woodcut,' which makes everything he draws look like it's lifted from some magical era of the past that never really existed, but should have." —Andrew A. Smith, Tribune News Service"Immensely satisfying. This is a work of incredible efficiency, and one that would be difficult to apply the coincidences that really aren’t, symmetries and parallels to a bit of true crime." —J. Caleb Mozzocco, robot6.comicbookresources.com"Geary excels at making Louise Brooks: Detective a ton of fun." —John Eisler, Rain Taxi
About the Author Rick Geary is an award-winning cartoonist and illustrator. He is the author and illustrator of several books, including the other titles in the Treasury of XXth Century Murder series. He has worked for Marvel Entertainment Group, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, and Heavy Metal magazine, and has contributed to National Lampoon and the New York Times Book Review. He lives in Carrizozo, New Mexico.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Louise Brooks proves quite the muse for Rick Geary By Robert Fisher I like Rick Geary's work and I looked forward to seeing this book. He imagines what might have happened if Louise Brooks, a noted figure of the silent film era, found herself playing sleuth. In the story, it's 1940, and Brooks' movie career seems over, so she has returned home to Kansas. While trying to make ends meet by running a dance studio, she befriends a young woman who hopes her beau will soon propose. Things take a tragic turn and Brooks is soon caught up in a murder investigation which leads her to develop her own theories about what happened. Geary comes up with an interesting mystery that combines some nice literary sleight of hand along with his understated style. I found myself thinking if this is what the real Louise Brooks was like, she ought to have held out in Hollywood just a bit longer; she would have been a natural when film noir became the big thing later in the '40's.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Distinctive forgotten star has trouble fitting in back home in Kansas By Johanna Draper Carlson Rick Geary, the artist behind the acclaimed Twentieth Century Murder true-crime graphic novel series, takes a side step into fiction with a strong historical flavor in Louise Brooks: Detective. In real life, the distinctive actress, who starred in Pandora’s Box and popularized the severe dark bob hairdo, returned home to Wichita, Kansas, to run a dance studio in 1940. Her Hollywood career was over, for a combination of reasons, including her dislike of the industry. And the country had changed a lot, from her first screen portrayals of flappers to economic struggles and the coming war.Even without knowledge of Brooks’ career or never having seen one of her movies, the reader can sympathize with the story of someone returning to a place called “home” that is actually uncomfortable. She doesn’t fit in, but she has to lick her wounds and recover, a situation understandable and sympathetic. That Geary layers it with a twisty murder mystery makes it all the more potent.His crime stories are most disturbing when set in the heartland, a place where people are supposedly solid and moral. Brooks’ prickly personality puts her at odds with her surroundings, an essential role for the detective. As a type, the investigator brings order to a society that he doesn’t fit into, working outside the cultural boundaries, which makes Brooks a good match for the role. And Geary’s love of detail makes the events feel plausible, although many key characters are fictional. Brooks’ traits are authentic, taken from her biographical writing.Much of the book is setup, establishing Brooks’ life before she stumbles into a murder. She’s gone to meet an old acquaintance, a playwright who retired to a small town near Wichita. Coincidentally, her only friend has been taken by her boyfriend on a date nearby. There’s a kidnapping and a hit-and-run in a mysterious red convertible and of course, the death. Brooks accidentally disrupts the scheme, which draws her into figuring out what really happened.Not much space is spent on deduction — once Brooks begins her investigation, events progress quickly. And the crucial clue is unknown to the reader until she later reveals it when confronting the killer. It’s an oddly paced story, and slim at 80 pages, but an entertaining one. (The publisher provided a review copy. Review originally posted at ComicsWorthReading.com.)
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great artwork, good story By Sally Charette I've read many of Rick Geary's true crime graphic novels. This is an interesting departure. I love his drawing style.the
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