Stunning starlet Bettie Page has signed on to a new "tastefully sensual" fantasy film, shooting on a secluded tropical island. But when one of her cast members is MURDERED, everyone on the island is a suspect! WHO is the killer? WHAT is the film's producer hiding? HOW do they get off the island? You'll have to read to discover WHODUNNIT...! Contains issues 1-5.
Stunning starlet Bettie Page has signed on to a new "tastefully sensual" fantasy film, shooting on a secluded tropical island. But when one of her cast members is MURDERED, everyone on the island is a suspect! WHO is the killer? WHAT is the film's producer hiding? HOW do they get off the island? You'll have to read to discover WHODUNNIT...!
If ever there were reason to believe in love at first sight, that reason would be Bettie Page. From the moment the first pin-ups of Bettie appeared, the world fell in love. Even now, a half-century after those first pictures were published, men desire her, women emulate her and more and more people all over the world adore her. What did Bettie offer the camera that the other, more celebrated beauties of her time including Marilyn, Brigitte and Sophia did not? Legendary pinup artist and entertainment historian Jim Silke dives into these tempting waters and offers his first-hand account of life behind the lens of the '50s pinup scene with his freshest book to date, Bettie Page Rules! Combining fun and informative writing with his singular insight into the world of gorgeous dames, Silke delivers a tantalizing pictoral portrait of all the 1950s bombshells. But that s just the tip of the cheesecake!"
She's more modest than Ms. Blaise, but peels more than Ms. Emma. She out-vamps Vampirella, but she's sweeter than Honey West. She put the mod in model, and the bangs in bang-bang. Now the world can know the truth: her classified adventures back in 1951 Hollywood have been declassified. Dynamite, David Avallone and Colton Worley are proud to present The Secret Diary of Bettie Page, in handy comic book form. This volume collects Issues 1-4 of Bettie Page and an exclusive short story illustrated by Joseph Michael Linsner, originally published in Playboy Magazine, with an introduction by writer David Avallone.
Whodunnit? Why they dun it? When’d they do it and with whom? Witness Bettie bring the mystery to a stunning, sun-tinged conclusion! From writer KARLA PACHECO (Spider-Woman) and artist VINCENZO FEDERICI (Sabrina The Teenage Witch)!
The 10th anniversary edition, now with a new preface by the author "A wonderfully smart, lively, and culturally astute survey." - The New York Times Book Review "Grand entertainment...fascinating for anyone curious about the perplexing miracles of how great television comes to be." - The Wall Street Journal "I love this book...It's the kind of thing I wish I'd been able to read in film school, back before such books existed." - Vince Gilligan, creator of Breaking Bad and co-creator of Better Call Saul In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the landscape of television began an unprecedented transformation. While the networks continued to chase the lowest common denominator, a wave of new shows on cable channels dramatically stretched television’s narrative inventiveness, emotional resonance, and creative ambition. Combining deep reportage with critical analysis and historical context, Brett Martin recounts the rise and inner workings of this artistic watershed - a golden age of TV that continues to transform America's cultural landscape. Difficult Men features extensive interviews with all the major players - including David Chase (The Sopranos), David Simon and Ed Burns (The Wire), David Milch (NYPD Blue, Deadwood), Alan Ball (Six Feet Under), and Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) - and reveals how television became a truly significant and influential part of our culture.
Everyone’s on the film set is a suspect! No one can leave the secluded tropical island paradise! Bettie Page…has everyone right where she wants them!? From writer KARLA PACHECO (Spider-Woman) and artist VINCENZO FEDERICI (Sabrina The Teenage Witch)!
Batten down the hatches! On the Caribbean island of Saint Gorda, where a “sensually tropic fantasy” film’s being shot, a massive storm approaches, throwing the film production into chaos, just when Bettie’s getting her break with a big new role! Now communication’s out, everyone’s thrown into close quarters…and then, the MURDER… From writer KARLA PACHECO (Spider-Woman) and artist VINCENZO FEDERICI (Sabrina The Teenage Witch)!
These two great, pulp-inspired heroes meet for the very first time! A Central City Councilman disappears and is found dead in Los Angeles. Commissioner Dolan, along with Denny Colt (AKA: The Spirit), and his daughter Ellen trek out to the City of Angels to investigate. Meanwhile, Cliff Secord (The Rocketeer) consoles his sweetheart Betty... who is traumatized after accidentally discovering the politician's body.
