The Digest Enthusiast #3

The Digest Enthusiast

by Richard Krauss, Tom Brinkmann, Steve Carper

Interview with Heather Jacobs (Big Fiction); profile of Timothy Green Beckley (Fate, Beyond, etc.); articles on Beyond, Super-Science Fiction, Diabolik, Dashiell Hammett digests, Gunsmoke, Dope Fiends trading cards; fiction by Ron Fortier, Gary Lovisi, Joe Wehrle Jr.; and reviews of Weasels Ripped My Flesh!, Where Stories Dwell, The Man From Mars, The Executioner: Border Offensive, A Blonde for Murder, Popular Fiction Periodicals, Betty Fedora #2, Paperback Parade #89, Manhunt Dec. 1953, Children’s Digest Spring 1972, Fate #727. Includes nearly 100 cover images. Contains explicit language.

Contributors: Tom Brinkmann, Steve Carper, Peter Enfantino, Ron Fortier, Brad Foster, Richard Krauss, Gary Lovisi, Michael Neno, Bob Vojtko, Joe Wehrle Jr. and D. Blake Werts.

152 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2016

About the author

Richard Krauss (aka Arkay Olgar) Writer of genre fiction and erstwhile cartoonist. Work includes "A Foul Breath of Fresh Air," with art by Michael Neno, "Painesville," with art by Andrew Goldfarb, and "The Village of the Wraith" with art by Rick McCollum in The Digest Enthusiast series.

Reviews

[Michael Neno · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full disclosure: as with the first two volumes of The Digest Enthusiast, I illustrated a short story for this collection. But - don't let that stop you. If you collect, read or enjoy digest magazines, this is the series for you. Vol. III features a review of the Dope Fiends trading cards, a review of a Walter B. Gibson (The Shadow) novel, an overview of the Super-Science Fiction line, a very detailed history of Mercury Books' Dashiell Hammett digests and, particularly fascinating, a look at the Italian Diabolik series. Plus, fiction, cartoons, many more reviews, an interview and the proverbial more, all edited by publisher Richard Krauss. Recommended and, at only $8.99, a steal! Vol. Four is also scheduled for release soon: http://larquepress.com/digests.htm