tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post1043780658815749055..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Torso - Brian Michael Bendis and Marc AndreykoJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-21682519696617251142012-07-22T05:58:27.035-05:002012-07-22T05:58:27.035-05:00I'll second the rec of Butcher's Dozen. A ...I'll second the rec of Butcher's Dozen. A great novel.Charles R. Rutledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14265387377510655973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-84879666660587630762012-07-20T12:43:53.647-05:002012-07-20T12:43:53.647-05:00Collins' BUTCHERS DOZEN is one of his very bes...Collins' BUTCHERS DOZEN is one of his very best novels. Highly recommended!<br /><br />--Stephen MertzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-1628397217313571082012-07-19T18:29:11.675-05:002012-07-19T18:29:11.675-05:00I appreciate the comment, Max. I definitely plan t...I appreciate the comment, Max. I definitely plan to read BUTCHER'S RUN. Doing just some cursory research (hi, Wikipedia!), I see that Bendis and Andreyko fictionalized quite a bit. I tend to trust what you and George come up with.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-419677473994358882012-07-19T15:34:31.211-05:002012-07-19T15:34:31.211-05:00My novel BUTCHER'S DOZEN was published in 1988...My novel BUTCHER'S DOZEN was published in 1988 and was the first book-length treatment of the Kingsbury Run case. It reflected a lot of digging at the Case Western Reserve Library, where my researcher George Hagenauer and I were the first people to look at Ness's personal scrapbooks and papers since Oscar Fraley (Ness's co-writer on THE UNTOUCHABLES and FOUR AGAINST THE MOB). With no modesty whatsoever, I will say that George and I did groundbreaking research that has been plundered by both non-fiction writers and novelists ever since, rarely with any acknowledgement. Bendis is a guy who used to write fan letters to my comic book Ms. Tree, so one can assume he was familiar with my novel. I realize that when you do a historical work, even when it reflects new research, you have no legal recourse against such people, but I don't have to like it.Max Allan Collinsnoreply@blogger.com