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Craig McDonald

Head Games: The Graphic Novel Kindle Edition

by Craig McDonald (Author), Kevin Singles (Illustrator), Les McClaine (Contributor) Format: Kindle Edition

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In this graphic novel adaptation of the Edgar-nominated novel Head Games, Craig McDonald blends history and legend to tell the tale of the classic hard-drinking, hard-living, and hard-boiled protagonist. Artist Kevin Singles brings this noir thriller to life with a style reminiscent of the golden age of dime-store paperbacks.

It’s 1957, and aging novelist Hector Lassiter thought that his adventures were long behind him. But then he receives a treasure worth killing for: the skull of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.

With his partners in crime, brooding poet Bud Fiske and hard-as-nails beauty Alicia Vicente, Hector must make a mad dash across the American southwest. If the trio can survive long enough to sell the skull to the highest bidder, they'll score big. But in the meantime, Hector must dodge bullets from deranged fraternity members, aging soldiers of fortune, vicious warlords, and crooked feds.

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"This pulpy alternate history adds color to what is otherwise familiar noir territory, complete with seedy schemes, gunfights, and a narrow-eyed woman in trouble... It’s a breezy thriller designed to hit the sweet spot for crime fans and history buffs alike." ―Publishers Weekly

"If you enjoy watching an author play connect-the-dots with bullet holes and blood, this Head’s for you." ―Booklist

"This graphic novel edition by the original author includes Singles’s black-and-white images with gold tones. They contribute to the coarse, gritty feel of this campy, violent tangle of fiction and fact." ―VOYA

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Craig McDonald is an award-winning journalist, editor and fiction writer. In 2008, His debut novel, Head Games, was nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, Gumshoe and Crimespree Magazine awards for best first novel.

Les McClaine decided he wanted to draw comics when he was eight years old and has been doing it ever since. He is the Eisner-nominated author of “Johnny Crossbones,” “Life With Leslie,” “Repeat Until Death,” and “Highway 13.” He has also illustrated numerous comics including “The Tick” and “The Middleman.” In 2008, “The Middleman” was made into a TV series for ABC Family. He lives in Portland, Oregon in a little yellow house with his wife Crystal and their cat Theodore.

Kevin Singles is an illustrator and cartoonist from a town in Wisconsin that's seen better days and worse days. So has he. He currently lives in Austin, TX, but good luck finding him. Head Games is his debut graphic novel.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0763S1NYS
Publisher ‏ : ‎ First Second
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Publication date ‏ : ‎ Oct. 24 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250197764
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Craig McDonald is an internationally best-selling novelist. His critically acclaimed Hector Lassiter series includes "Head Games," which was a finalist for the Edgar, Anthony, Gumshoe and Crimespree Magazine awards for best first novel. It was also released as a graphic novel by First Second Books.

Other Lassiter novels include "One True Sentence," "Forever's Just Pretend," "Toros & Torsos," "The Great Pretender," "Roll the Credits," "The Running Kind," "Print the Legend," "Death In The Face" and "Three Chords & the Truth."

A standalone thriller about illegal immigration, "El Gavilan," was published in autumn 2011 to a Publishers Weekly starred review and was selected for many year's best lists.

He is also an award-winning journalist and has published two volumes of author interviews, "Art in the Blood" and "Rogue Males."

In 2022, he launched a new series, this one featuring pulp magazine-style heroine Zana O'Savin in a pastiche of classic pulp fiction heroes such as Doc Savage and The Shadow. These include "The Blood Ogre," "The Mothman Menace," and "The Death Killers."

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Nicola Mansfield
It has a noir feeling to it like an old Bogey movie
Reviewed in Canada on October 24, 2017

Based on the novel, this graphic adaptation is an action-packed thriller. I've not read the original but this has piqued my interest in McDonald's series. It has a noir feeling to it like an old Bogey movie, but this character is an adventurer as he takes a Kerouician road trip to Mexico with a young journalist friend. Mission: bring the missing head of Pancho Villa to the buyer, but others are trailing him to get that skull including a certain Yale fraternity with a penchant for skulls. As an introduction to the series this gave me a feel for all the characters and was a tight plot with lots of twists. I'll be looking out for McDonald's work in the future.

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