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Michael Gonzales
Brooklyn Bad Boyz:
The Night I Was Shot
In 2011, Michael Gonzales was shot on his doorstep in Brooklyn. Unexpectedly, the bullet traced back to a legendary hip-hop feud.
By
Michael Gonzales
| November 13, 2019
The Strange Story of Richard Wright’s Lost Crime Novel,
Savage Holiday
In 1954, at the height of his fame, Wright published a thriller with a white psychotic hero. The literary world did not approve.
By
Michael Gonzales
| October 23, 2019
A Brief History of the Heroes of Black Pulp
Finding inspiration and representation in the slam-bang cool of Black Pulp, past & present.
By
Michael Gonzales
| June 27, 2019
The Groundbreaking Art of
Jim Steranko
How a maverick artist's dark vision transformed the comics world and ushered in the graphic novel
By
Michael Gonzales
| May 16, 2019
I Was a Teenage (Wannabe) Horror Writer
The world of 1970s horror comics was wild and strange. And a 14 year-old kid could get a meeting with just about anyone.
By
Michael Gonzales
| April 10, 2019
Violence and Madness in a Lost Chester Himes Noir
A Social Thriller Exposing Racism & Police Brutality in 1960s NYC
By
Michael Gonzales
| February 20, 2019
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