World Famous Comics: Criminal Macabre: The Complete Cal McDonald Stories (Cal Mcdonald)
Criminal Macabre: The Complete Cal McDonald Stories (Cal Mcdonald)
By: Steve Niles Publisher: Dark Horse Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Dark Horse Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 576 Publication Date: January 09, 2008
Product Description: The world has two faces. The natural and the supernatural. The face we see every day, people filing past us in an almost zombie-like stupor, numb to the horrors of everyday life or driven to madness by the pain and agony of modern-day existence. And those are the people who aren't zombies or monsters! Cal McDonald is a detective with one foot in the real world, and one in the world of magic. For Cal, the horrors we all dream about in the fevered darkness of the night are all too real, kept at bay through an almost constant influx of drugs to numb the pain, but never erase it. Cut from the same mold as Sam Spade, Jake Gittes, and the famous detectives of Chandler, Hammett, and Spillane, Cal McDonald, whether he likes it or not, is all that stands between us and the nightmare world just outside our vision.
This is a must read!! I have only recently come to love the character of Cal McDonald, and he's got me, hook, line, and sinker. This particular book is a very amusing collection of many "cases" Cal has worked- and they are absolutely hysterical. If you like noir detectives (and monsters) with a modern, gritty feel, this one's for you. The humor is abrupt and biting, and all the plot is well thought out, and there is actual character developement here. Even if you've never previously read a word of this world that steve niles has created, you will still be able to pick up from the begining like you've immersed yourself to the gills. Amen!
An Original! Steve Niles' character Cal Mcdonald is one of the best protagonists I have come across in recent times.
I came across Cal Mcdonald recently in an Anthology called "Dark Delicacies". I had heard of Steve Niles through the "30 days of night" series but I had never read anything other than that. I was hooked after reading the story "All My Bloody Things" which appeears in this book.
I called every book store in my town only to find this book not available. I than called my local comic book shop thinking what the hell?. I was in luck and went out the next day and picked it up.
Cal Mcdonald is a drug addict private eye that fights demons, vampires, ghouls...etc. Steve Niles has created a character unlike anything i have ever read. The fact that he is a drug addict makes him all the more real to me.
I love this book!
Great Detective Horror noir fiction Steve Niles created Cal Macdonald as a comic character but that has been transcended now thanks to 3 novels and several short stories and rumor has it a feature film in the work. If you are a fan of 30 days of night (the comic not the horrible film) or have never heard of Mr. Niles you owe it to yourself to give this one a shot.
Cal Macdonald is a drug using , foul mouthed, monster associating anti hero in the same vein as Mel Gibson's character in payback, or Travis Mcgee (if you threw in less beaches and more zombies)
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