Growing up, while most kids my age were watching Thundercats and
Voltron, I was watching those as well. However, I also found myself
gravitating to my father's VHS collection, more specifically the black
and white mysteries. I remember watching "The Thin Man" starring William
Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, and loving every minute
of every joke I was too young to understand. That movie, along with "The
Maltese Falcon" and "The Big Sleep" led me to reading their respective
literary influences and the other books by Dashiell Hammett, and Raymond
Chandler. Maybe not so naturally, reading those books led me to H.P.
Lovecraft and his weird world of Cthulhu Mythos, and from then on I was
hooked. I crafted Detective James S. Peckman's world with influences
from each of those authors, and countless others, while still trying to
make it unique to my view. That's why I have the detective take on all
manner of bizarre cases, and this is why much of the book takes place in
my home state of New Jersey, which I'm not afraid to admit I'm proud to
be from.
Nightmare Noir opens the casebook
of Detective James S. Peckman, taking us into the underbelly of a world
where true evil exists. After his wife and daughter died under
supernatural circumstances, Peckman left the police force to pursue the
monsters most believe exist only in nightmares. Now, Peckman and his
partners take the cases that cannot be explained in the world we think
we know.
Alex Azar is an author born
and raised in New Jersey. He made the courageous decision to leave the
glamorous life of an electrical engineer student behind and concentrate
full time on his life long passion of writing. He is now a happily
struggling author. This is his first full length publication.
TJ
Halvorsen has worked for many of the major comic companies as a
penciler, inker and background artist. TJ attended the Joe Kubert School
for Cartoon and Graphic Design and earned his Associate's Degree in
Graphic Design from the University of Colorado.
Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/Nightmare-Noir-Alex-Azar/dp/0991582578/
3 comments:
Patti - Thanks for hosting Alex.
Alex - Thanks for sharing your story. Fascinating how often films inspire people. And some of those old films are just fantastic. Wishing you much success.
I'll read anything with the Cthulhu Mythos in it!
I liked the book a lot. It remind me when I was watching the thin man together, and he asked about the dog is name remember.
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