Forty Kinds of Trouble: A Parker + Grofield Zine
"The story you have just read draws from a variety of sources close to our hearts. First and foremost comes, of course, Richard Stark’s The Handle – the final page of which we adapt as the beginning of our tale – but that’s not the entirety of Westlake-Stark’s contribution to Forty Kinds of Trouble. Mr. Westlake’s early years writing ‘sleaze’ greatly influenced his work on Parker and what he’d once referred to as ‘euphemism novels’ in turn form the foundation of our work here. The fascination of Parker’s character, the subtextual tension, the constant presence of outsiders and Parker’s status as one all come from the daring and deviant pages of pulp fiction." (x)
Our new pulp-inspired zine is now available to read right here! It's always my greatest honor and pleasure to work with my amazingly talented partner everywhere @redstoneofaja -- it's not often you get to work with your favorite artist in the universe, let alone consistently create the art you've always dreamed of making.
Forty Kinds of Trouble explores the rich subtext of Richard Stark's The Handle through the lens of the romance pulps of the 1950s and '60s. It is our second Parker zine, and you can read our initial anthology zine right here. As always, you can find us over at Tough Business!
