Comments on: The Liz Danger Mysteries http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/ More than you ever wanted to hear from Bestselling Author Jenny Crusie. Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:08:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kwana http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-27009 Kwana Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:47:18 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-27009 Yay! I'm so glad I made the cut. I love the covers. Thay are way too much fun. Yay! I’m so glad I made the cut. I love the covers. Thay are way too much fun.

]]> By: Jenny http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26873 Jenny Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:11:01 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26873 It's from a very old song called, "Lavender's Green, Dilly, Dilly." I figure there are several in there that won't be instant recognition or any recognition. Gold Dead Fingers if you're not a James Bond fan. Tan Little Corpses if you're not a classic mystery fan. Blood Curdling Green may not be recognizable since it's more of a frequently used phrase than a pop culture reference. And Bet on Black is the same thing, but I need that one because of the plot of the real book, if I ever write it. It’s from a very old song called, “Lavender’s Green, Dilly, Dilly.”
I figure there are several in there that won’t be instant recognition or any recognition. Gold Dead Fingers if you’re not a James Bond fan. Tan Little Corpses if you’re not a classic mystery fan. Blood Curdling Green may not be recognizable since it’s more of a frequently used phrase than a pop culture reference. And Bet on Black is the same thing, but I need that one because of the plot of the real book, if I ever write it.

]]> By: Mia http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26870 Mia Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:00:28 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26870 Wow! Those all sound like books I want to read. I just have one question. What is the origin of the title "Lavender's Dead, Killer, Killer" I want to like it but I don't know what it means. : ( Wow! Those all sound like books I want to read. I just have one question. What is the origin of the title “Lavender’s Dead, Killer, Killer” I want to like it but I don’t know what it means. : (

]]> By: Kate http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26821 Kate Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:22:10 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26821 Thanks for the laughs and fantasies. I needed them today. And yes I remember slips...I have one I particularly like and use. My girls don't get it but that's okay. They will just miss out on memories of having it tugged down and straightened...I so looked forward to doing that. Oh well...they did let me put curlers in their hair and then yank one or two hairs out when taking the curlers out...hmmm the gold ole days. LOL Take care! Thanks for the laughs and fantasies. I needed them today. And yes I remember slips…I have one I particularly like and use. My girls don’t get it but that’s okay. They will just miss out on memories of having it tugged down and straightened…I so looked forward to doing that. Oh well…they did let me put curlers in their hair and then yank one or two hairs out when taking the curlers out…hmmm the gold ole days. LOL
Take care!

]]> By: Melissa Blue http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26784 Melissa Blue Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:24:38 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26784 <i>I’ve already started on the blurbs.</i> Definitely enablers and I love the book page. Oh, whenever you finish this book the webpage for it is going to be sooo fun. I’ve already started on the blurbs.

Definitely enablers and I love the book page. Oh, whenever you finish this book the webpage for it is going to be sooo fun.

]]> By: robena grant http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26782 robena grant Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:09:29 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26782 Wow! This is great, and it was a fun game. Wow! This is great, and it was a fun game.

]]> By: JanLo http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26780 JanLo Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:08:00 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26780 These are just too cool. I too would read the pulp fiction! Bring on the chapter blurbs. These are just too cool. I too would read the pulp fiction! Bring on the chapter blurbs.

]]> By: Teble http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26776 Teble Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:17:00 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26776 Jenny said: "Also technically there’s only one panty shot, those hot pink ones." Wow. Not only did you use my pink title, you let me model for the cover art too. I feel so honored. :-) Jenny said: “Also technically there’s only one panty shot, those hot pink ones.”

Wow. Not only did you use my pink title, you let me model for the cover art too. I feel so honored. :-)

]]> By: Erica - Aussie CB http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26763 Erica - Aussie CB Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:15:45 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26763 OMG! this is too fun! LOL OMG! this is too fun! LOL

]]> By: Chrissy Deffendall http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26757 Chrissy Deffendall Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:17:00 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26757 You like me! You really like me! I'm so honored "Blue Suede Shoots" made the list. I screamed and had to explain to my children that nothing was wrong, that I was really, really tickled. It took a while to convince my 16 year old. He's not used to such dramatics from his mother... You like me! You really like me!

I’m so honored “Blue Suede Shoots” made the list. I screamed and had to explain to my children that nothing was wrong, that I was really, really tickled. It took a while to convince my 16 year old. He’s not used to such dramatics from his mother…

]]> By: LtL http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26754 LtL Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:50:21 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26754 Excellent! I'm always game for these games, if not particularly good at them. Thank goodness you & the AP are good at them. And, oh dear, I would probably read the pulp mysteries. My podcatcher is full of The Saint, The Whistler, The Shadow. Sigh. True. And these would be better! Girl Power and snark. Just Yay! Excellent! I’m always game for these games, if not particularly good at them. Thank goodness you & the AP are good at them. And, oh dear, I would probably read the pulp mysteries. My podcatcher is full of The Saint, The Whistler, The Shadow. Sigh. True. And these would be better! Girl Power and snark. Just Yay!

]]> By: Rosie http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26730 Rosie Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:37:13 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26730 I'm in love with ROSIE'S BOOKS and all those beautiful colorful covers. I'm already having fantasies (good ones, traffic is traffic people) of having to explain that I'm "not that Rosie". Believe it or not folks find their way to my blog looking for that O'Donnell chick. Can you imagine? I’m in love with ROSIE’S BOOKS and all those beautiful colorful covers. I’m already having fantasies (good ones, traffic is traffic people) of having to explain that I’m “not that Rosie”. Believe it or not folks find their way to my blog looking for that O’Donnell chick. Can you imagine?

]]> By: Jenny http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26727 Jenny Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:34:21 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26727 I know. I've already started on the blurbs. I know.
I’ve already started on the blurbs.

]]> By: Christine http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26725 Christine Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:02:28 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26725 I love you, your books, and your process, but if you don't cut this out, you know you're going to wind up writing all the Liz Danger books in order to have snippets to use at each chapter break... uh oh. I love you, your books, and your process, but if you don’t cut this out, you know you’re going to wind up writing all the Liz Danger books in order to have snippets to use at each chapter break…

uh oh.

]]> By: Jenny http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26724 Jenny Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:56:27 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26724 Yes, but Liz will save them. And look FABULOUS doing it. Also technically there's only one panty shot, those hot pink ones. The babe in the trunk is flashing her slip. Anybody else remember slips? Those were the days. Yes, but Liz will save them.
And look FABULOUS doing it.

Also technically there’s only one panty shot, those hot pink ones. The babe in the trunk is flashing her slip.
Anybody else remember slips? Those were the days.

]]> By: RfP http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26720 RfP Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:38:58 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26720 That's quite the pulpy collection of panty shots and helpless women. OMGthevictimization! theobjectification! thehorror! That’s quite the pulpy collection of panty shots and helpless women. OMGthevictimization! theobjectification! thehorror!

]]> By: Courtney De http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26716 Courtney De Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:35:29 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26716 Thank you! I am so glad that I could provide you with this opportunity to procrastinate. Equally opportunity enabling-I'm all for it. Thank you! I am so glad that I could provide you with this opportunity to procrastinate. Equally opportunity enabling-I’m all for it.

]]> By: Jenny http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26715 Jenny Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:32:14 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26715 Okay, I went back and looked at the rest of the sources: <em>Lavender's Dead</em> and <em>One in Vermillion</em> are <em>Claire Voyant</em> covers (talk about a great character name). <em>Rest in Pink</em> is a <em>Blue Beetle</em> cover. <em>Shrieking Violet </em>is a <em>Phantom Lady</em> cover (not to be confused with Phantom Blonde) <em>Peaches and Screams</em> and <em>Silver Scream</em> are <em>Police Cases</em> covers. <em>Blue Blood </em>is a <em>Crime Reporter</em> cover. <em>Blush with Death</em> is a <em>True Crime</em> cover. <em> Yellow Brick Roadkill</em> is a <em>Murder Incorporated</em> cover. <em>Blue Suede Shoots</em> is a <em>Crimes by Women</em> cover. <em>Bet on Black</em> is a <em>Saint</em> cover. Okay, I went back and looked at the rest of the sources:

Lavender’s Dead and One in Vermillion are Claire Voyant covers (talk about a great character name).

Rest in Pink is a Blue Beetle cover.

Shrieking Violet is a Phantom Lady cover (not to be confused with Phantom Blonde)

Peaches and Screams and Silver Scream are Police Cases covers.

Blue Blood is a Crime Reporter cover.

Blush with Death is a True Crime cover.

Yellow Brick Roadkill is a Murder Incorporated cover.

Blue Suede Shoots is a Crimes by Women cover.

Bet on Black is a Saint cover.

]]> By: Jenny http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26713 Jenny Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:18:49 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26713 <em>Tan Little Corpses</em> and <em>Six Feet Umber</em> are Brenda Starr comic covers. <em>Blood Curdling Green</em> and <em>Gold Dead Fingers</em> are Phantom Blondes. Most of the rest are miscellaneous crime comics, all from the Golden Age. I just slapped the titles, names, and Liz Danger Mystery tags right on top. If I ever do put up Rosie's website, I'll have to find all the people who drew, inked, and colored them and acknowledge them. As for where I found them: Google. Try "Brenda Starr," "Phantom Blonde," "crime comics," "Golden Age Comics," and anything else you can think of. It became an obsession after awhile, but it was amazing, too. Some really great art work in those. Tan Little Corpses and Six Feet Umber are Brenda Starr comic covers. Blood Curdling Green and Gold Dead Fingers are Phantom Blondes. Most of the rest are miscellaneous crime comics, all from the Golden Age. I just slapped the titles, names, and Liz Danger Mystery tags right on top. If I ever do put up Rosie’s website, I’ll have to find all the people who drew, inked, and colored them and acknowledge them.

As for where I found them: Google. Try “Brenda Starr,” “Phantom Blonde,” “crime comics,” “Golden Age Comics,” and anything else you can think of. It became an obsession after awhile, but it was amazing, too. Some really great art work in those.

]]> By: Courtney De http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26712 Courtney De Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:55:39 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2008/02/29/the-liz-danger-mysteries/#comment-26712 Okay, but where did you get all of the awesome retro graphics? Because they are excellent. And they make me happy...in a weird sort of way. But then, so does "Yelow Brick Roadkill." Okay, but where did you get all of the awesome retro graphics? Because they are excellent. And they make me happy…in a weird sort of way. But then, so does “Yelow Brick Roadkill.”

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