Showing posts with label detective. Show all posts
Showing posts with label detective. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Radio 2 and the mystery story writer Luca Crovi


On Saturdays and Sundays, from 1 pm to 1.30 pm, the second channel of Radio RAI speaks mystery. Luca Crovi presents mystery story authors and books, with its passion and expertise.

Among the many authors already interviewed are: Ben Pastor, Andrea Camilleri, Richard Mateson, Veit Heinichen, Eraldo Baldini, Bianca Pitzorno and Valerio Varesi.

If you would like to listen to some episodes in streaming or podcast, just click here.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Comics: Dylan Dog, the detective of the supernatural

He has the face of Rupert Everett, he is a detective and he is English. He is Dylan Dog, a former Scotland Yard agent with a mysterious past of which little is known. He investigates cases crossing to a supernatural and horrific world: he fights vampires, werewolves, and phantoms, but also more dangerous monsters such as racism, indifference and greed for power.
Dylan Dog loathes violence, plays the clarinet and is perpetually building a miniature galleon that he will probably never finish.
A former alcoholic, he warns against the dangers of alcoholism, whenever he can, and does not smoke either; he is also an environmentalist and a dedicated animalist.
Dylan Dog is the protagonist of a famous Italian cartoon strip created by Tiziano Sclavi in 1986, and published by Sergio Bonelli.
Its success is never-ending...