Angeltown: The Nate Hollis Investigation Hardcover 2011

Author: Gary PhillipsArt: Shawn MartinbroughPublished: 07/26/2011Los Angeles is the birthplace of noir ― because of the brighter the sunshine, the deeper the shadows, and the more deadly the mischief that goes on in the dark.Angeltown: The Nate Hollis Investigations reprints the original Vertigo mini-series in glorious black & white ― the critically praised sequential mystery featuring the cool, tough private eye's frenzied search in the shadows for a pro hoopster wanted for murder in "Baller."Additionally, Gary Phillips (Operator 5), has penned two, original, illustrated prose short stories for this volume: "Hollywood Killer," wherein superhero pretenders prowling Hollywood Boulevard for tips are getting bumped off, and "King Cow," about cattle, lowriders, and babes with nazi tattoos.