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FAMOUS PLAYERS: The Mysterious Death of William Desmond Taylor
Written by: Rick Geary
December 2nd, 2008
I am currently finishing the inked pages for my eleventh graphic novel for NBM, the second in the new series “A Treasury of XXth Century Murder.” It’s the story of the still-unsolved 1922 murder of the Hollywood director William Desmond Taylor, a convoluted case that involved many of the motion picture celebrities of the day. I am posting below those of the penciled pages that depict the discovery of Taylor’s body in the living room of his apartment on Alvarado Street in Los Angeles
My next volume in the series, now in the research stage, will be the bloody tale of the Axe-Man of New Orleans, who terrorized the city, killing a half-dozen people, in the years 1918 and 1919.
December 4th, 2008 at 9:35 am
This is so friggin\\\’ cool! Thanks Rick!
December 4th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Thanks, Rick. You know I’m a big fan of your work, and it’s great to see this work in progress.
December 4th, 2008 at 10:33 am
I’ve been a big fan of your work for 25 years (give or take a year) and this is the first time I have seen your pencils. It was worth the wait. Absolutely gorgeous.
Continued success,
Gary Esposito
December 5th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Rick–have you read “Cast Of Killers”, which purports that director King Vidor essentially “solved” the Taylor case?
PS–I still prize the 2 caricatures you did of me at the San Diego Con in ‘73-74, and am still bummed that you wouldn’t sell me the color Marx Bros. piece that was in your portfolio…
January 21st, 2009 at 8:47 pm
I’ll be looking forward to seeing your artistic treatment of the case, and am hoping for a high degree of historical accuracy.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
I really love your work. I consider myself an artist as well, however I can only wish for half your talent. Great work!