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Blood & Tacos #1 by Gary Phillips, Christopher Blair, Cameron Ashley, Johnny Shaw, Matthew Funk
dantastic's review
4.0
The inaugural entry in what I hope is a long series, [b:Blood & Tacos # 1|13510398|Blood & Tacos # 1|Johnny Shaw|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1330851826s/13510398.jpg|19063801] is bursting with manly pulpy goodness straight from the 1970's. Five cheesily awesome stories are barely contained between its formidable virtual covers.
Much like Black Dynamite, the tales within are true to the source material, intentionally cheezy but played almost deadly serious.
The five stories are drawn from the full spectrum of men's adventure novels. You've got the Russian dominated WWIII future Battleground USSA, the paramilitary group Tiger Team Bravo, blaxploitation bad ass The Silencer, the alcohol-fueled ass kicker The Albino Wino, and Chingon, the world's deadliest Mexican.
I have to admit, Chingon's tale is by far my favorite. It's like watching Machete if the last thirty or forty minutes didn't suck. How could I not like a story with this quote:
“Many have been curious about Chingón’s deadliness, gringo,” Chingón said, “Most of them are muerto. Dead and buried. Because I killed them. Killed them until they were dead. Dead and buried.”
Plus, he uses grenades and a bull whip. A bull whip!
[b:Blood & Tacos # 1|13510398|Blood & Tacos # 1|Johnny Shaw|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1330851826s/13510398.jpg|19063801] also contains reviews of three classic Men's Adventures. I'm almost ashamed to admit I want to track down Penetrator #14 to experience it for myself.
It's only a buck for the Kindle or free on the website so if you like 70's inspired pulp, your cheap ass has no excuse but to pick up [b:Blood & Tacos # 1|13510398|Blood & Tacos # 1|Johnny Shaw|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1330851826s/13510398.jpg|19063801]!
Much like Black Dynamite, the tales within are true to the source material, intentionally cheezy but played almost deadly serious.
The five stories are drawn from the full spectrum of men's adventure novels. You've got the Russian dominated WWIII future Battleground USSA, the paramilitary group Tiger Team Bravo, blaxploitation bad ass The Silencer, the alcohol-fueled ass kicker The Albino Wino, and Chingon, the world's deadliest Mexican.
I have to admit, Chingon's tale is by far my favorite. It's like watching Machete if the last thirty or forty minutes didn't suck. How could I not like a story with this quote:
“Many have been curious about Chingón’s deadliness, gringo,” Chingón said, “Most of them are muerto. Dead and buried. Because I killed them. Killed them until they were dead. Dead and buried.”
Plus, he uses grenades and a bull whip. A bull whip!
[b:Blood & Tacos # 1|13510398|Blood & Tacos # 1|Johnny Shaw|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1330851826s/13510398.jpg|19063801] also contains reviews of three classic Men's Adventures. I'm almost ashamed to admit I want to track down Penetrator #14 to experience it for myself.
It's only a buck for the Kindle or free on the website so if you like 70's inspired pulp, your cheap ass has no excuse but to pick up [b:Blood & Tacos # 1|13510398|Blood & Tacos # 1|Johnny Shaw|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1330851826s/13510398.jpg|19063801]!
whatmeworry's review
4.0
Blood & Tacos is a collection of short stories and reviews written in celebration of the Men's Adventure pulp paperbacks of the 70s and 80s. If you don't know what they are you may well not enjoy Blood & Tacos but if you do then I urge you to grab it for you Kindle, it's only 77p for crying out loud.
It's not perfect, some of the stories are better than others (the title story was my personal favourite) but it is a whole heap of fun that made me laugh out loud a number of times and kept me turning the virtual pages. The writers involved pay homage to the frequently sexist, racist and reactionary Men's Adventure series with a knowing eye that cleverly and amusingly satirises the bigotry without getting in the way of the shoot outs and fist fights.
The best part is that editor Johnny Shaw is planning to do one of these a quarter and the second one is already out. The first thing I did after finishing volume one was download volume two.
It's not perfect, some of the stories are better than others (the title story was my personal favourite) but it is a whole heap of fun that made me laugh out loud a number of times and kept me turning the virtual pages. The writers involved pay homage to the frequently sexist, racist and reactionary Men's Adventure series with a knowing eye that cleverly and amusingly satirises the bigotry without getting in the way of the shoot outs and fist fights.
The best part is that editor Johnny Shaw is planning to do one of these a quarter and the second one is already out. The first thing I did after finishing volume one was download volume two.
matts's review
4.0
The idea was fun, but the first story was so clunky that I was worried I'd misspent my 2 bucks. But they got better and the last one, Blood & Tacos was great obnoxious fun.
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