By the Balls: The Complete Collection
By Jim Pascoe and Tom Fassbender
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Jim Pascoe
Jim Pascoe is a writer, designer, and an award-winning creative director. His comics credits include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hellboy Animated, and the original series Undertown—which was originally published by TOKYOPOP, put out as a book-fair edition by Scholastic, and distributed by Universal Press Syndicate to over fifty newspapers worldwide. He lives in Los Angeles, where he drinks coffee, sleeps very little, and believes in magic.
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Reviews for By the Balls
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5By the Balls: The Complete Collection is a wonderful collection of pulp fiction stories previously published as two novels and several short stories. The Complete Collection also includes all of the fantastic illustrations done by Paul Pope. This is a very fun, over the top collection of hard-boiled noir mysteries recommended for any hard-boiled mystery fans with a sense of humor.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5By the Balls is a collection of stories about Ben Drake, this collection of his stories is fairly solid from top to bottom. At first I was very happy to see that By The Balls was put in chronological order instead of stick with the publication order. The problem that I ran into is that most of the stories (other than Fireproof & By the Balls) do not hold up very well as individual stories. This is one of the few times that I think the book would have been able to keep more suspense and intrigue if they would have stuck with the publication order. If you are into noire style of writing I do think most people will enjoy the books no matter what order you decide to read the stories.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is a collection of short stories written in the hard boiled detective style. Ordinarily, I like that kind of story, but for some reason, I could not get into these stories. I got as far as page 126 (of a total of 450) and couldn't read any more. I wanted to like this book, but didn't. Just not for me.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I love this book more than I can put into words. If you like crime noir with great action, dialogue, and characters, you owe it to yourself to check this out. It's my favorite book I've read this year. Highly recommended.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a collection of short stories that I found reminded me of the old black and white television private detective shows. The main character is a PI that always dresses up in suits and hats, smokes cigars, and always beats the police to the villians. The stories are well written and very entertaining. I would love to read more stories written by these two highly talented men!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5By the Balls ia a collection of short stories and novellas, starring Ben Drake, a PI in the tradition of 1950's and 1960's detective stories. I am not a big fan of pulp fiction, so am probably not a fair critic of this book. I thought it was entertaining, but not especially so. Some of the stories were downright distrurbing in their descriptions, especially of the cock fighting. If you are a fan of pulp fiction, this book will certainly appeal more to you than it did to me.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5OK, not my cup of tea. I didn't think this collection of stories even qualified as pulp fiction. Comic book stories with only a few of the pictures. I tried to finish, but skipped to the title story. When that one bogged down, I gave up completely. That's a rarity for me.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 15th Anniversary of the By The Balls Collection is extremely enjoyable. Featuring tough, gritty firefighter turned detective, Ben Drake, the stories are well conceived if somewhat predictable. The prose flows quickly and with lots of smarts. Drake is a typical, slightly damaged hero, having lost his wife to a drunk driver. He perseveres through brawls and bar fights, searching for clues to solve this month’s crime. Some of the references are somewhat dated – who uses a pay phone anymore- but this is easily overlooked in light of the overall stories. It is a quick read, easy to put down and pick up. I would recommend it to anyone looking for an action packed and witty read.