Joy in St. Louis

September 18th, 2012 by Max Allan Collins

This week I am turning over the update to Nathan, who (at my proud parental request) is going to share some photos of his and Abby’s wedding on Sunday November 9 in St. Louis. Generally, I cheerfully despite weddings, but this was a fun, fantastic event. Even Quarry would have grinned and maybe shed a tear (right before he murdered somebody).

Before I hand Nate the reins, here are a few links that may interest you, starting with a nice review of LADY, GO DIE!

Here, unless it’s an ironic practical joke, is a rave review of one of my BATMAN issues, which has otherwise been despised by the Batcave-dwelling nerds of the fan world.

And from the delightfully titled blog “Gil T.’s Pleasures” comes a review of volume one of the collected FANGORIA’S DREADTIME STORIES on Audio CD. There are five stories of which I wrote three. Carl Amari produced and directed these with the same top Chicago talent that performed on the Audie-nominated NEW ADVENTURES OF MIKE HAMMER audios. A second volume, with three more of my stories (and two by other writers), is due soon. These are available on-line from Amazon and many others. These are the full-length, unedited, uncensored versions, that the ones that were briefly downloadable at the Fangoria site (interrupted by commercials).

Finally, a short but I think pretty good interview with me appears in issue eleven the first-rate fanzine, CRIME FACTORY. This link gives you various options to obtain it free of charge.

Nate, take it away….

Nate here! I’ve got some early proofs from our photographer, Derek Sigler. We should have the whole set in a day or two, so I might sneak a couple more into this update later, but for now…

We were lucky to have one of the first nice weekends of the season and took advantage of it by taking photos around St. Louis’s Forest Park before the wedding. I was joined my friends Brad (who flew from LA!) and Robert; with Abby were friends Sarah and Kendra and sisters Elise and Molly. Here’s another:

The wedding and reception were held in The Wild Flower, a beautiful restaurant in the Central West End. There were a lot of great things about the Wild Flower, including the gorgeous exposed brick walls and tasteful decor as seen below, but in truth we chose the location for the creme brulee french toast.

That’s all for now, but if you’re not thoroughly disgusted by our happiness yet, check back in a few days for more!

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One Response to “Joy in St. Louis”

  1. SER1897 says:

    Congratulations on the wedding and best wishes for the future.

    Also, MAC, I’d like to take the chance to say that your BATMAN run was my first exposure to the character in the comics. I was 13 and was hooked. It’s unfortunate that the desire for a grim, psychotic Batman quickly became in vogue (sort of missing the point of DARK KNIGHT RETURNS — it’s more interesting, frankly, if circumstances result in the Batman of your run becoming the BATMAN in DKR rather than the fellow in the Starlin run, who is basically exactly the same except younger).