tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post3659949549484864666..comments2024-03-25T10:22:04.995-07:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: Evan Hunter and The Blackboard JungleEd Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-34052997953047447532009-03-05T06:23:00.000-08:002009-03-05T06:23:00.000-08:00Did DC comics ruin him? :-) Just kidding. Being Ev...Did DC comics ruin him? :-) Just kidding. Being Evan's son, I'm sure he did well. But does anyone know what became of Little Richard Evans?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-5766608804496784922009-03-03T16:29:00.000-08:002009-03-03T16:29:00.000-08:00Interestingly, I (Lawrence McKenna, a frequent vis...Interestingly, I (Lawrence McKenna, a frequent visitor to Bill's blog and referred to yours thereby) was reading Superboy No. 86 (January 1961) recently and a letter was included from Evan's son, Richard. Here it is, straight from the "Smallville Mailsack":<BR/><BR/>"Dear Editor: I thought the recent story you published, 'The Dream of Doom', was terrific. Will we ever see any more stories featuring the green youth and his dog?' Richard Hunter, Pound Ridge, N.Y.<BR/><BR/>(A sequel to this story is being prepared. DC readers may be interested to learn that Richard Hunter, who sent us the above letter, is the son of Mr. Evan Hunter, the famous author whose two novels, 'The Blackboard Jungle' and 'Strangers When We Meet' were made into hit motion pictures. - Ed.)"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-62278117002847265542009-02-23T17:22:00.000-08:002009-02-23T17:22:00.000-08:00Thanks for clearing that up, Todd. Pohl's story i...Thanks for clearing that up, Todd. Pohl's story is a good one. Too bad it doesn't fit the facts.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-20205450725183830502009-02-23T16:41:00.000-08:002009-02-23T16:41:00.000-08:00All thanks should go to Barry, who also noted that...All thanks should go to Barry, who also noted that he was mistaken at first about the first publication of the short form...instead, it was in Vance Bourjaily's Pocket Books paperback magazine DISCOVERY, the major competitor to NAL's NEW WORLD WRITING.<BR/><BR/>Asking Barry about these, the progenitors of perhaps his favorite magazine (certainly in book form), Ted Solotaroff's NEW AMERICAN REVIEW (later AMERICAN REVIEW) (a near-tie with ESQUIRE in the '60s) is to read Barry at his most cheefully nostalgic.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com