Velda: Girl Detective

Ron Miller

Aug 2019 · Velda: Girl Detective Vol 1 · Caliber Comics

About this ebook

"Velda: Girl Detective" is a multileveled representation of the more lurid of the 1950s crime comics and is portrayed as if it actually existed as a classic Golden Age comic. The comic series was more than a passing homage to the noir films and hard-boiled detective school of writing of the 1950s as it included in certain issues special features such as a Velda paper doll kit and the complete 1955 Velda pinup calendar to provide authenticity. The comics also included vintage parody ads as well as featurettes such as "Hawkshaw Hawk, Bird Detective" and "Neolithica: Girl of the Pleistocene" to entertain readers. Though the work of fiction, the comics were presented to the audience as if Velda actually existed and had her private eye investigative adventures during the 1950's in the big city.

This graphic novel publication collects comic issues 1-8 and all the Velda: Girl Detective bonus features. Over 370 pages!

About the author

Ron Miller is an illustrator and author with more than forty books to his credit. These include the best-selling "The Grand Tour" as well as the Hugo Award-winning "The Art of Chesley Bonestell." He has also worked on motion pictures such as "Dune" as a production illustrator and been a guest lecturer at the International Space University. He also provides illustrations for publishers such as Scientific American, Sky & Telescope, Astronomy, Berkeley/Ace and Baen Books. A commemorative stamp he designed for the US Postal Service is attached to the New Horizons spacecraft currently bound for Pluto.