Topic: These Foolish Things || Behind the House of Cards

Rick Spade

Date: 2014-03-29 23:34 EST
If you, dear reader of the detective duo, are interested in knowing where they came from and what inspired us to create them, then you're in good luck! What follows is a list to get you started on understanding the primordial soup that they rose from.

Reading:

The Dresden Novels, first and foremost, have had a lot to do with creating the characters and the world they live in. We've been using the term 'Dresden-lite' to describe it. While technically from the Jim Butcher world of mystery and magic, we're taking a lot of liberties and not concerning ourselves with the stories of Harry Dresden or the other things that live in the novels.

Hellblazer, a comic by various authors and artists. It blends magic and horror to produce a gritty, dark world. Not at all like the movie.

Case Closed, a manga by Gosho Aoyama. The inspiration for Rick Spade's curse.

Watching:

The Dresden Files TV Show was not as good as the novels, but it's worth a watch. You get one season and it's vastly different than the books.

Sherlock provides a good insight on using deductive powers in the modern age. Thankfully, none of the characters here are as terrible with people as Sherlock.

Listening:

Frank Sinatra, Rick's favorite.

More to come in the future!

Rick Spade

Date: 2014-04-05 16:06 EST
Additional Listening:

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. A radio drama that ran from 1949 to 1962, it's long been a favorite of multiple authors behind the House of Cards writers. As described on wikipedia, "Each story started with a phone call from an insurance executive, calling on Johnny to investigate an unusual claim. Each story required Johnny to travel to some distant locale, usually within the United States but sometimes abroad, where he was almost always threatened with personal danger in the course of his investigations."

Rick Spade

Date: 2014-04-20 16:14 EST
Additional Listening:

John Coltrane. One of Rick's favorite jazz musicians. A saxophonist, he pioneered a lot of early Jazz and later contributed heavily to free jazz.

Thelonious Monk. Another one of Rick's favorites. Piano to Coltrane's saxophone and one of the most recorded jazz musicians of all time.

Miles Davis. The final member of Rick's 'big three' jazz loves.

DemiBob

Date: 2014-04-21 10:41 EST
Bob's Personal List of Awesome Stuff!

Kreayshawn. Bob is as unbasic as you get.

Bravest Warriors! If you're not a Catbug fan, Bob doesn't like you, and you will be left to rot outside the gates of Bobtopia after he takes over the world and crushes humanity.

Hannibal. Bob's favorite method of getting Rick to shut up and watch tv with him.

Darkwing Duck. In Bob's honest opinion, Darkwing Duck is the greatest detective in history. Rick Spade has nothing on the caped mallard.

Kenzi, of Lost Girl. Kenzi is Bob's power animal. Don't watch this if you're concerned about possible Lost Girl spoilers.

Power Wheels Corvette. Bob's new ride, stolen out of the hands of an over privileged little girl somewhere on the nice side of town. Bright red and slowly being blinged out with neons and more power.

Cookie Clicker. Bob is a professional Cookie Clicker player and plans on attending MLG this year to sweep the Cookie Clicker tournament.