Uglytown

BY THE BALLS: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION (Akashic Books)

The LA-Based crime fiction outfit UGLYTOWN is back.

It's been 15 years since BY THE BALLS introduced hard-boiled detective Ben Drake to the world and Akashic books is celebrating by releasing BY THE BALLS: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION.   Join Skylight Books for the exciting reintroduction of UGYLYTOWN.

Jim Pascoe is a writer, designer, and an Emmy Award–winning creative director. He is responsible for the packaging design of over 100 DVDs, including Mad Men, the 2010 Kubrick Collection, and Coraline, which won Best in Show at the Hollywood Reporter's Key Art Awards. He has written comics and books featuring Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Kim Possible, and Hellboy. His graphic novel series Undertown was serialized in over fifty newspapers worldwide, and his recent crime fiction has appeared in Los Angeles Noir and Florida Heat Wave.

Tom Fassbender is a writer, editor, and content strategist who has written, edited, and published both novels and comics. By day he manages the creative team at a Southern California financial institution. He fills the rest of his time by being a father, tending beehives, running long distances (preferably in the Angeles National Forest), and seeking new adventures in and around Los Angeles.

Together, they cofounded UglyTown, the acclaimed independent crime fiction publishing company. They gave voice to then-newcomers Sean Doolittle, Victor Gischler, Curt Colbert, and Rodney Johnson as well as veterans Eddie Muller, Gary Phillips, and Nathan Walpow.

THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS ON APRIL 5, 2013.

COPIES OF THE BOOK FROM THIS EVENT CAN BE PURCHASED HERE: http://www.skylightbooks.com/book/9781617751592