A Killing in Comics
A Killing in Comics
“The morning was overcast and cool, and the few blocks from the Waldorf over to the editorial offices of Americana Comics on Lexington Avenue made for a pleasant, even bracing walk. The lack of July heat made Manhattan pedestrians less surly than the norm, and I only got sworn at three times and wasn’t spit upon at all. I still would rather have had time to stop at my digs for a shower, but the fresh shave and haircut made me feel human enough to venture into the world. Donny’s funeral would kil...l the afternoon, so I needed to squeeze some life out of the hours available.
The Americana waiting room on the fourth floor of the Dixon Building on Lexington Avenue might have been any austerely businesslike reception area but for one thing: on the wood-paneled wall behind a good-looking blonde receptionist loomed a huge gold-framed portrait . . . not of the founder of the company (except perhaps figuratively), rather of a muscular figure in a flapping blue cape and red muscleman tights with a white W on his expansive chest, and blue boots.MoreLess
The Americana waiting room on the fourth floor of the Dixon Building on Lexington Avenue might have been any austerely businesslike reception area but for one thing: on the wood-paneled wall behind a good-looking blonde receptionist loomed a huge gold-framed portrait . . . not of the founder of the company (except perhaps figuratively), rather of a muscular figure in a flapping blue cape and red muscleman tights with a white W on his expansive chest, and blue boots.MoreLess
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