Angel City: Town Without Pity by Janet Harvey, Megan Levens, and Nick Filardi (2017)
When a young starlet is discovered dead and dismembered, it’s up to a crime photographer and a mob enforcer to uncover the truth — which might just go the way to the upper echelons. Janet Harvey draws directly from California history, be it the Black Dahlia murder or the Zoot Suit Riots, for her tale of Tinsel Town’s seamier side. Angel City explores similar themes as Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ The Fade Out, and though I preferred the work to this one, Angel City gets points for it historical grounding. (This volume also includes several short essays on the aforementioned historical events, which further puts the lie to Hollywood’s glamorous reputation.)
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