secret identity Secret Identity is a fantastic crime novel set in the seedy 70s comic book industry Thom Dunn

European comics The art of Juanjo Guarnido Devin Nealy

European comics Jazz Maynard: European comics at their finest Devin Nealy

neorealism Watch a once-lost silent neorealist gangster movie made by the Clash Thom Dunn

gumshoes An elegy for the dying breed of San Francisco private eyes Thom Dunn

experimental films David Lynch's latest 10-minute animated short "FIRE (POZAR)" Gareth Branwyn

police procedurals Michael Connelly's imaginary Blue Note albums David Pescovitz

knock on wood What if the Mighty Mighty Bosstones changed genre every 15 seconds Thom Dunn

monica gallagher "The Black Ghost" is a fun Latina twist on urban noir superheroes Thom Dunn

noir The Black Ghost: superhero noir comic starring an antiestablishment vigilante and a hacktivist sidekick Alex Segura and Monica Gallagher

Richard Kadrey Richard Kadrey discusses his new dieselpunk noir novel "The Grand Dark" Cory Doctorow

dieselpunk "The Grand Dark": Kadrey's latest is a noir, dieselpunk masterpiece that's timely as hell Cory Doctorow

eight worlds John Varley's "Irontown Blues" – noir doggy science fiction from one of the field's all-time greats Cory Doctorow

hockey Hockey Noir: The Opera Cecil Castellucci

police procedurals Steven Brust's "Good Guys," a hardboiled noir urban fantasy, with everything great about Brust on proud display Cory Doctorow

nightscapes Nihon noir: Tom Blachford's gorgeous midnight shots of Tokyo Andrea James

data valdez The Private Eye: a supervillain tries to bring the internet back to a world where the press are the cops Cory Doctorow

noir Illustrations depict future noir in brooding shapes and shadows Andrea James

noir Watch The Agitated, a dark and twisted noir stop-motion short David Pescovitz

cap Become a vigilante superhero in this interactive tale about wealth inequality Laura Hudson