tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76600639209189615972024-02-18T18:46:54.545-08:00Jimmy Plush, Teddy Bear DetectiveFind out about the latest adventures of the tough-as-nails teddy here!Garrett Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441345996991214102noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7660063920918961597.post-17646411460173714422011-07-04T10:21:00.001-07:002011-07-04T10:24:18.878-07:00New book trailerHappy Fourth, people who stumble onto this blog! Yesterday I unveiled the trailer for Jimmy Plush, Teddy Bear Detective. And here it is:<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dneYfyyhvpc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Directed by Lev Cantoral, music by Jess Gulbranson, special thanks to Sonya Barbee for the hummel teddy bears!Garrett Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441345996991214102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7660063920918961597.post-56382819840104343522011-06-04T13:04:00.001-07:002011-06-04T13:04:57.502-07:00A Post that Speaks for Itself<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jimmy-Plush-Teddy-Bear-Detective/dp/1936383632/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1307217809&sr=8-1">It's here!</a>Garrett Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441345996991214102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7660063920918961597.post-51400195586761371722011-05-26T09:48:00.000-07:002011-05-26T09:56:50.309-07:00New Jimmy Plush serialOn my new blog <a href="http://chainsawnoir.wordpress.com">Chainsaw Noir</a>, I have been posting chapters of a brand new Jimmy Plush serial all through the month of May. The serial concludes Sunday and with the exciting conclusion comes exciting news, earthshaking news. Enjoy the free fiction and enjoy Sunday's announcement.<br /><br />Here are links to the four existing sections of the serial:<br /><br /><a href="http://chainsawnoir.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/jimmy-plush-and-mittens-o-hara-in-murder-at-little-stonehengeparton/">Part One</a><br /><a href="http://chainsawnoir.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/jimmy-plush-and-mittens-o-hara-in-murder-at-little-stonehenge-part-2/">Part Two</a><br /><a href="http://chainsawnoir.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/jimmy-plush-and-mittens-o-hara-in-murder-at-little-stonehenge-part-3/">Part Three</a><br /><a href="http://chainsawnoir.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/jimmy-plush-and-mittens-o-hara-in-murder-at-little-stonehenge-part-4/">Part Four</a>Garrett Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441345996991214102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7660063920918961597.post-83293618264809630122010-12-12T09:56:00.000-08:002010-12-12T10:06:18.043-08:00Plush revealed!We are getting close. Real close. A month ago, I revealed the cover art to everyone on the Plushlist and now, I'm going to reveal it to anyone who comes here. Behold the majesty that is Jimmy Plush...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_g7eZvbjjDa2J449-rSXdI5SrtE8UAalBCdm3xmtr7bM8GGRiEDRgznj4E4s9PMw9OM2bZhmiDIahwxxquDthU_xG4GhP1CgJPz6qC8FlF23WJzmYEeNvN4RUUIcMqxKPXMpNoZMEg6T/s1600/jimmyplush.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_g7eZvbjjDa2J449-rSXdI5SrtE8UAalBCdm3xmtr7bM8GGRiEDRgznj4E4s9PMw9OM2bZhmiDIahwxxquDthU_xG4GhP1CgJPz6qC8FlF23WJzmYEeNvN4RUUIcMqxKPXMpNoZMEg6T/s400/jimmyplush.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549856992529987762" /></a><br /><br />Get ready for Furries, mob bosses the size of a warehouse, vengeful lumberjacks, cannibal cops, a dead horse, bearded phantom babies, a foxy femme fatale that's no damn good, a sweet blonde that might be Jimmy Plush's last shot at redemption, a gun for hire and so much more. Jimmy Plush faces some tough customers, but he'll be ready. He knows that life is hard when you're soft.Garrett Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441345996991214102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7660063920918961597.post-78577749511589622942010-04-20T09:08:00.000-07:002010-04-20T15:07:53.392-07:00Mr. Plush and the Bard"I'm sure you know me by now. My name is Jimmy Plush and I'm a three foot teddy bear detective. And boy, do I have a story for you. I was relaxing in my office with a drink (the only way I can relax without pulling a trigger) and in walked a dame in black with a veil over her face. From what I could see, she was pretty attractive. She also didn't look a day over fourteen, so I suppose the less said about that, the better. <br /> "Mister Plush, I'm looking for the man who killed my fiancee," she said. <br /> I reached for my gun. Some fellas make things with their hands. Me? I make trouble, wisecracks, orphans and widows, odds are decent in this town that a vengeful widow is lookin' for either me or the real Jimmy Plush with whom I traded bodies and I end up taking the rap for either of our actions. <br /> She waved her hand.<br /> "No, Mister Plush. You may have a tremendous number of corpses to your name, but you weren't responsible for this one. Listen," she said, raising her veil, "for never was there a tale of more woe than that of Juliet and her Romeo."<br /> I'd heard it. And for the record, I'm not fond of metafiction. <a href="http://www.legumeman,com/archelonranch.html">Archelon Ranch </a>left a bad taste in my mouth. <br /> "Listen, doll, it's either your fault or you're askin' me to track down Shakespeare."<br /> She shook her pretty little jailbait head.<br /> "No, Mister Plush, it's not so simple. There's a good chance Shakespeare wasn't Shakespeare."<br /> I was intrigued. I'd heard the arguments about Shakespeare's authorship before. If I could solve this case, it might clean up my reputation and make the real Jimmy Plush jealous enough that the bastard would want to trade bodies back to take credit for it. Our last few interactions had been hostile to say the least, but who could resist taking credit for finding the real Shakespeare once and for all. <br /> "Okay, sweetheart, I'll take it," I said and before she could even thank me, I was out the door. I'd heard a rumor circulating that criminal kingpin Vic Halperin had dealings with a man on the East side who'd come from Elizabethan England and was a philosopher, statesman and essayist, a real Renaissance man and maybe the guy responsible for Romeo and Juliet's tragic separation. Frank Bacon, Viscount of St. Alban.<br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwKCrlWh7idJ6RQWCldOMb-c3onCz11RMJrBqz55fz5AksRb7KM4ZoWSEEa5yQMw9PcR_NvFZoMz6kvx-t3sRQQ_-Bx1XqSpidB_ts5WONA2ear6Vqm4tNSCwsCY4vvCWLYsBcrfQ9QAz8/s1600/481px-Francis_Bacon,_Viscount_St_Alban_from_NPG_(2).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 321px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwKCrlWh7idJ6RQWCldOMb-c3onCz11RMJrBqz55fz5AksRb7KM4ZoWSEEa5yQMw9PcR_NvFZoMz6kvx-t3sRQQ_-Bx1XqSpidB_ts5WONA2ear6Vqm4tNSCwsCY4vvCWLYsBcrfQ9QAz8/s400/481px-Francis_Bacon,_Viscount_St_Alban_from_NPG_(2).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462257475152049410" /></a><br /> Bacon was reluctant to talk until I smashed his knees in with a sledgehammer. It's hard for a three foot teddy bear to swing a sledgehammer, but I always found a way and I always found the right bones to break. He sang like a canary that needed bus fare home. <br /> "It wasn't me," he whined, "it was Eddie De Vere, least I think it was De Vere. He was fruity enough to write them sonnets and he knew plenty about the workings of the upper class at the time. A lot of people think he seems like the horse to bet on."<br /> So, I went to see Edward De Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford. <br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2_eGWy6QACupQHgkNEIIdvDkR9A6htEp_KIbB4tE73CVAI4vf4uYUWE43J0BwRuzNzpFb-f-nDCE7w7PrJI1W-OqzAfKdDIJOFiZFGEWZE5Ca6Vpu3RbtbI_oZZoUsqbWbA4QKg6DYLY/s1600/502px-Edward-de-Vere-1575.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 335px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2_eGWy6QACupQHgkNEIIdvDkR9A6htEp_KIbB4tE73CVAI4vf4uYUWE43J0BwRuzNzpFb-f-nDCE7w7PrJI1W-OqzAfKdDIJOFiZFGEWZE5Ca6Vpu3RbtbI_oZZoUsqbWbA4QKg6DYLY/s400/502px-Edward-de-Vere-1575.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462260225096025842" /></a><br /> We had a few cups of tea and talked. He showed me some of his poetry. It was good. Not great, but good. Maybe I'd be better off looking for a great writer. A guy like Christopher Marlowe, author of the Tragickal History of Doctor Faustus. Around this time of night, he'd be drinking in a seedy bar starting knife fights, so I checked the nearest seedy bar. And sure enough my hunch was correct. <br /> <br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFyHRtKghckLsMXYzu31IrAUrVxMWMbpa9TtFWk9SM2MxR565eOXf_Ldv2rrxkVI5HoRsRiqEDz6xHcFlSJ3vILWoGymF1rSI7yUrG_GVUUNewA2YEYe2OYFa547HOo0Mv3BDvbhi6z7Yx/s1600/486px-Marlowe-Portrait-1585.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 325px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFyHRtKghckLsMXYzu31IrAUrVxMWMbpa9TtFWk9SM2MxR565eOXf_Ldv2rrxkVI5HoRsRiqEDz6xHcFlSJ3vILWoGymF1rSI7yUrG_GVUUNewA2YEYe2OYFa547HOo0Mv3BDvbhi6z7Yx/s400/486px-Marlowe-Portrait-1585.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462261211806318402" /></a><br /> The guy challenged me to a knife fight. So we had a knife fight. I lost some stuffing, he lost some blood, but by the end of it all, he was buying the rounds and I was calling him "Kit". I asked him about the works of Shakespeare and instead of trying to slice it off like he'd been doing only minutes ago, he almost talked it off. Couldn't stand that guy's work. The usual suspects were out, so I decided on looking for some unusual ones. <br /> My first instinct was Zartan, an international terrorist and master of disguise. I'd previously managed to trace the works of Jane Austen to his twisted mind. <br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAb2XGWk1oIBp02lLeEYSTVSo4HjcfQMQSZyE6Thp8Fi1-x6LpJ-p8wGLSoFZ-jyGgS59QEVfcJrhAIRsmYgZMWv1SCAdIulzpVKegdUf1PGI-aI9wXkhusO7f073MqXulmlHSsHXqg8N4/s1600/zartan_thumb.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAb2XGWk1oIBp02lLeEYSTVSo4HjcfQMQSZyE6Thp8Fi1-x6LpJ-p8wGLSoFZ-jyGgS59QEVfcJrhAIRsmYgZMWv1SCAdIulzpVKegdUf1PGI-aI9wXkhusO7f073MqXulmlHSsHXqg8N4/s400/zartan_thumb.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462262392794295330" /></a><br /> But his trail came up cold. Literally. While Shakespeare was writing the Tempest, Zartan was holding a glacier for ransom. There had to be somebody else. Somebody depressed with contempt for authority but a good sense of humor. It was so simple. Why hadn't I thought of it sooner?<br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObQVnszf192G936L5j1jRqbPBZF30tCYtMTfPy1DqM_yXR6AD7aSU9CZtjCq9EVAnyr1ZbFHbMWGHrFI90sX8_XXAkoSzWvfzQA2QzBfHCBsXBtFwB2RRV_H6_3vnyn-Iq16rC6Q4DvOk/s1600/450px-Kafka_portrait.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObQVnszf192G936L5j1jRqbPBZF30tCYtMTfPy1DqM_yXR6AD7aSU9CZtjCq9EVAnyr1ZbFHbMWGHrFI90sX8_XXAkoSzWvfzQA2QzBfHCBsXBtFwB2RRV_H6_3vnyn-Iq16rC6Q4DvOk/s400/450px-Kafka_portrait.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462263092408809618" /></a><br /> Franz Kafka. One paranoid, insecure Czech novelist. Could it have been him? Shakespeare's work got pretty weird sometimes and Kafka's touch would do some funny things to it. I'd read a book before about what it would be like if Kafka had written Hamlet. It was funny, it was weird. It was pretty damn good and it might have some insights into the case that would help Juliet out. I called her back to the office and gave her a copy of this book:<br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcxKRXBV0UekPH_DRBC8r-muZavUqzKkCsOS96Kx1yP3TmKXWt112Fp5EUyVDuCrOqR_AuRJkfDyeBcOcXv3p_j7FNY8hzqsdMMDPbPaOZW26Pk0zk9jUKGtpI-h699hLEpy-fSCMgNOZL/s1600/Nakedmetamorphosiscover.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcxKRXBV0UekPH_DRBC8r-muZavUqzKkCsOS96Kx1yP3TmKXWt112Fp5EUyVDuCrOqR_AuRJkfDyeBcOcXv3p_j7FNY8hzqsdMMDPbPaOZW26Pk0zk9jUKGtpI-h699hLEpy-fSCMgNOZL/s400/Nakedmetamorphosiscover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462264427261718898" /></a><br /> <br /> "Looks promising," she said, "how much do I owe you?"<br /> "9.95." "<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Naked-Metamorphosis-Eric-Mays/dp/1933929901/ref=pd_sim_b_3">GET IT HERE</a><br /><br />Celebrate Shakespeare's (possible) birthday April 23rd with Bizarro writer <a href="http://zombicurious.blogspot.com">Eric Mays</a>. Jimmy Plush will be. And of course, you can preorder Jimmy Plush right here: http://jimmyplush.blogspot.com/2010/04/preorders-still-available.html<br />Get on the Plushlist and buy Naked Metamorphosis. I promise you fun and surprises.Garrett Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441345996991214102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7660063920918961597.post-82743288116532870172010-04-01T20:17:00.000-07:002010-04-01T20:29:21.150-07:00Preorders Still Available!There's still room on the Plush list. While the Limited Editions are gone, you get free swag like a free Plush serial right in your email, Bizarro books in PDF and other fun, wacky stuff if you sign up! Only ten bucks. Ten American dollars! This book has had a long, hard road and its nearing completion, but its going to be fun every step of the way. <br /><br /><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><br /><input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"><br /><input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="8128265"><br /><input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!"><br /><img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1"><br /></form><br />So, get 'em now, because I'm covering shipping and this book is likely to have a 12 dollar cover price, so you're saving about five bucks by preordering and getting neat stuff from me. Cool, huh? Your patience will be rewarded.Garrett Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441345996991214102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7660063920918961597.post-68050481002466647182010-02-11T09:13:00.000-08:002010-02-11T09:18:33.269-08:00Jimmy Plush Limited Edition now limited to zeroThe Jimmy Plush Limited Edition preorders have now been sold. They are sold out. All of them. Thanks, everybody! If you still want to get on the list with a regular edition preorder, the option is still out there.Garrett Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441345996991214102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7660063920918961597.post-86915644240446580332009-10-09T10:31:00.000-07:002009-11-06T13:42:33.035-08:00Jimmy Plush: Teddy Bear DetectiveJimmu Plush, Teddy Bear Detective<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZAWdWkoR6NNztRRGX9up985Anh7oHu4kVuHt44G65mr22TBsrtpYfJ3mllyUy0a0nTp04Xmpc_b17g-0bhCOJTffMdh3YNV0FGcjvkcs-HEtyWmP1sBdi8z00l1oqWH7Q4L9KSsSgQAIh/s1600-h/jimmyplush(2).png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZAWdWkoR6NNztRRGX9up985Anh7oHu4kVuHt44G65mr22TBsrtpYfJ3mllyUy0a0nTp04Xmpc_b17g-0bhCOJTffMdh3YNV0FGcjvkcs-HEtyWmP1sBdi8z00l1oqWH7Q4L9KSsSgQAIh/s400/jimmyplush(2).png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390655008742010338" /></a><br /><br /><br />"In a city ridden with prostitute furries, cannibal cops and warehouse-sized mob bosses, I've got my work cut out for me. My name is Jimmy Plush. I'm a private detective. I'm also a teddy bear. It all started when the original Jimmy Plush entered my life, offering to take my gambling debts away if I agreed to switch bodies with him. But I didn't know that being a three-foot-high plush toy would be such a living hell, especially now that everyone in town wants a piece of me. All I've gotten out of this deal is a faithful Chinese chauffeur, a custom teddybear .45, and a girlfriend who won't take off the fox suit she turns tricks in. Now I've got to keep this town clean and try to track down the real Jimmy Plush without losing my stuffing for good. Only one thing is for sure: Life is hard when you're soft.<br /><br />Jimmy Plush, Teddy Bear Detective is a high octane pulp satire. In the tradition of Sam Spade, The Shadow, Dick Tracy, Hellboy and Howard the Duck comes a new kind of hero, a hero that reminds us that the measure of a man is in his guts and his gun."<br /><br />I did not, as anticipated move all of my Plush Limited Editions at Bizarrocon, and have three left for three lucky readers. I am not just going to leave you all twiddling your thumbs and waiting for the release date. Instead, you will be getting monthly gifts such as an ebook of Plush and neopulp flash fiction, extraneous forewords to the book by Bizarro authors and more. The bear and the origin chaps will be out by Christmas, so if you want in on those and you want to start getting the monthly literary swag I have to offer, preorder this book. The first gift will be coming in early November, with a second on time for Thanksgiving, and a third for Christmas. <br /><br />Limited Edition $18 (three left!)<br />The Limited Edition gets you the book, signed and numbered, an origin chapbook in time for Christmas, a chapter of Murderland 3:Godless later in the year and a chance to win a cuddly but deadly handmade Jimmy Plush teddy bear that will ship to the winner just in time for Christmas!<br /><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><br /><input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"><br /><input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="8875428"><br /><input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!"><br /><img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1"><br /></form><br />Jimmy Plush regular edition $10 <br />You get the book a week before release, the monthly gifts and I've decided to sign but not number these. <br /><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><br /><input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"><br /><input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="8128265"><br /><input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!"><br /><img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1"><br /></form><br />International Edition<br /><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><br /><input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"><br /><input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="9498353"><br /><input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!"><br /><img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1"><br /></form><br /><br />Only two Limited Editions left! Get 'em while you still can!Garrett Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09441345996991214102noreply@blogger.com0