The Last Kid Speaks
David BenjaminEssays, commentary and images from writer David Benjamin, publisher of Last Kid Books.
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“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”
(Destry Rides Again, with James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich, directed by George Marshall, released in 1939 by Universal, was parodied later by Mel Brooks in Blazing Saddles.)
“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”
by David...
The tone-deaf saga of four-day Charlie
The tone-deaf saga of four-day Charlie
by David Benjamin
“In England, very early in the second world war, we were all provided with buff-colored cards which told us, as well as any interested authority, who we were. They were called id...
Rage is easy, comedy is hard
(The image is Cynthia Meda, reading Benjamin’s Mess: Sketches, Tirades and Spoofs by David Benjamin, just named a Finalist in the Midwest Book Awards. See below.)
Rage is easy, comedy is hard
by David Benjamin
Thanks for reading The...
Upstairs hits the market
(Here is the official notice of the release of my newest Last Kid Books title, Upstairs, a milestone that I’m announcing in collaboration with Boundless media. Lots of info on Upstairs. Jim Otis (and his gang of irregulars), and all my book...
The fate of the friendless
(The image is Greg Holfeld’s cover art for Fat Vinny’s Forbidden Love (Last Kid Books, 2021), winner of a Silver Medal for Humor in the Independent Book Publishers Association’s Ben Franklin Awards.)
The fate of the friendless
by Davi...
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David Benjamin is a novelist, essayist, journalist and publisher (Last Kid Books, LLC) based in Madison, Wisconsin and Paris (France).
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