Tracing Our Pop Culture Roots

"What if you could trace the French New Wave, Sam Peckinpah, cyberpunk, 'Pulp Fiction,' 'Mulholland Drive,' and 'Sin City' back to one business gamble taken by a third-tier publisher in 1949? In fact, you can, and without being guilty of too much overstatement. A little, sure, but not that much."

Michael Blowhard writes about Gold Metal Books on his blog, _2 Blowhards_.