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i draw pictures and watch movies and read books.

she/they 🏳️‍🌈 | my partner everywhere @alissadmc.bsky.social

our richard stark’s parker site: toughbusiness.neocities.org
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We have another exciting and exclusive interview up on Tough Business— this time with acclaimed director Shane Black! @alissadmc.bsky.social and I sat down to chat with him about Play Dirty and his thoughts on Westlake’s work.

Check it out here: toughbusiness.neocities.org/shaneblackin...
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Deeply saddened to hear the news about Robert Duvall. To us Richard Stark fans, he'll certainly be best remembered for his turn as Parker/Earl Macklin in John Flynn's The Outfit (1973) -- a tightrope walker's performance, balanced between cold determination and heartbreaking humanity.
February 16, 2026 at 9:07 PM
happy valentine’s day!!!!! 💖😊
parker and grofield valentines for the love of your life and partner everywhere
February 14, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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thinking about this again.
February 12, 2026 at 11:56 PM
We just posted our review of Slayground by Richard Stark on Tough Business! Check out our thoughts on the novel’s rarely-discussed themes at the link below, as well as our cover gallery of international editions!

toughbusiness.neocities.org/slayground
February 10, 2026 at 10:46 PM
one quiet evening in 1975
February 5, 2026 at 3:34 PM
since everyone’s talking about westerns i would like to suggest gunman’s walk be part of the conversation
February 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
the big knife is required viewing for being a reader of tough business by the way
February 4, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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“THE BIG KNIFE” (1955) dir. Robert Aldrich

Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey, Jean Hagen, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters, Ilka Chase, Everett Sloane

🎬 United Artists
February 4, 2026 at 9:54 AM
whenever i’m drawing shoes i feel like someone wants me to die and go to hell
February 4, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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the little quiet moment at the end of slayground is one of my favorite moments in the entire series
February 4, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Our first interview of the year is up on Tough Business— this time featuring Eisner-winning comic writer Ed Brubaker!

This one’s a companion piece to last year’s interview with @seanphillips.bsky.social, and we’re so excited about it!

Read it here: toughbusiness.neocities.org/edbrubakerin...
February 1, 2026 at 11:03 PM
i’ve been reading slayground with the wife and i had a thought that may or may not make it into our eventual review so i wanted to share it here.
January 27, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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happy 93rd birthday to John Boorman
this particular anecdote from Boorman's Adventures of a Suburban Boy about Lee Marvin getting belligerently drunk at Jack's on the Beach never fails to make me laugh
January 18, 2026 at 1:10 PM
We just posted some highlights from the Point Blank press book on Tough Business… featuring Lee Marvin as a romantic lead? Take a look at some interesting promotional materials and marketing tactics used back in the day here: toughbusiness.neocities.org/pointblankpr...
January 17, 2026 at 2:07 AM
the year of sugar cubes made him think of horses
January 16, 2026 at 7:46 PM
criterion point blank release in april? welcome to the year of parker everyone
January 16, 2026 at 7:45 PM
i’m always saying that
January 15, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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January 15, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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The Point Blank press book & I seem to have very different ideas of what the movie is about.
January 15, 2026 at 12:12 PM
this factually wrong info from the allison & busby edition is killing me
January 9, 2026 at 8:19 PM
friday afternoon reading material
January 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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Looks like Back Issue #164 is now out! My comps just got here and I couldn't be more delighted to be a part of this nifty little space-themed extravaganza, interviewing DC super stars like Paul Levitz and David Michelinie. Go pick it up wherever comics are sold!
January 9, 2026 at 5:59 PM
rereading my wife’s parker gay subtext essay and being blown away even though i’ve read it a dozen times before and it’s published in our zine and all over the internet because i love her and she’s the best writer ever
January 8, 2026 at 9:52 PM
it’s the most exciting thing in the world that people are engaging with tough business. we feel like proud mothers
January 6, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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All Richard Stark/Donald Westlake fans should be checking out this site, BTW, as I've idly mentioned before. Following the good folks behind it also is a fine idea, as I've just done. (The other being @alissadmc.bsky.social )
Happy 2026! It’s been about a year since we started Tough Business, so we made a little retrospective post about our accomplishments on the site and our favorite things we’ve done this year. Thank you to everyone who’s supported us!

Check it out here: toughbusiness.neocities.org/happynewyear
January 6, 2026 at 10:07 PM