What is noir?

Liked this article in '100 Bullets' by Jason Starr and I hope you will also.

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What is noir? Bogie don't hurt me. Don't hurt me. No more.

-Fred

Addendum: Feel free to put me out of my misery. Please shoot me. Here's a loaded pun.
Pirates, vampires, zombies, ninjas, ghouls, aliens, goblins, monsters, robots, sorcerers, undead, werewolves, demons, mutated dinosaur-cyborgs and those pesky phone salesmen! The shotgun is a one-size-fits-all solution!
*bobs his head to the music*
My blog:
http://nvracar.wordpress.com/
http://whatistiger.ytmnd.com/





lets also not forget this one:
http://i.somethingawful.com/u/garbageda ... MC02_1.jpg

I'm surprised people haven't tried to homebrew these yet.
Heh!

Hated those 90s butt-cuts.