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PaulK
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Message 8 of 24 (47104)
07-23-2003 2:36 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Dan Carroll
07-23-2003 1:28 PM


You might like the Bone "prequel", Rose. Less of the cutesy stuff and Charles Vess art.
And talking of Charles Vess, Stardust by Neil Gaiman is excellent.
On a quieter note Strangehaven by Gary Spencer Millidge is worth a look. I'm not sure how to describe it. An English Twin Peaks perhaps ? The mix of strangeness and soap is about right - but it is less violent and without the sleazier elements.
Hellboy (and the BPRD spin-off title) by Mike Mignola - A demon summoned from Hell as a child (really!) battles assorted monsters and Nazis.

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Message 14 of 24 (47133)
07-23-2003 7:22 PM
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07-23-2003 2:48 PM


I'd rate _Stardust_ as one of the best things that Neil Gaiman has done. Don't forget it again :-)
Strangehaven is a self-published job with an irregular schedule so it's not surprising that it's relatively obscure. Definitely worth a look, though. Two collections so far.
(This reference may mean nothing to anyone outside the UK but the closest thing I know of was a TV series _Children of the Stones_ )
I Don't recognise the "Amazing Screw-on Head" title. I have all the Hellboy collections, as well as the BPRD collection, all three "Hellboy: Weird Tales" comics, and Soul of Venice.

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Message 20 of 24 (47249)
07-24-2003 3:50 AM
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07-23-2003 7:53 PM


Children of the Stones
Well I could say from my own memories that the original screening had to have been back in the '70s. From browsing the websites it looks like 1977 (one says "produced" in 1976, another has it shown in early 1977).

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