I've had Holmes on my mind all day.
A couple of questions. I will throw them out there.
1/ If there ere so many Holmes properties today - from the 70;s on?
Why so few in the Golden Age? There were movies, radio and no doubt the books were steady sellers, so why so few comic books?
We have about 5 in English on CB+ and I've looked around the net and that seems to be about all there is.
Today, tho, there are so many It's hard to know where to start.
Dynamite has done about 1/2 a dozen series, There are multiple European series.
Says three things to me.
1/ The fact that Holmes is in the public domain is a serious plus.
2/ There is clearly an audience for Holmes. You don't keep publishing, if no one is buying.
3/ Many creators (Artists and Writers) want to do Holmes stories.
Comments?
My tips for a few good ones.
a) Renegade press - Cases of Sherlock Holmes - beautiful BnW work of the original stories by Dan Day.
b)Sherlock Holmes & Kolchack the Night Stalker - Moonstone did a few Sherlock Holmes, How could you resist this?
c) A terrific French set of 5 tomes of Baker Street. A semi-serious comedy take on Holmes, very clever and quite funny.
d) Les Quatre de Baker Street (The Baker Street Four) - 5 volumes to date. A series about the Irregulars. Beautiful work but I don't think they are yet available in English.
In various comics I haven't mentioned, Holmes also meets Dracula, Dr Jeckel and Mr Hyde, Zombies, Jack the Ripper, Vampires and Time Travellers. As a detective he goes looking for a Missing Martian from War of the Worlds and the Necronomicon.
Just occurred to me, he's probably the one character who has had more adventures than Superman - or Batman. then again, he got a head start of about 50 years.
He leads a full life.
Cheers.
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