Strangehaven

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Strangehaven is an acclaimed self-published comic book series created by Gary Spencer Millidge.

1 Plot
2 Publication
3 Awards
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Plot

Set in Strangehaven, a remote town somewhere in the United Kingdom, it details the sometimes mysterious lives of the inhabitants. The protagonist is Alex Hunter, a newcomer to Stangehaven, who discovered the town by accident when he gets lost on the road and ends up in a car crash not far from the town. Town residents find him and bring him there. He immediately is attracted to Janey Jones, the daughter of the school master, who works as the doctor's receptionist, who convinces him to stay in the town and helps him move in. However, there are many secrets hidden under the surface of the tow, including a secret society known as The Knights of the Golden Light, talking animals, a witch doctor from Brazil named Emmanuel Megaron, and a man who claims he is (and may very well be) an extraterrestrial being. Additionally, Alex is plagued by strange nightmares of a dead woman whom he saw on the road the night of the crash.

[edit] Publication

They are released as comics and collected as trade paperbacks:

Arcadia (collects #1-6, foreword by Dave Sim, 2001 ISBN 0-946790-04-3)
Brotherhood (collects #7-12, foreword by Bryan Talbot, 2001 ISBN 0-946790-05-1)
Conspiracies (collects #13-18, foreword by Dave Gibbons, 2005 ISBN 0-946790-07-8)

[edit] Awards

1997:
- won the National Comics Awards: Best Self-Published/Independent
- nominated for the Ignatz Awards: Outstanding Series
1999:
- nominated for the Eagle Awards: Favourite UK Non-Newsstand Title
- nominated for the National Comics Awards: Best New Comic (British)
- nominated for the Ignatz Awards: Outstanding Series
2002: nominated for the National Comics Awards: Best Self-Published/Independent
2003: nominated for the Ignatz Awards: Outstanding Series
2004: nominated for the Eagle Awards: Favourite British Small Press Title