From a Buick 8. I loved that book - it's very Lovecraftian. The car that only seems normal at a glance, but is somehow also very wrong. The weird creatures that come out of it. The "man in black" that originally drove it. The trunk that opens into a world that is just very, very wrong. I'd like to see that in comic form.
Dear Mania, I am a huge Stephen King fan (though not his number 1). Please change the picture for the Dead Zone to Christopher Walken's version of the character. The Dead Zone movie was one of the best if not the best SK adaptation. Christopher Walken was the perfect Jonny Smith in every way... creepy, tortured, lovable, and mysterious. The Dead Zone TV show with Anthony Michael Hall doing his best Chris Walken impersonation just doesn't do it justice. maniacs, please check out http://www.persona-non-grata.com
Little Nell, I loved Buick 8. Those creatures gave me the hibbie jibbies when I read it. I loved the book jacket description too
"From a Buick 8 is a novel about our fascination with deadly things, about our insistence on answers when there are none, about terror and courage in the face of the unknowable."
"invisioner" has it right. A comic series in the "vein" (heh, heh) of House of Mystery using all SK short stories would be swwweeeeet! Hell, SK already has the perfect title with Night Shift.
Good idea for a list & a good list.
Surprised no to see It, Misery, Cujo &/or Carrie on the list but 10 is 10. In my mind's eye, I picture Perkins' art on all of these.
Even better, how about the eBook "The Plant"?
One more thought I had just before seeing invisioner's reply above (I swear!), how about an ongoing collecting King's shorts stories & other short stories, some from TV & some all-new? Not necessarily everything from King but the stories should all be in the same vein, occupying a single issue or a few; whatever the story dictates. I've got the perfert title: "Creepshow".
How can anybody forget Talisman and Black House? They also tie into the Dark Tower series somehow. And Eye of the Dragon? Come on, Mania!
Also, Desperation and Regulators. Those would be awesome. And my earlier comment about Eyes of the Dragon wasn't about it not being on the list but tying into the Dark Tower.
The list was OK. Marvel should just get with King and make “Creepshow” a series and get it over with. They could make the first two flicks one huge graphic novel to kick it off and then go into a monthly issue deal or so with the rest of his short stories and maybe even King would write or dust off some stuff we never have seen yet.
Everyone is talking about the Tower series… what doesn't King tie into that epic series at this point? I would love to see out of all of this, and it wasn't mentioned “Needful Things”. Yes it may be a slow burn in the sense of the action would not be there all the time but that is what made that so cool in the first place. I could see it coming off like Arkham or even “Sandman” like with the pace.
MrJaw, yeah, I was disappointed that they never did the TV movie treatment of The Regulators. I want to see that big Barbie van coming down the street. LoL
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The miniseries kinda sucked, but the Langoliers would make a good comic. Dead white space after the Langies erased reality!
Heck, make a House of Suspense series again with his stories, most of the Night Shift, Monkey Shines, and others would make swell stories. The Jaunt and Survivor Type were brilliant! Mmmmm and Crouch End!