DARK SHADOWS FORUMS
General Discussions => Current Talk Archive => Current Talk '26 I => Current Talk '12 I => Topic started by: Gothick on February 04, 2012, 03:33:05 AM
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I was surprised this evening when browsing through a new French coffee-table book on images of Vampires across the centuries and countries to find a two page spread on Dark Shadows (there was no French translation of the title; it was given in English). Apart from stating that the series only ran from 1968 to 1971 and that the Ross books stopped in '72 (my memory is that they ran a bit later than that), it was a fairly accurate and well written entry. It included two Marilyn Ross book covers plus a full page image of Barnabas baring his fangs in 1967.
I don't know whether the series was ever shown in France. It was fascinating that so much space in the book was given to it. This was mainly a picture book so two pages (which included perhaps a half page of text) was quite a bit. Forever Knight and some other US shows of earlier periods did not seem to be mentioned, although True Blood and the Twitlight series got plenty of coverage.
G.
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For anyone who reads French, the author's name is Jean Marigny (which sounds like a possible pseudonym; either that, or he comes from a very old family).
I looked at the book at work--I work for a large University library, and we collect extensively not only from Europe, but all around the world.
G.
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that the Ross books stopped in '72 (my memory is that they ran a bit later than that)
I didn't remember exactly when they ended - but I dug mine out and the last one, Barnabas, Quentin and the Vampire Beauty, was published in March of '72. [snow_smiley]