That's kinda bizarre -- the coffin-shaped-ness of the box, I mean.  Seems like a cool idea, until I consider the complete I Dream of Jeannie I received for Christmas a few years ago -- the discs are all held in an accordion-shaped folder that slides into a giant cardboard replica of Jeannie's bottle, and then just as easily (and inconveniently) slides out again.  Plus it doesn't fit ANYWHERE.  I imagine that a big coffin would present similar difficulties.

Is it just me, or does the Constable constantly refer to Burke as "Burt" during their climactic scene? 

Midnite, me foine lassy -- my comic shop provider informed me that #2 is expected on December 21st!

My comic shop guy who is going to save them for me when they come in said they bumped the release date of the first issue back to November 2nd.

Doesn't 1795 Angelique admonish Jeremiah to return to his grave in the name of Beelzebub?  But I agree, Gothy:  1795 Angelique doesn't seem demonic until after she dies.  Maybe Nicholas got ahold of her at that point and Satan-ified her.

I've become a bit obsessed with them, particularly the idea of Cassandra as a vegetable who becomes possessed by Angelique.  The illo of the witchy one hypnotizing David with the candle is vintage DS.

I just watched it again the other night -- I put it onto a DVD, transferring it from my old, 1991-taped version (my VHS copy wouldn't transfer, and we don't have a VHS player any longer!).  TBS played both HODS and NODS around the time the '91 series debuted, and I got up early on a Sunday morning in January or February to tape them both.  I had seen most of HODS (except for the ending), and I was shocked at Barnabas' death!  I was further shocked while watching NODS to discover that it was "just" a ghost story, and that there was no werewolf prowling around.  I remember being exceptionally bored; now, however, twenty years later I prefer NODS in certain ways.  Of course I'm an enormous Angelique fan, and I love her in almost all her incarnations, but beyond that, I think that the potential of the story (pre-cuts) and that the gorgeous cinematography come together to create something truly creepy and beautiful at the same time.  Although my fiance and I did have a good laugh while watching Alex attempt to administer CPR to a nearly-drowned Tracy.  I guess maybe that's one of the many reasons why Collinsport has such a high death rate ...

Thanks!  I've been having a lot of fun with it this summer.

As for the avatar:  it's time had come.  Midnite is helping me with my new one, which is, as you'll see, FAR more appropriate ...