Great site, and I only had time to look at some of the Daughters of Darkness shots...

I did spot a typo; in the set-up line in italics on the front page, "unleash" appears as "unlease."

Best wishes,

G.

Hey darlin',

I should have included this link in my original post, but y'know, Momma always said I was a bit "slow" ...

http://www.darkshadowsfestival.com/page06.htm

It doesn't say what the format is (i.e. glossy paper or plain) but it does state "full color cover"!  There were a few color candid shots from 1966 included in some previous PomPress books.

The Ann Wilson episode guide I use is in a volume entitled Dark Shadows Memories which is supposed to be an update of the old "My Scrapbook Memories" but is a completely new work.

And I was wrong about the Thayer David antiquing series--I think that may be in the DS Almanac, *original* edition.  If any Thayer David fans need me to confirm this, just let me know.    (Seems to be just a few of us here--we need to help one another out!)

cheers, G.

Thanks so much, MB!  Now of course I remember that panel--derived from a favorite Barnabas publicity shot...

I seem to remember thinking that one "interpretation" of this image was that it wasn't Q's portrait, but his phantom that was looking out from a distance--rather like the representation of the ghosts in the old film The Innocents (with Deborah Kerr).

Thanks for the Tuesday afternoon treat!

G.

Thanks, Arashi.  I gave my copy of that book away (wasn't the artist's name Baldwin?), even though the strips were excellent--I've been getting more draconian about what I keep in my old age.

But now that you mention it, I do seem to recall Quentin popping up as a portrait...

cheers, Steve

Hmmm.  Given the caption, to which my twisted mind imputes salacious overtones, and Vicki's expression, I had some thoughts too, but unfortunately, they're not suitable for the readership of a family-friendly venue *evil leer*.

I watched a little of Laura, Liz, and Roger in January of '67 this morning--and Vicki was on a date with Frank--and I just thought again how much I LOVE this period of the series.

G.

Yes, I meant paper--forgive the egregious typo.

Perhaps surprisingly, I feel moved to defend the PomPress books.  I would say the written content of the books is uneven, not one hundred percent brilliant or totally worthless.  The text in the books that I use most frequently and keep on a reference shelf with my DVDs is the episode guide from the revised DS Almanac (if I am remembering correctly), which I believe was the work of Ann Wilson.  Other pieces I have gotten special enjoyment from include Lara Parker's essay "Out of Angelique's Shadow," KLS' interview with David Henesy, Alex Moltke's preface to one of the books (in which I think she described Grayson as, I'm paraphrasing, "Auntie Mame meets Charles Addams", and wrote fondly of Thayer David), and a two or three page series of photographs documenting Thayer David's trip to an actual Manhattan antique shop in the very first of the books, which unfortunately has been unavailable for many years.

There are no doubt mistakes in the books--my Sun is in Leo so I'm too sloppy myself to be bothered by those.  I see the expressions of "faulty memory syndrome" and all-out blatant mistakes as the literary counterpart to all the flubs on the original series.

These books have given me many hours of pleasure over the years.  I've always found them to be reasonably priced, and before I was able to have the luxury of owning the show in home entertainment formats, it sometimes gave me comfort at the end of a particularly weary day to take one of the books down and commune with my childhood favorites.

As for Mr. Thompson's work, I will leave that to others to review, as I doubt whether further comment from me would be welcome here.

Best,

Gothick

Hell's Bells!  what a GORGEOUS portrait of our Beloved Grayson on today's capture!  I'm fainting in the aisles!  Stagger-drunk with Beauty! 

My hat, were I wearing one, would be off to the Most Magnificent and Munificent Mysterious Benefactor!  Huzzah!

gasping for breath, hand clutched dramatically to throat,

G.

MB, I also read Art Wallace's interview in the old DS Files book (which I don't think I own any longer--moving multiple times over the years is tough on a personal library), and I was very surprised when I saw Malcolm Marmorstein's interview on one of the DS: the Beginning DVD sets recently, and Marmorstein actually claimed credit for inventing the character of Barnabas!  If I recall correctly, Art Wallace also claims credit for inventing the character in that old interview, and then there's the story of Bob Costello finding the name of Barnabas on a tombstone in an old cemetery.  In the newer Malcolm Marmorstein interview, he says that he chose the name Barnabas from a list of names he found in a book, and he ran it by Costello, who then supposedly spotted that tombstone somewhere.

The continuing revision of the early history is almost as intriguing as some of the original storylines...

G.