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November 11, 2022

Ultimate Dark Crystal Comics Collection Now On Kickstarter

Peter Paltridge Boom Studios, comic books, comics, Jim Henson, the dark crystal, the jim henson company 2

When film is concerned, there are only two tales of the Dark Crystal: the original 1982 film, and the prequel TV series that Netflix graciously let happen but then annoyingly killed after one season. When you throw comics into the mix, though…there’s suddenly a lot more. Boom Studios and their subsidiary Archaia have been publishing Dark Crystal stories for years, from prequels to sequels to areas in between. Now they’re giving up the license, but not without printing one giant, massive, hardcover collection of all the work they ever did in Thra. The Dark Crystal 40th Anniversary Library celebrates the birthday of Jim Henson’s fantasy creation with SEVEN volumes of material. The collection is now wrapping up its Kickstarter campaign, with less than 72 hours to go as of this writing. This complete collection consists of five mainline volumes and two bonus volumes, to make for a lot of volumage: JIM HENSON’S THE DARK CRYSTAL: CREATION MYTHS HC (Collecting JIM HENSON’S THE DARK CRYSTAL: CREATION MYTHS #1-12) JIM HENSON’S THE

June 27, 2019

Six New Characters Announced For Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance

Peter Paltridge Netflix, Streaming, television, the dark crystal, the dark crystal: age of resistance, the jim henson company 0

The Dark Crystal is getting prequel-fied, thanks to a joint effort between The Jim Henson Company and Netflix. Today we learned a bit more about it — who is populating the new world, and who will be playing those characters. Already the roster of Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance is jam-packed with stars like Mark Hamill, Helena Bonham Carter and Keegan-Michael Key, but it turns out that was just the warm-up. Take a look at the six characters announced today and try to guess which star is playing them. This is obviously Lena Headey, also known as Gelfling Maudra Fara. This Skeksis is simply known as “The General.” Can you guess who’s playing him? It’s Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange). Another Skeksis, “The Collector,” and way too easy — you can OBVIOUSLY tell this is going to be Awkwafina. There is also Hannah John-Kamen as Nala, and she’s not a household name so I’ll just tell you she was in Ant-Man And The Wasp. This one-eyed Fizzgig will be played by