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What's new..?

Recently arrived to add to the archive, here's a quick look at some of the things that have come our way!

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First up, the fabulous original art for the cover of one of the first run Nightbreed comics (issue #12). Painted by John Rheaume, this representation of Rawhead Rex has superb attention to detail. This photo doesn't do justice to Matt Ryan Tobin's stunning art, shown here on the Arrow Hellraiser steelbook and Christopher Young's soundtrack on vinyl (it's also on a glorious Mondo poster which is currently heading to the framers!) 

Other movies here - a Spanish language VHS of Lord of Illusions is new to us and the new Kino Lorber Rawhead Rex Blu-ray was released last month. The Art of Horror Movies is Stephen Jones's latest offering from Applause - a fascinating walk through poster and press art from around the world (including work for Hellraiser sequels, Nightbreed, Lord of Illusions and Quicksilver Highway). Hugely insightful and definitely recommended.

Thanks to Cemetery Dance for advance copies of Detours (contains A Night's Work) and Reading Stephen King (with Clive's 2007 speech to the Canadian Booksellers Association), and to Steve Dillon for the Hellraiser-inspired Empath's Tale collection. Earthling Publications' beautiful lettered edition of The Scarlet Gospels is a great addition to its suite of CB publications.

Last, but not least, we love this Candyman figure! Sculpted in polymer clay, Clay Disarray produced this figure as a one-off to create a photographic poster for the movie and we're delighted to give it a home in the archive. (There's also a Clay Disarray Pinhead out there somewhere..!)

A quick reminder that we're turning around orders for the new Clive Barker Playscripts within 24 hours, so there's still time to get copies for you or your very best friends for Christmas!

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Frankenstein in Love
US$13.00

The Clive Barker Playscripts

Frankenstein in Love by Clive Barker, originally performed by The Dog Company in 1982. This new publication of the full script includes 8 photos from the original production and later Edinburgh Fringe Festival and poster art from the Clive Barker Archive.

Edited, with an additional afterword by Phil & Sarah Stokes.

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Nightlives
US$10.00

The Clive Barker Playscripts

Nightlives by Clive Barker, originally performed by The Dog Company in 1979. This first publication of the full script includes 8 photos from the original production and poster art from the Clive Barker Archive.

Edited, with an additional afterword by Phil & Sarah Stokes.

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Crazyface
US$13.00

The Clive Barker Playscripts

Crazyface by Clive Barker, originally performed by The Cockpit Youth Theatre in 1982. This new publication of the full script includes poster art from the original production and manuscript pages from The Clive Barker Archive.

Edited, with an additional afterword by Phil & Sarah Stokes.

Hunters in the Snow
Hunters in the Snow
US$9.00

The Clive Barker Playscripts

Hunters in the Snow by Clive Barker, originally performed by The Hydra Theatre Company in 1973. This first publication of the full script includes 3 photos of the original production, poster art and manuscript pages from The Clive Barker Archive.

Edited, with an additional afterword by Phil & Sarah Stokes.

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The History of the Devil
US$13.00

The Clive Barker Playscripts

The History of the Devil by Clive Barker, originally performed by The Dog Company in 1980. This new publication of the full script includes 7 photos of the original production, poster art and manuscript pages from The Clive Barker Archive.

Edited, with an additional afterword by Phil & Sarah Stokes.

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The Magician
US$9.00

The Clive Barker Playscripts

The Magician by Clive Barker, originally performed by The Dog Company in 1978. This first publication of the full script includes 14 photos of the original production, poster art and manuscript pages from The Clive Barker Archive.

Edited, with an additional afterword by Phil & Sarah Stokes.

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The Magician (advance copy)
US$11.00

The Clive Barker Playscripts

The Magician by Clive Barker, originally performed by The Dog Company in 1978. This first publication of the full script includes 14 photos of the original production, poster art and manuscript pages from The Clive Barker Archive.

Edited, with an additional afterword by Phil & Sarah Stokes.

Important note - these advance copies of The Magician were mis-trimmed in production (126 x 195 x 4½mm) and are therefore slightly smaller than the regular edition (and the other titles in the series) but are otherwise new.

Each advance copy comes with a single, folded press sheet (A4), advertising The Magician and The History of The Devil as the first two books in the series.

Archive updates!

Collecting and sorting Clive's work is only part of what we do and in the last few months we've had lots of great opportunities to share the manuscripts and artwork far and wide.

In the gallery here, we've recently added images including behind-the-scenes shots from Hellraiser, storyboards from Lord of Illusions, rarely-seen material from publishers for Everville, Imajica and other novels and manuscript pages from Abarat and The Scarlet Gospels.

If you've not visited in a while, do go take a look!

Recently, we've been working through lots of new manuscripts and notes for projects both published and unpublished - it's like constructing a multi-dimensional jigsaw as we place work thematically and chronologically, often sheet by sheet. As the collections come together we're then able to make them available in different ways.

Some of the recent requests to share material in publications have come from:

  • Arrow Films (The Scarlet Box - Hellraiser Blu-ray set)

  • The British Library (Horror: A Literary History)

  • Gauntlet Press (The Great and Secret Show, Everville, forthcoming)

  • Seraphim Ink (The Thief of Always anniversary edition)

  • Fiddleblack (The Last Illusion)

  • Dark Regions Press (The Body Book)

...with a few more waiting in the wings...

And next up from us will be our book on the making of Hellraiser, the Imaginer art volumes and a series of Clive's plays.  More news to follow!