Strangehaven

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Strangehaven is an acclaimed self-published comic book series created by Gary Spencer Millidge.

1 Plot
2 Characters
3 Publication
4 Awards
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Plot

Set in Strangehaven, a remote town somewhere in the United Kingdom, it details the sometimes mysterious lives of the inhabitants.

[edit] Characters

Alex Hunter, a newcomer to Stangehaven, he discovered it by accident when he gets lost on the road and ends up in a car crash not far from the town. Town residents find him and bring him there. After spending a few days in the town he decides to move in.

Janey Jones, the daughter of the school master, Janey has a job as the doctor's receptionist. When Alex is brought to Strangehaven after the crash, she is among the first to meet him.

[edit] Publication

They are released as comics and collected as trade paperbacks:

Arcadia (collects #1-6, foreword by Dave Sim, 2001 ISBN 0-946790-04-3)
Brotherhood (collects #7-12, foreword by Bryan Talbot, 2001 ISBN 0-946790-05-1)
Conspiracies (collects #13-18, foreword by Dave Gibbons, 2005 ISBN 0-946790-07-8)

[edit] Awards

1997:
- won the National Comics Awards: Best Self-Published/Independent
- nominated for the Ignatz Awards: Outstanding Series
1999:
- nominated for the Eagle Awards: Favourite UK Non-Newsstand Title
- nominated for the National Comics Awards: Best New Comic (British)
- nominated for the Ignatz Awards: Outstanding Series
2002: nominated for the National Comics Awards: Best Self-Published/Independent
2003: nominated for the Ignatz Awards: Outstanding Series
2004: nominated for the Eagle Awards: Favourite British Small Press Title