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Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects
Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects | Mike Mignola
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Mike Mignola has deservedly become one of the biggest names in comics for his creation of Hellboy. But when Mignola needs a short break from the Hellboy universe, he turns to diversions such as The Amazing Screw-On Head, winner of the Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication! When Emperor Zombie threatens the safety of all life on earth, President Lincoln enlists the aid of a mechanical head. With the help of associates Mr. Groin (a faithful manservant) and Mr. Dog (a dog), Screw-On Head must brave ancient tombs, a Victorian flying apparatus, and demons from a dimension inside a turnip. This new collection of oddball Mignola creations also includes "The Magician and the Snake" from Dark Horse Maverick: Happy Endings and nearly fifty pages of brand-new material, all as weird and hilarious as the beloved Screw-On Head. - The Amazing Screw-On Head won an Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication. - "The Magician and the Snake" won an Eisner Award for Best Short Story. - The Amazing Screw-On Head was the source for the cult animated short starring Paul Giamatti, David Hyde Pierce, and Patton Oswalt.
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RamsFan1963
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4/150 I'm not sure how to describe this. It's dark, gothic, kind of steampunkish, but also has the flavor of old pulpy adventure stories. Screw-On head works for President Lincoln, as an agent investigating strange and occult events. It's actually pretty funny, in a dark quirky way.
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4th book finished for #JumpStart2024 @Lizpixie and #Readaway2024 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES @Andrew65

DieAReader 🥳Great! 2mo
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Liberty
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Dewey's Readathon countdown, Day 25: Today's prompt is "comics craze." I am so mad for The Amazing Screw-On Head, I made it permanent. #readathon #30DaysofReadathon ?

8leagueboot That is amazing. 7y
VeronicaWrites Also: those nails! 💅🏻❤️ 7y
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SpiderCrafts
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Awesomely cool! The short comics are hilariously brilliant, for many rereads, enjoying the tales and arts, and how they mysteriously blend together. I loved the tale of 'The Magician and the Snake'. All of these are the best in steampunk eerie fantasy. 🔮

TobeyTheScavengerMonk I you like this you must check out Hellboy from the same author/illustrator. 7y
SpiderCrafts @TobeyTheScavengerMonk I'm certain I've seen Hellboy in as well 😈 will do! 7y
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SpiderCrafts
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#Prisma enhanced, for a cool iPhone lock-screen background. 😸 Photo clip, from the story 'The Witch and Her Soul'. 🔮

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SpiderCrafts
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Quite a curious find at the library 💡 I'm looking forward to reading this today!

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Liberty
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Day 10 of the #Riotgrams challenge: comics! I own a lot of comics, but my prized possession is The Amazing Screw-On Head one-off by Mike Mignola (creator of Hellboy, by favorite comic.) It was made into a TV pilot, which wasn't picked up, but remains the best 22 minutes of television I've seen. I have a tattoo of Screw (next to a Baba Yaga's chicken leg house illustration from Hellboy.) 📚💗🤘🏻

Dorianna Mignola is amazing. I have to revisit The Amazing Screw-On Head. It's been a long time. 7y
Readingrobin Wow! 7y
vivastory So awesome. Do you like the Guillermo Del Toro film adaptations of "Hellboy"? 7y
KtheBookwyrm I bought that for my mom for Christmas--she loves the animated episode too! 7y
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