Jim Henson, Frank Oz and Brian Froud's groundbreaking movie The Dark Crystal has been my favorite film of all time since I saw it on opening day December 17, 1982. I was thirteen years old. Ahead of its time (then and still today), The Dark Crystal is a film of staggering artistic vision and achievement. It created a live-action world inhabited only by strange and compelling creatures, with not a human to be seen. Before computer-generated imagery an entire fantastic culture and its populations were imagined and forged into reality by the hands of a team of extraordinary artists under the guidance of geniuses Jim Henson and co-creators Frank Oz and Brian Froud.
The Dark Crystal is a unique film, and its legacy is timeless. All of us in that theater back in 1982 had never seen anything like it, although its influence since then is widely visible. James Cameron's Avatar is among the most recent films that owe The Dark Crystal a debt. Although not a resounding success when first released, The Dark Crystal's audience has grown over the years into a thriving community of fans.
As we wait, wonder and debate if a sequel will ever be made (or even should be made) an unexpected treasure has fallen into our hands. The Dark Crystal: Creation Myths Volume I is the exciting first part of a trilogy of graphic novels that tells the story of what happened before the events depicted in the film. With dynamic, beautiful artwork and an involving, compelling story by a team led by original conceptual designer Brian Froud and comprised of Brian Holguin, Alex Sheikman, Lizzy John and Deron Bennett, Creation Myths is a stunning work of imagination worthy of its inspiration that deepens and expands the story we know and love so well.
Aughra, beloved curmudgeon and Keeper of Secrets, tells the tale of the planet Thra long before the time of Jen and Kira, and describes how the arrival of the urSkeks, beings from another dimension, changed everything when they came to Thra in search of redemption.
The second part of this prequel trilogy, The Dark Crystal: Creation Myths Volume II, is scheduled for release on December 11, 2012. I can't wait.
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Wonderful treat for Dark Crystal fans
