strangehaven reviews
Strangehaven reviews from the print media
If you've read any notable pieces concerning Strangehaven that may have escaped our attention and does not appear here, we'd like to hear about them! E-mail us at webmonkey@millidge.com1999
COMICS INTERNATIONAL #114 (UK/Dec 99)
three short reviews of Strangehaven #12 "things get violent"
COMICS INTERNATIONAL #106 (UK/April 99)
mini review of Strangehaven #11 "a horizontal sprawl of relationships"
THE WASHINGTON POST (US/February 99)
review of Strangehaven: Arcadia "creepy, but creepy lite"
1998
COMICS INTERNATIONAL #102 (UK/Xmas 98)
mini reviews of Strangehaven #10 and Strangehaven: Arcadia
IN THE VILLAGE #20 (UK/Autumn 98)
Prisoner mag 'Tome Raider' book review of Strangehaven: Arcadia
TRIPWIRE #7 (UK/Oct-Nov 98)
review of Strangehaven: Arcadia "logic is sacrificed on the altar of enigma"
COMICS INTERNATIONAL #98 (UK/September 98)
review of Strangehaven #9 "Millidge is clearly in no hurry"
WIZARD #85 (US/September 98)
'Report Card' overview "the king of subplots and curious characters"
COMICS INTERNATIONAL #90 (UK/January 98)
review of Strangehaven #8 "the usual quota of magic and mystery"
1997
ILLUMINATIONS #273 (UK/December 97)
fanzine review "Who? Where? Why? Too many questions"
COMICS INTERNATIONAL #88 (UK/December 97)
three reviews of Strangehaven #7 "scratchier art than usual"
BIG PLANET ORBIT #2 (US/November 1997)
retailer's freesheet review, "Magical realism"
ILLUMINATIONS (UK/July-August 97)
fanzine series review "Ah, back to the weirdness again"
COMICS INTERNATIONAL #83 (UK/July 97)
review of Strangehaven #6 "not much seems to happen"
COMICS INTERNATIONAL #82 (UK/June97)
review of Strangehaven #6 "each issue is a crisis, months late"
ZUM! #10 (UK/Spring 97)
reviews of Strangehaven #1, 2 & 3 "a bad amalgam of the worst aspects"
TRIPWIRE (UK/Spring 97)
'Best of British' series overview "The great British soap opera"
SLINGS & ARROWS COMIC GUIDE (UK/1997)
series overview "Quirky but commercial"
COMBO #26 (US/March 97)
'Independent Review' feature "far more 'out there'"
ANODYNE (US/March 97)
"Benign Bizarrities" local newspaper review "an idyllic snapshot"
STRANDS #1 (UK/January 97)
fanzine series review "Lost In Devon"
IN THE VILLAGE (UK/January 97)
Prisoner mag feature "even one of the cottages is called Number Six"
1996
PREVIEWS (US/December 96)
'Under the Reading Lamp' review "A Signpost Up Ahead"
COMICS BUYER'S GUIDE #1205 (US/December 96)
'Tony's Tips' review "an incredibly intriguing comic book"
COMICS INTERNATIONAL #76 (UK/Xmas 96)
mini review of Strangehaven #5 "nothing cataclysmic happens"
COMICS INTERNATIONAL #75 (UK/December 96)
mini review of Strangehaven #5 "story and plot don't matter here"
COLD CUT BULLETIN #17 (US/September 96)
distributor's newsletter detailed series review "subtle quirkiness"
COMICS INTERNATIONAL #72 (UK/September 96)
two mini reviews of Strangehaven #4 "you can see the strings"
ILLUMINATIONS #257 (UK/August 96)
fanzine review of Strangehaven #4 "a strange kettle of fish and no mistake"
COMICS INTERNATIONAL #70 (UK/July 96)
mini review of Strangehaven #4 "as English as a stone circle"
FEATURE MAGAZINE #5 (US/June-July 96)
feature review "unlike any other comic on the market"
COMICS INTERNATIONAL #67 (UK/April 96)
mini review of Strangehaven #3 "philandering with Amy Tang"
THE REVIEW SHEET (UK/March 96)
mini review of Strangehaven #3 "a comic to bring out the nihilist in you"
COMICS INTERNATIONAL #66 (UK/March 96)
mini review of Strangehaven #3 "clues which confuse"
COMICS INTERNATIONAL #65 (UK/February 96)
mini reviews of Strangehaven #2 & 3 "more spooky shenanigans"
FEBRUARY 24 #13 (UK/January 96)
Twin Peaks fanzine review "I haven't read comics in years"
1995
OVERSTREET'S FAN (US/late 95)
review of Strangehaven #1 & 2 "wacky but endearing townfolk"
COMICS INTERNATIONAL #61 (UK/November 95)
mini review of Strangehaven #2 "well drafted, slick, enjoyable read"
ILLUMINATIONS (UK/late 95)
review of Strangehaven #1 & 2 "slightly annoying"
THE REVIEW SHEET (UK/October 95)
mini review of Strangehaven #1 & 2 "special and difficult"
TRESSPASSERS #1 (US/late 95)
review of Strangehaven #1 "the sense of concreteness"
COMICS INTERNATIONAL #59 (UK/September 95)
mini review of Strangehaven #1 "atrocious Scottish accents"