Oh God, this was so difficult. I ended up removing a couple of things that had already been nominated several times (such as Doctor Who and Harry Potter) to make space. But I just couldn't not nominate Buffy!
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Susanna Clarke - Johnathan Strange & Mr Norrell (book) Tamora Pierce - The Song of the Lioness series (book) Astrid Lindgren - Ronia the Robber's Daughter (book)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (tv show) The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1988) (tv show)
I can't believe no one thought of Valérian and Laureline. I've been re-reading them, and they're very much at the roots of hard sci-fi as we know it. In the new L'integrale editions (which might not be published in the UK/US?), there's a comparison chart that's basically saying, "Star Wars stole all its cool stuff from us!" Scan here, which is Danish, but you get the gist.
I see people have nominated the Blade comics. I haven't read them, but I still think that the original Blade movie is cinematic art at its best -- it had such a distinct style, both visuals and audio. Definitely a formative experience for me. Likewise with the BBC production of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. It might have dated quite a lot since I first saw it, but I was deeply fascinated with that visual universe.
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Susanna Clarke - Johnathan Strange & Mr Norrell (book)
Tamora Pierce - The Song of the Lioness series (book)
Astrid Lindgren - Ronia the Robber's Daughter (book)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (tv show)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1988) (tv show)
Blade (movie)
The Fifth Element (movie)
A Study in Time by
Pierre Christin & Jean-Claude Mézières - Valérian et Laureline (comic)
Esben Hanefelt Kristensen (artist)
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Esben Hanefelt is a Danish painter. He's very prolific, having illustrated the Bible and Saxo Grammaticus as well as made countless original paintings. His style is naivistic, clearly inspired by pointillism, with lots of details. Some of his favorite motifs are fairies, mermaids and Scandinavian-inspired flora and fauna. His work titles are usually small (rhyming) stories in their own right. The Sky Wave, The lion tramples on scaly ground the dragon licks its mouth, The forest opened its mouth and proved there was life in the clearing. More.
I can't believe no one thought of Valérian and Laureline. I've been re-reading them, and they're very much at the roots of hard sci-fi as we know it. In the new L'integrale editions (which might not be published in the UK/US?), there's a comparison chart that's basically saying, "Star Wars stole all its cool stuff from us!" Scan here, which is Danish, but you get the gist.
I see people have nominated the Blade comics. I haven't read them, but I still think that the original Blade movie is cinematic art at its best -- it had such a distinct style, both visuals and audio. Definitely a formative experience for me. Likewise with the BBC production of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. It might have dated quite a lot since I first saw it, but I was deeply fascinated with that visual universe.