The Amazing Screw-On Head
Screw-On Head | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
First appearance | The Amazing Screw-On Head |
Created by | Mike Mignola |
In-story information | |
Abilities | Can have his head removed and reattached to any one of a number of robotic bodies, some of which possess such features as projectile grenade fists. |
The Amazing Screw-On Head is a
The idea for the character was inspired by
Plot
Comic
Screw-On Head is an agent for President
With the aid of his manservant, Mr. Groin, and dog Mr. Dog, Screw-On Head manages to track down Zombie, but not before the villain and his henchmen find the treasure: instead of a jewel, the tomb contains a turnip with "a small parallel universe" inside. Zombie unleashes the Demigod within, but Screw-On Head manages to defeat it in combat.
TV pilot
The 22-minute pilot differs from the comic mainly in that the characters are fleshed out with backstories. Rather than a master of languages, Emperor Zombie (David Hyde Pierce) is the first of Screw-On Head's (Paul Giamatti) manservants, who has turned to evil despite Screw-On Head's advice. Out of revenge for his first defeat, Zombie developed what he refers to as a "petty vengeance fetish", killing the seven replacement servants after him, and before Mr. Groin (Patton Oswalt), in gruesome ways. The pilot also featured Molly Shannon, Mindy Sterling, and Corey Burton in various roles as well. On July 12, 2006, The Amazing Screw-On Head TV pilot was aired online at scifi.com with a survey to decide whether or not the show went to series. According to Mike Mignola on the November 29, 2006 Fanboy Radio podcast, the series was not picked up by the Sci-Fi Channel.[1] The pilot was released on DVD on February 6, 2007.
Awards
The Amazing Screw-On Head won the 2003
See also
References
- ^ "Fanboy Radio #353 - Mike Mignola LIVE" Archived 2018-08-31 at the Wayback Machine. Fanboy Radio. November 30, 2006.
- ^ "2003 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved September 17, 2012.