to The Wizard of Oz by critic Chris Hicks, who says the story is, "about two children changed into fantasy adults with a 'bring-me-the-broomstick-of-the-wicked-witch'-style mission, etc". Jack Stokes, the veteran animator of the film Yellow Submarine, was put in charge of the production. A studio was set up in London because, according to Stokes "many animators are not good artists", meaning they are not skilled in drawing the human figure realistically, and art students were recruited to pitch in on the production. This accounts for the lack of consistency in the characters' likenesses. Corben painted the poster for the film and was asked to contribute to the production. He drew three character sheet turnarounds for Den and Kath, but these were not usable due to "inconsistencies in the construction". Still, the animators tried to recreate the look of the comic by developing several techniques to reproduce the unusual colors of Corben's artwork. The segment was well received, even by critics who did not think much of the film. Critic Janet Maslin gave the film a positive review in The New York Times''. She said, "The other highly memorable story is about a bookworm from earth who winds up on another planet, where his spindly body is transformed into that of an extraterrestrial Hercules". She also complimented John Candy's vocal performance as Den. Corben wrote about the film, "I was pleased with the Den segment of the Heavy Metal Movie. The drawings and movement seemed stiff, rough and unpolished, but the thrust and characters were right. I thought that John Candy did a great job with Den's voice." References Further reading External links Neverwhere (the Movie) (1968) at Corbenstudios.com 1973 comics debuts Comics characters introduced in 1973 Heavy Metal (magazine) titles Fantasy comics Comic book limited series Erotic comics Cthulhu Mythos comics Cthulhu Mythos characters Heavy Metal (magazine)