Links

Other sites to check out:

Artificial Eye Films (http://www.artificial-eye.com), who are offering a subtitled edition of Louis Feuillade’s brilliant Fantômas serial on DVD. The DVD may require an all-region DVD player; contact Artificial Eye for details.

Image Entertainment (http://www.image-entertainment.com), who have reissued Feuillade’s Les Vampires on video.

Cool French Comix (http://www.coolfrenchcomics.com/fantomas.html), Jean-Marc L’Officier’s site on French pop culture.

The Diabolik Homepage (http://www.diabolik.it), on the Italian comic-book character who provided inspiration for the Mexican Fantomas comic book.

Facets Multimedia (http://www.facets.org), who offer an unrestored version of the second episode of Feuillade’s silent Fantômas serial, Juve contre Fantômas, on US-format video. The entire Fantômas serial is now available on DVD through Artificial Eye films (see the Artificial_Eye link above).

Fantomas contra los vampiros multinacionales (http://www.cbc.umn.edu/~ernesto/Cortazar/Fantomas/f1.html , the Spanish-language text of Julio Cortazar’s novella.

The Friends of Fantômas Society (http://www.fantomas.org), run by polymath Marc Ellis, composer of the brilliant “Fantômas Waltz.”

Serge Gerard’s Fantômas site (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/fantomasfr/index.htm), en Français.

Video Watchdog (http://www.cinemaweb.com/videowd), the online version of Tim Lucas’ magazine providing encyclopedic coverage of fantastic and unusual films.

Ipecac Records (http://www.ipecac.com/fantomas.php), home to the dada-metal band Fantômas fronted by Mike Patton of Faith No More/Mr. Bungle fame.

Violet Books (http://www.violetbooks.com), Jessica Salmonson’s online bookstore and resource for antiquarian supernatural, fantasy, and mystery literatures.

Bookfinder (http://www.bookfinder.com) and American Book Exchange (http://www.abe.com), online search services for out-of-print books (including, of course, the Fantômas novels).

Moe’s Books (http://www.moesbooks.com), in Berkeley, California—one of the best used bookstores in the United States.

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