Stella Gibbons of Leicestershire, suggested "Cold Comfort" as an alternative, using the name of a farm in the Hinckley area. Gibbons was delighted with the suggestion, and the work was published as "Cold Comfort Farm" in September 1932. The plot concerns the efforts of "a rational, bossy London heroine" to bring order and serenity to her rustic relations, the Starkadders, on their run-down Sussex farm. According to the "Feminist Companion to Literature in English", Gibbons's parody "[demolishes] ... the stock-in-trade of earthy regionalists such as Thomas Hardy, Mary Webb, Sheila Kaye-Smith and D. H. Lawrence". The literary scholar Faye Hammill describes the
Dave Gibbons as a consultant on the film "Watchmen", which was adapted from the book, and released in March 2009. "" (2009) featured hand drawn art by Dave Gibbons. Titles published by various British publishers include: Titles published by DC Comics and its various imprints include: Titles published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint include: Titles published by Marvel and its various imprints include: Titles published by Dark Horse include: Titles published by various American publishers include: Dave Gibbons David Chester Gibbons (born 14 April 1949) is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with