Book:Johnny and the Dead

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DePieks: Changed the word "German" to "Dutch" in the description of the cover illustrated by Josh Kirby.

{{Book Data
|title=Johnny and the Dead
|cover=[[File:JATD.jpg|thumb|240px|Cover art by John Avon]]
|date=1993
|publisher=Doubleday
|isbn=0-385-40301-1
|pages=
|series=Johnny Maxwell Series
|characters=[[Johnny Maxwell]]
|annotations=
|notes=
}}
==Blurb==
Not many people can see the dead (not many would want to). Twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell can. And he's got bad news for them: the council want to sell the cemetery as a building site. But the dead have learned a thing or two from Johnny. They're not going to take it lying down... especially since it's Halloween tomorrow.

Besides, they're beginning to find that life is a lot more fun than it was when they were...well...alive. Particularly if they break a few rules...

'''''Sell the cemetery? Over their dead bodies...'''''

==Lead Characters==
*[[Johnny Maxwell]]
*[[Bigmac]]
*[[Yo-Less]]
*[[Wobbler]]

==The Dead==
*Pvt. [[Tommy Atkins]], last of the Blackbury Volunteers (''the Pals'')
*Alderman [[Thomas Bowler]](1826-1906)
*Mr. [[Solomon Einstein]], taxidermist and amateur physicist
*Mr. [[Addison Fletcher]], an electronics engineer
*Mr. [[Eric Grimm]] (d.1927)
*Mrs. [[Sylvia Liberty]] (d.1914)''Suffragette''
*Mr. [[Ronald Newton]] (1878-1934)
*Mr. [[Sidney "Wrong Way" Roundway]], footballing legend
*Comrade [[William Stickers]] a would have been Communist leader
*Mr. [[Antonio Vicente]], magician and escapologist manqué

==Living Characters==
*[[Ronald Atterbury]], a war hero
* Sergeant [[Comely]], Blackbury Constabulary.
* Cllr. Ms. [[Ethel Liberty]], a descendent.
*[[Jeremy the Thumb]], a newspaper photographer
*[[ Grandfather Maxwell]], Johnny's grandparent

==Supernatural Entities==
*[[Death (Roundworld)]]

==Adaptations==
{{TV Data
|title=Johnny and the Dead
|cover=[[File:JATDTV.jpg|thumb|240px|DVD Cover]]
|imdb=0294117
|date=1995
|channel=ITV
|producer=Gerald Fox
|cast=Jotham Annan, George Baker, Brian Blessed
|duration=120 minutes
|episodes=4
|series=Johnny Maxwell Series
|annotations=
|notes=
|prev=[[TV and Film:Truckers|Truckers]]
|next=[[Welcome to the Discworld]]
}}
===[[TV and Film:Johnny and the Dead|TV Series]]===
Johnny and the Dead was adapted for television by London Weekend Television in 1995.

Cast:
*Jotham Annan: [[Yo-Less]]
*George Baker: [[Thomas Bowler]]
*Brian Blessed: [[William Stickers]]
*Paul Child: [[Bigmac]]
*Andrew Falvey: [[Johnny Maxwell]]
*John Grillo: [[Antonio Vicente]]
*Harry Landis: [[Solomon Einstein]]
*Jane Lapotaire: [[Sylvia Liberty]]
*Ray Lonnen: [[James Bowler]]
*Charlie Watts: [[Wobbler]]
*Geoffrey Whitehead: [[Addison Fletcher]]
*Arthur Whybrow: [[Grandfather Maxwell]]
*Tina Martin: [[Mrs. Maxwell]]
*Barrie Houghton: [[Eric Grimm]]

===[[Theatre Adaptations|Theatre]]===
The book was also adapted into a stage-play by [[Stephen Briggs]] in 1996.

==Gallery==
{|
|-
| valign="top" | [[File:JATD.jpg|thumb|120px|First Edition Cover by John Avon]]
| valign="top" | [[File:JATD Kirby.jpg|thumb|120px|Cover by [[Josh Kirby]] (Dutch)]]
| valign="top" | [[File:JATD Tape.jpg|thumb|140px|Audio Cassette]]
| valign="top" | [[File:JATD CD2.jpg|thumb|160px|Audio CD]]
| valign="top" | [[File:JATD DP.jpg|thumb|120px|Cover by Dan Panosian]]
|}
{|
|-
| valign="top" | [[File:JATD BM.jpg|thumb|120px|Cover by Bill Mayer]]
| valign="top" | [[File:JATD TV.jpg|thumb|120px|TV Series Edition Cover]]
| valign="top" | [[File:JATD HS.jpg|thumb|120px|Cover by Henry Steadman]]
| valign="top" | [[File:JATD Kidby.jpg|thumb|120px|Cover by [[Paul Kidby]]]]
| valign="top" | [[File:JATD MB.jpg|thumb|120px|Cover by Mark Beech]]
|}

{{series|series=Johnny Maxwell|before=Only You Can Save Mankind|after=Johnny and the Bomb}}

[[Category:Johnny Maxwell Series|Johnny and the Dead]]
[[Category:Children's books|Johnny and the Dead]]

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