The two kid vampire hunters Edgar and Alan Frog are named for Edgar Allan Poe. Poe’s poem “A Dream Within a Dream” is frequently alluded to in the film.Ī short film by Tim Burton about a Poe-obsessed young boy named Vincent.

The film opens with an EAP quote: “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) Play Misty for Me (1971)Ĭlint Eastwood’s obsessed fan (played by Jessica Walter) recites “Annabel Lee.” The Fog (1980) Gas-s-s (1970)ĮAP shows up on a motorcycle in the post-apocalyptic Roger Corman film. They always say dying is the best thing you can do for your career. (The book also includes a story with one of his most famous characters called “The Return of Annabel Lee.” Moviesĭespite having died in 1849, at the time of this article’s creation, Edgar Allan Poe has 371 writing credits on IMDB. Poe appears in Kate Beaton’s Hark! A Vagrant (Drawn & Quarterly, 2011), in which he receives unsettling fan mail from Jules Verne. The First Adventure of Miss Catterina Poe centers around Poe’s cat, who battles a giant predatory worm in order to save Edgar and Virginia Poe, seen in The Dreaming #56 (Vertigo/DC Comics, 2001).īatman teams up with Poe to solve a number of murders in Batman: Nevermore (DC Comics, June–October 2003).Ī Poe look-alike helps the gang solve a mystery in Scooby Doo #80 (DC Comics, March 2004). Italian comic book Zagor, in which Poe is an agent of the American secret service called “Elsewhere,” with a codename “Raven.” Superboy #110 (DC Comics, January 1964) in which Poe is one of several historical figures summoned from the past. He has also made several guest appearances in comics, including: If you know of any, please shout them out to us on Twitter! ComicsĪccording to Wikipedia, as of 2008 Poe’s stories have been adapted into comics over three hundred times. Note: There is a dearth of famous Poe pop culture references by creators of color. For those of you who love Poe, popular culture, a good literary in-joke, and/or literary trivia, here’s several instances of Edgar Allan Poe in popular culture through the decades. Whatever it is, he has been mentioned A LOT over the last couple centuries. What is it about him that keeps people coming back to him? The mustache? The goth attitude? The Poe Toaster? Or is it the fact that no one really knows how he died, but it has been “variously attributed to alcohol, “brain congestion,” cholera, drugs, heart disease, rabies, suicide, tuberculosis, and other causes”?

The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl