You may enjoy the art of Michael Whelan, who did the first DT illustrations and many years later came back for the last couple:

krunkazphuk said
The Dark Tower comic series

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_(comics)

is so beautiful, I like it almost as much as The Sandman series. Hope the movie doesn't suck, but if it does the comics might talk u down.

  

Chevy2Dope said
I finally signed up for the free trial of Audible a couple weeks ago and have been listening to IT on audio book. I'm nearly halfway through it and am very much enjoying it. I'm about to be on a long trip over the weekend and will listen to a whole lot of it then. I will then go see the movie when it's out, I think it looks pretty cool. Somehow, I've never seen the original version. 

It's also weird that I haven't read more Stephen King. The only other book of his I've read was The Long Walk, which I also really liked. Eventually I'll tackle the Dark Tower series.   

Recommendations:

The Dark Tower series

Pet Sematary 

Salem's Lot

The Talisman

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

The Stand

Neverthrive said
Saw it last night. Thought it was pretty good.   

In ways what I expected, in ways it was not. I didn't like that they made Ben the library researcher of the crew, that robbed Mike of lots of identity. I understood why they did that, but it was a slight annoyance.

Pros: followed the first half very well... the actors were superb. Eddie, Beverly and Richie (of course) stood out. That girl actress was very good. Her face and eyes were so expressive... it didn't shy away from most of the heavier material... great Easter eggs, like a Beetlejuice poster... good running time... Pennywise mostly succeeded, the actor I mean.... 

Cons: too many loud jump crescendo scares.. switching Ben with Mike in their character traits... i think some scenes tried to add TOO much humor... 

Definitely worth repeated viewing. Can't wait for part 2. 

I never ended up seeing The Dark Tower. Typically I don't let reviews get to me, but damn... once I read too many and learned about the bad points, I just gave up. I'll wait til DVD. Bummed about that a bit.

Neverthrive said
I've never read the book, and after hearing some shit about what transpires towards the end I don't really have any plans to, but yeah, even a filthy casual like me could see Mike got a little shafted in this movie. 
I thought the balance between humor, horror, and character moments was done fairly deftly, and... I mean, I love Tim Curry, but my boy Skarsgard gave a hell of a performance, I thought, and brought some needed inhuman nuances. I hope Finn Wolfhard has a long and prosperous career. 
I'm going to bring my little sister to go see it with her friends this weekend.   

What they call "the kiddie gangbang" is not as graphic as the articles portray it. I read the book as a young teen, adolescent really. The part does not describe too much, it is more of a bridge between (loss of) innocence into the raw, harsh reality of adulthood.

I remember being confused by the scene, nothing more. 

The scene earlier when the bullies are lighting farts, then Patrick jerks the main bully off suddenly before he has a bad reaction and hits him. It is more disturbing to me. The violent reaction and the other kid jerking him off without asking. 

But it still isn't farfetched. We all have witnessed or heard reliable testimonies from people we know who have done things in either curiosity, malice, or misplaced aggression. 

Read the book, the kiddie gangbang is over in like 2 pages if I recall. Or skip it.

dood said
To be fair its technically not a gangbang. She fucks each one individually.lol Tha most memorable part of an otherwise pretty mediocre book. But tha new movie looks fresh.  

Yep. I think chubby Ben is the only one that made her "see the birds" too. He burns there, too.