Sherlock Holmes' cultural references

Boardgames

Sherlock Holmes boardgame, 1981.

221B Baker Street, 1975.

Comic Books

Sherlock Holmes comic book by Edith Meiser and Frank Giacoia, September 1989.

Sherlock Holmes often participates in other stories. In the image above we can see Sherlock Holmes taking part in a Batman comic book.

The character is referenced in many other comic books, such as the "Muppets" comic books, released by "BOOM! Studios".

Films

          

Over 46 films have been produced around the character of Sherlock Holmes, the most recent ones are "Sherlock Holmes: A game of Shadows"(2011) on the right, which is a sequal of "Sherlock Holmes"(2009) on the left, both directed by Guy Ritchie.

Theatre

William Gillette wrote, directed, and starred in a popular entitled Sherlock Holmes in seven different productions on Broadway from 1899.

Television

The television series called "Sherlock"(2010) is a modern adaptation of the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crimes in the 21st century London.

Video games

   

Over 17 videogames have been created around Sherlock Holmes. On the left the oldest videogame created in 1984, by Beam Software, and on the right the most recent video game, developed by Frogwares in 2012.

Museum

"221b Baker Street London NW1 6XE, England" is the adress where the character Sherlock Holmes lived. In this adress there is a very famous Sherlock Holmes museum, take a tour on the video above.

Internet

Google's banner on the 22nd of May of 2006, the day of the month when Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born.