urban roots

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When we talk about the roots of Urban Fantasy, we usually invoke Buffy and, before that, Charles de Lint's 1984 novel "Moonheart" and Emma Bull's 1987's "War for the Oaks". We tend to forget two movies though, both of them released in 1986 - "Big Trouble in Little China" and "Highlander". And, 23 years before them, there was Doctor Strange, whose lair could be found in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. Still, it's with "Moonheart" and "War for the Oaks" that one big change began - with the woman becoming the driving character.