Garth Marenghi
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Garth Marenghi is a fictional horror author created by British comedians Matthew Holness and Richard Ayoade, and played by Holness. The character has to date appeared in two successful stage shows, the Perrier Award-nominated Garth Marenghi's Fright Knight and Perrier Award-winning Garth Marenghi's Netherhead, and a TV series for Channel 4 Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.
The character of Garth Marenghi is self-important and displays not only a general ignorance of many subjects of which he claims knowledge (one boast made in both the stage shows and the TV series is that he has written more books than he's read), but also various other unpleasant traits including sexism and xenophobia. He is also utterly convinced of his own genius, not only as a writer but as an actor. Garth Marenghi's Darkplace is based on the premise that Marenghi not only created and wrote the series, but also plays the central character, Dr. Rick Dagless, M.D. (sic). His wooden acting - and that of his co-stars - is one of the main running jokes in the series, alongside absurd plots and deliberately poor special effects.
Garth Marenghi bears some noticeable similarities to James Herbert, notably in his dress sense and glasses. The titles of his books have a striking resemblance to the works of Guy N Smith, particularly the numerous references to Crabs.