Reviews: the Overture begins…
The Sandman: Overture #1 Neil Gaiman, J.H. Williams III DC/Vertigo (above: variant cover art for Sandman Overture #1 by Dave McKean, below: below cover art by JH Williams III) We blogged months ago...
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Signal to Noise Hardcover (New Edition), Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean, Dark Horse This is a story about the end of the world, but it’s not a science fiction apocalypse. This is a tale of a dying man, a...
View ArticleArt For Art’s Sake – Miracleman Special
Well, let’s face it, this month we’ll have the comic publishing event many of us thought we’d never see. Miracleman by Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Garry Leach, Alan Davis, John Totleben, Mark Buckingham...
View ArticleUpcoming: Gaiman’s Graveyard Book GN, the collected Moore & O’Neill Century &...
Neil Gaiman’s Newbery and Carnegie award winning novel for children The Graveyard Book tells the Kipling-esque tale of a young boy who falls under the guardianship of the denizens of a graveyard....
View ArticleComics: Neil Gaiman, Paul Gravett and Tori Amos at the British Library
Ramon Vitral has a couple of videos up from the discussion at the British Library’s excellent Comics Unmasked exhibition (see here for James’ report and photos from the exhibition), featuring Paul...
View ArticleReviews: Peachy Keen strolling with Death
Death, Neil Gaiman, Chris Bachalo, Mike Dringenberg, Mark Buckingham et al DC/Vertigo When Neil Gaiman introduced Dream’s big sister Death in The Sound of Her Wings chapter in the early days of the...
View ArticleReviews: a gorgeous twist on some fairy tale classics – Gaiman & Riddell’s...
The Sleeper and the Spindle, Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell, Bloomsbury “The queen woke early that morning: “A week from today,” she said aloud. “A week from today, I shall be married.”” Short review: it’s...
View ArticlePratchett & Gaiman’s Good Omens – Christmas on the radio….
Well, here’s a nice bit of news to look forward to over Christmas. If you’re anything like me, you’ll appreciate a little radio. And lets face it, no one does radio any better than BBC. We knew there...
View ArticleGood Omens
Sean Phillips reports that BBC Radio 4 has a forthcoming adaptation of one of the most loved of modern fantasy novels, Good Omens, a collaboration, as most of you will doubtless be aware, between much...
View ArticleInterviews: Neil Gaiman and Michael Chabon in conversation
Two superb authors, Michael Chabon (who should be on anyone’s must-read list) and Neil Gaiman (I don’t really need to remind you of how remarkable a word-spinner Neil is) are recorded in this video in...
View ArticleThe FPI Advent Calendar – Day 05 – Death in “A Winter’s Tale”
Another Vertigo moment now, as Death takes her place in “A Winter’s Tale” From Vertigo Winter’s Edge 2… The post The FPI Advent Calendar – Day 05 – Death in “A Winter’s Tale” appeared first on...
View ArticleAnimation: “Nicholas Was….”
An alternative festive take here for those already too full of the imposed jollity and hiding away from it all behind their Edward Gorey books, a very short animated film based on Neil Gaiman’s equally...
View ArticleReviews: return to the beginning – Overture
The Sandman: Overture Deluxe Edition Hardcover, Neil Gaiman, J.H. Williams III, DC/Vertigo “Before the beginning was the night. And the night was without boundaries and the night was without end. In...
View ArticleAwards: Gaiman and J.H. Williams III win at the Hugos
The annual Hugo Awards, one of the big events in science fiction, were announced over the weekend at the Worldcon, this year the MidAmeriCon III held in Kansas City. Last year and again this year there...
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