Tag Archive | "Neil Gaiman"

Comics: the entire Sandman run in three panels…

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

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It’s no secret that I am a massive fan of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, and I thought Nate Cosby‘s (his CowBoy was one of Zainab’s Best of the year picks) stab at compressing that eight year-plus run (a la Reduced Shakespeare Company fashion) was brilliant – just three panels  to summarise the whole of the Sandman, [...]

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It’s Saturday – It’s Doctor Who

Saturday, May 11, 2013

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Yep, this week it’s Nightmare in Silver, written by Neil Gaiman. So fingers crossed, it’s gonna be a good ‘un. Thing is, there’s a feeling in family Bruton here that the series as a whole has felt a bit hmmmmmm. Not sure why either, just hmmmmmm. We all want it to work, but it feels [...]

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Books: “It’s all changing” – Neil Gaiman at the London Book Fair

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

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Neil Gaiman gave a talk at the Digital Minds segment of the London Book Fair, where he told the book trade that when asked his predictions for the future of publishing he simply replied “it’s all changing.” As BoingBoing (whence came the link) notes not everyone in the book trade audience was happy about what [...]

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TV: It’s Saturday – It’s Doctor Who

Saturday, April 20, 2013

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Mrs B has been very nonplussed by it all so far, declaring the new companion a bit uninteresting. Personally, it’s not been hugely wow as yet has it? I like the idea of Clara, the big mystery, but this is beginning to feel like late era Tennant did – going over the same sort of [...]

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To listen today…. Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere

Saturday, March 16, 2013

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Happening later today on BBC Radio 4 and 4 Extra – the first hour-long episode of the radio adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere. It’s already been a TV series (okay, but a bit ropey to be honest), book and comic series (adapted by Mike Carey and Glenn Fabry and collected here) but this radio series [...]

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Upcoming: the Sandman Omnibus

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

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Coming this August from DC, The Sandman Omnibus Volume 1 Hardcover – collecting pretty much the first half of Neil Gaiman et al’s comic mangus opus, issues one through to thirty seven, plus the Sandman Special #1: over 1000 pages of the Lord of Dreams’ tale. Meaning this enormous collection will take in several stand-alone, [...]

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Fantasy: Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere comes to BBC radio this week!

Monday, March 11, 2013

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Good news for all of us who love reading the works of Neil Gaiman – not only do we have his second Doctor Who script to look forward to, the BBC also has a new six-part radio dramatisation of Neil’s intriguing fantasy novel Neverwhere coming to Radio 4, starting this coming Saturday. It’s been adapted [...]

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Books: Fortunately, the Milk

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

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Neil Gaiman posts up cover art for his collaboration with artist Skottie Young, Fortunately, the Milk, which Neil describes rather gleefully as “the silliest book I have ever written.” Good!

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Books: Neil Gaiman reads Down Among the Dead Men

Thursday, January 31, 2013

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Our own James spotted this on YouTube – Constable and Robinson, who have published a number of very fine and successful genre anthologies covering science fiction, fantasy, horror and more over the years, have a new collection edited by genre anthology stalwart Stephen Jones, Zombie Apocalypse: Fightback. One of the short stories in the collection [...]

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News, Views and Oddities #10

Thursday, January 10, 2013

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News, Views and Oddities, where we link to various bits and bobs which have grabbed our attention, encompassing comics, books, illustration, design and film. Clicking fingers at the ready. Hayao Miyazaki’s advice on how to use transparent watercolors, taken from the Ghibli Museum Sketching Set booklet. Kenny mentioned Hellen Jo to me the other day, which triggered [...]

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