Tag Archive | "Neil Gaiman"

Moore had the Simpsons, Gaiman gets Arthur….

Saturday, September 18, 2010

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Following a recent tradition of comic celeb cameos on popular animated series, Neil Gaiman is going to be immortalised on US kids TV show Arthur: From the press release: “This season, we’re hoping to empower our young viewers to go after their goals and dreams. Whether that means becoming a wheelchair basketball champion, or expressing [...]

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It’s a Book (Comic)…. and Books (Comics) are sharks….

Sunday, September 12, 2010

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Not comics, but this trailer to Lane Smith’s new book; It’s A Book just seemed to sum up so many of my feelings towards digital books/comics that I couldn’t resist putting it up. Plus, Lane Smith’s children’s books are wonderful things. (Lane Smith link via Superpunch) I honestly believe that books and comic collections are [...]

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More Sandman TV rumours… and Gaiman’s Doctor Who

Saturday, September 4, 2010

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Via Heidi at The Beat (after the original at The Hollywood Reporter)comes news of the oft-mentioned, oft-rumoured Sandman TV show: “The Sandman,” the Neil Gaiman-penned comic book series considered a seminal work in the medium, is in the early stages of being developed into a TV series. Warner Bros. TV is in the midst of acquiring [...]

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The Truth Is A Cave In The Black Mountains (or a story in an opera house in Sydney)

Saturday, August 28, 2010

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Neil Gaiman recently did a performance reading of his short story “The Truth Is A Cave in The Black Mountains” at Sydney Opera House. Accompaniment was courtesy of with artwork from Eddie Campbell and live music from The FourPlay String Quartet: Gaiman writes about it here, five minutes of edited video is here and the complete [...]

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“an all woman jury, charmed by his English accent”

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

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Following the recent news that the latest in the long, drawn out legal moves between Todd McFarlane and Neil Gaiman regarding Spawn characters based on others previously created by Gaiman, in which the judge found in favour of Gaiman, Erik Larsen has been the voice of cool, thoughtful, measured, impartial reason. Or actually he hasn’t, [...]

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The Truth Is A Cave In The Black Mountains

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

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“We are pleased to present a world first; Neil Gaiman reading aloud the previously unreleased story “The Truth Is A Cave In The Black Mountains”,in the spectacular surrounds of the Concert Hall at Sydney Opera House. We have commissioned the renowned artist Eddie Campbell to illustrate the story, while FourPlay String Quartet have been commissioned [...]

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Death takes a holiday?

Friday, July 9, 2010

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The Cover to Action Comics #894 – not exactly what you were expecting? Writer Paul Cornell has pulled off a bit of a coup. whilst Supes stretches his legs walking across America later this year and leaves Action behind him, Cornell’s having to get creative and explore the Superman universe and particularly Lex Luthor on [...]

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Where do you get your ideas from?

Friday, July 9, 2010

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Yes, it is true – this is a question writers and artists get asked frequently; I’ve lost count of how many author events I’ve been involved with over the years and it rarely fails to make an appearance in the Q&A part of the proceedings, much to the pleasure and delight of the authors, of [...]

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Neil Gaiman on the Beeb

Monday, July 5, 2010

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Neil Gaiman chats in a five minute video on the BBC website, in a piece that starts, appropriately enough, with Camile Saint-Saens Danse Macabre (a favourite classical piece of mine, as it happens). It’s only five minutes or so but they do cover his comics, his books for children and adults and the multiple awards [...]

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Gaiman wins Carnegie Award..

Friday, June 25, 2010

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Congratulations to Neil Gaiman, freshly announced winner of the 2010 CILIP Carnegie Medal for The Graveyard Book. Video of the award and Gaiman’s acceptance speech is here. The Carnegie Medal is awarded by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals to the writer of “an outstanding book for children“. It’s pretty much the premier award [...]

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Gaiman on the radio, talking bees, Batman and Jack Benny….

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

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Completely out of the blue yesterday, between football matches I switched over to Radio 4 to hear the ever so individual voice of Neil Gaiman. Turns out he’s a guest curator on the comedy panel show “The Museum Of Curiosity“, the QI style affair hosted by John Lloyd and Jon Richardson. Gaiman talked of writing, [...]

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Instructions

Friday, June 4, 2010

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Because some days you just want some Gaiman-Vess loveliness…

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Neil Gaiman talks Wednesday Comics

Thursday, May 27, 2010

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With the much oversized hardback edition of Wednesday Comics coming out today (and giving the term oversized new meaning), USA Today kicks off a series of interviews and looks at the art, starting with Neil Gaiman, here commenting on working with the excellent Mike Allred: “I love writing for Mike. He gives everything a slick [...]

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3 men and a Doctor Who script

Saturday, May 22, 2010

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Posted on Neil Gaiman’s twitpic account on Thursday: Mr Curtis, Mr Moffat and Mr Gaiman and a completed Doctor Who script. Now to play guess the name of the episode……..

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Advance Notice – Best American Comics 2010

Sunday, May 9, 2010

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Yes, we know it’s not out until 5th October, but here’s Michael Cho’s cover to the Gaiman edited 2010 edition of Best American Comics. (Via Wim)

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