I've never actually liked McKean's printed stuff (too postmodern/angsty for me), but the trailer looks way interesting. And I love Neil Gaiman's writing, so, I'll be there. Posts: 2911 | Registered: Aug 2001
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Head to Netflix and request "Neil Gaiman's A Short Film About John Bolton." Docuwhatever about a horror artist.
Watch that, it's cute. But then head to the special section to see a long video of Gaiman before a crowd. He answers questions, he talks about projects, and, most importantly, he reads several of his short stories and poems, which is worth the price of the DVD. He's an excellent reader and storyteller.
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Yup. That was how I first heard of him. "Sandman" was the first "Mature Readers" comic I ever followed, and it hooked me on his stuff.
Except for that thing he did for Marvel Comics with all their super-heroes trapped in the Elizabethan era (or something) I've liked most of his work.
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FYI - Neil Gaiman said on his website that the US release would be September 30th, initially in 13 major markets.
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I've only read one Sandman story - a Japanese fairytale about a fox and a monk retold by Gaiman and illustrated in watercolor by a Japanese artist. It wasn't done as a comic book - just illustrations. Absolutely beautiful, both the prose and the paintings.
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The Sandman comic book was pretty much the same thing. Different artists, but throughout Gaiman investigated the nature of dreams and creativity. He explored gods and myths, self-serving lies and inspiring testimonies. He wrote about stories.
The fact that it was in comic book form should in no way diminish the power of the work. One issue, illustrated by Charles Vess, won the World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction in 1991. Almost immediately afterwards there was a rules change that disqualified comics for that category, which seemed petty then and seems petty now.
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