Features
Friday, May 24 2013
Eliot, then Chopin: Investigating 'The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes'
Before Sandman, huh? Well that must mean there's at least a Sandman before, Before Sandman. So let's start at the beginning…
Columns
Thursday, August 6 2009
They Killed John Henry but They Won't Kill Me
In these days of economic turmoil, massive job losses, and corporate profiteering, you'd expect to hear more rewritings of the John Henry legend.
Reviews
Thursday, January 28 2010
Absolute Death
Neil Gaiman's popular character from Sandman gets her own Absolute edition in a collection of good stories with some good extras, but a high price tag.
Friday, January 5 2007
Absolute Sandman
Without it, there would be no Vertigo today, and perhaps none of the titles that have risen to prominence out of that publishing line.
Monday, July 17 2006
Eternals #1
Jack Kirby had a knack for creating heady, mind-bending concepts dressed in superhero clothing, and Neil Gaiman simply refines this already brilliant material with sharp dialogue and characterization, while weaving it into a modern context.
Monday, November 7 2005
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
This is the first thing I've read of Neil's where the voice of the narrator sounded just like him. It's sharp and witty and clever and, well, British.
Tuesday, August 2 2005
MirrorMask: The Illustrated Film Script of the Motion Picture from The Jim Henson Company by Neil Ga
And so we have the strange situation in which we can peruse at length the full script and storyboards well before we have any chance of seeing the movie itself. It's the ultimate spoiler.
Blogs
Wednesday, August 25 2010
Neil Gaiman Reads New Short Story At The Sydney Opera House
Earlier this month, award-winning author Neil Gaiman contributed a short story, to Harper Perennial's recent Fifty-Two Stories experiment, Neil Gaiman contributed a short story, The…
News
Wednesday, January 27 2010
Neil Gaiman's year of trials and triumphs
LOS ANGELES — Neil Gaiman knows that the best stories must be both bitter and sweet — he is, after all, the author of "The…
Wednesday, May 27 2009
Inside the world of Neil Gaiman: 'Coraline' author living his dream life
You are inside Neil Gaiman's mind. (Hands and feet must stay within the car at all times. Management not responsible, etc.) Please note — now…
Wednesday, March 18 2009
Talking with ‘Blueberry Girl' author Neil Gaiman
So far, 2009 has been kind to Neil Gaiman. The English-born author, who lives outside Minneapolis, already had a cult following for his comic series,…
Friday, November 16 2007
'Beowulf' screenwriter says don't expect `300' in Viking horns
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Fantasy author Neil Gaiman automatically turns down offers to rewrite others' work for the screen, but in the case of "Beowulf,"…
