When I started this recurring post idea, of discussing my favourite comic books by a particular writer, the list was based on a post where I discussed the creators with the most comic books in my collection. I listed approximately 15 writers for the sake of brevity, and there were…
By Neil Gaiman and P Craig Russell Neil Gaiman’s Sandman was a very important book in my development as a comic book fan, but I never really kept up with any of the spin-offs or extras that came out after the series itself ended. I read the last Gaiman-written Sandman…
By Neil Gaiman and various artists [This is an old piece of writing that I discovered, which I thought should be included in my exhaustive compilation of posts about things I have read/viewed/played.] Neil Gaiman's Sandman series was a significant touchstone in my comic book reading life, and remains a…
By Neil Gaiman There's a quote on the front of the book from Diana Wynne Jones – 'The best book Neil Gaiman has ever written' – and she may have a point. Gaiman has written some great comic books, excellent short stories (as well as not so good ones) and…
Not only do I read a lot of comic books that my local library is so kind to stock for me, I also read the 'normal' stuff (you know, without pictures) as well. Apparently, they have a lot of those sort in the library too … I reviewed Eternals yesterday,…
Eternals #1–7 by Neil Gaiman and John Romita Jr Well, I say that the book is by the two artists, but the hardcover title seems to suggest it was only Neil Gaiman responsible for it. Ah well, marketing types know what they are doing, right? JRJr is a very important…
Finally, here on Neil Gaiman Week, we come to the raison d’etre for a week of posts about Neil Gaiman – the film adaptation of Stardust arriving in the UK. Even though the film has been promoted on other factors – the ‘Britishness’ of the film, the director (who happens…
Stardust – Being a Romance Within the Realms of Faerie by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess I remember when I first got this book – I was exchanging some comic books for new material, including Stardust. I hadn’t read it before, but I knew that Gaiman had written it and…
From A Library: Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere by Mike Carey and Glenn Fabry And so continues the strange evolution of Neverwhere – from television series to novel to comic book. Has there been a stranger path? And, to let you know where it came from (this is a Vertigo book so…
I vaguely remember seeing an episode of Neverwhere when it was first shown on the BBC back in the mid-1990s. The unusual yet pretty face of Laura Fraser, with her big eyes and scruffy clothes, are all I can remember of the show – there wasn’t much in that episode…