Lance, Lance, Lance, that’s all I hear!
Some odds and ends:
– The November/December issue of Cinescape has a review of Smoke and Mirrors. It’s all the way back on page 81. For the most part it’s a positive review, but the reviewer (Annabelle Villanueva, now there’s a name) states it has a “work-in-progress” feel with some of the stories not quite there yet. Any other reviews out there yet? I’ve seen the ones at Amazon.com and the one in Locus.
– Option: Click, the latest Dave McKean book of photography is out. If you liked the last collection (Small Black and White Lies, yes? My brain is blank at the moment) you’ll like this one. Of special interest to this newsgroup is there’s a short bit of Gaiman e-mail used in the book. I’m afraid you’ll just have to look.
– Hope you’ve all warmed up your wallets ’cause the Endless pewter sets are out this week. If you try to buy a set without warming up properly you’re liable to pull a muscle or, more likely, your wallet.
– Last week’s issue of The Comic Shop news had the Sandman 10th anniversary poster on the cover. Lots of info on the Sandman paraphernalia on the inside, but it’s that poster I really like.
– A Fall of Stardust has had to undergo a format change and will be resolicited for a later date. The new version will be two chapbooks with 30 art plates shrink wrapped together and will be released in February. It’s still a benefit book, so your $12.95 will go to a good cause.
— The Dustcover postcards offered in last months Previews have been cancelled. This is the second set of postcards that DC has canned. There was a DC universe boxed set cancelled earlier. Must not be cost effective.
– The Girl Who Would Be Death (which doesn’t contain the real article) has been pushed back from its prime pre-Halloween article to the following week, November 4th.