The Sandman read along podcast
There’s a rumour going around that Neil is upset about the Harry Potter books being too similar to The Books of Magic. Neil asked me to post this to clear things up: “I was surprised to discover from yesterday’s MIRROR that I’m meant to have accused J.K. Rowling of ripping off BOOKS OF MAGIC for […]
Lance “Squiddie” Smith updates from alt.fan.neil-gaiman: The new Starchild – Crossroads collection has an intro by Gaiman that wasn’t written under duress of any kind. It has some interesting points about stories and how they are written. Also of note is that the cats like Meow mix and Holly and Mike don’t like lima beans. […]
The previous Dark Horizons article was wrong – here are some corrections straight from Neil: Denise Di Novi is producing NEVERWHERE, not Death. Neverwhere is at Jim Henson Films, which is at Sony. Death is at Warners. Time Warner owns all the Sandman characters and material; always has done. (That was the only kind of […]
Lance “Squiddie” Smith passed along this press release about Oni Press publishing a comic adaptation of Only The End Of The World Again adapted and illustrated by P. Craig Russell and Troy Nixey.
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett have sold the movie option for Good Omens to the Samuelsons (who made Wilde, Carrington and Tom and Viv) They are currently looking for a writer. It’s been reported on various websites that Good Omens is with Warners who are waiting to see how Kevin Smith’s Dogma does before greenlighting […]
Here’s the official press release for Neil’s upcoming West Coast Tour: Press Release for Immediate Print — January 8, 1998NEIL GAIMAN TOURS WEST COAST TO FIGHT CENSORSHIP Northampton, MA — During the month of February, acclaimed author Neil Gaiman (“Sandman,” “Mr. Punch,” “Stardust”) will continue the Guardian Angel Tour as part of his on-going commitment […]
Lance “Squiddie” Smith posted an update to the Neil Gaiman non-Sandman Bibliography on alt.fan.neil-gaiman
Neil’s in seclusion working on the Neverwhere screenplay, and passes this along: SMOKE & MIRRORS has been handed in. It will be out in the Autumn, along with the paperback of Neverwhere. It contains five new short stories (although a couple of them will be out in the UK in UK-only anthologies around the time […]
Some “errata” on the previous Guardian Angel press release:Correction to the previous release: The Seattle stop of the Neil Gaiman Guardian Angels Tour to support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has moved forward a day to Sunday, February 15th. The location (the Crocodile Club) and time (8 pm) remain the same. Call Eric Reynolds […]
Lance “Squiddie” Smith passed along the text and information on the Newsweek article: Newsweek, December 1, 1997. (It has the parents of McCaughey septuplets on the cover.) The Arts section “Spruced Up Evergreens” by Malcom Jones Jr., pp 76-78. “The surest sign of the robustness of children’s literature (after the fact that it’s a $1.5 […]