The Sandman read along podcast
From the March 14 <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com"Publishers Weekly:MelindaNeil Gaiman and Dagmara MatuszakHill House (491 Illington Rd., Ossining, N.Y. 10562), $90 (64p) ISBN 0-931-771-04-8 The heroine of the latest book by Gaiman (Sandman, American Gods) is a jaded young girl, playing in a ruined urban landscape populated by rats, crows and sinister-looking pike. Gaiman approaches the story […]
Moriarity’s review of MirrorMask is posted on AICN (thanks, Steve). *** Sowon Jessica Moon posted an American Gods review to yesterday’s Hofstra Chronicle. *** From the DC Comics Online Newsletter:NEIL GAIMAN’S NEVERWHERE #1 FEATURED IN APRIL’S FABLES #36 Can’t wait to see VERTIGO’s comics adaptation of NEIL GAIMAN’S NEVERWHERE? You’ll get a look at it […]
From the March 7th Publishers Weekly:Publishers Examine the Good, Bad and Ugly..last week’s joint AAP annual meeting / PW Summit…sponsored by R.R. Bowker, drew approximately 300 people to New York City’s Marriott Marquis hotel… …The meeting’s afternoon panel, moderated by PW editor-in-chief Sara Nelson, included a surprise warning from Art Spiegelman about the possibility of […]
From Heather Kenyon’s coverage of the I Castelli Animati festival:…One of the most unusual special guests was the U.K.’s David McKean. David’s dark, haunting images and use of new technology made him a real breath of fresh air and a new face to see at an animation festival. Congratulations go to the festival staff for […]
From the March 6 Hartford Courant Short stories, sweet or scary, are delectable bits of fiction easily digested as audiobooks during a lazy stroll or an afternoon of housecleaning. Some of the more intelligent short stories in audiobook land are on the yearly release of Selected Shorts by Symphony Space, which are culled from acclaimed […]
From today’s Guardian:Over on Radio 3, the moral struggle involves crocodiles and sausages rather than serpents and apples. The Tragical Comedy Or Comical Tragedy of Mr Punch (10pm, Radio 4) is set on the south coast of England, where a small boy has come to stay with his grandparents. Grandad runs an amusement arcade on […]
The current School Library Journal has two articles to note. Bonnie Kunzel’s Hooray for Harry, is a round-up of recommended young adult fantasy novelists, including Garth Nix, Cornelia Funke, Tamora Pierce, and Eoin Colfer. Given the current discussion on the Journal, however, it might be worth noting that while Kunzel does list American Gods as […]
Mirrormask was reviewed in the February 15th Daily Variety by Scott Foundas. Mirrormask(U.K.)A Sony Pictures Entertainment release of a Destination Films presentation of a Jim Henson production. Produced by Simon Moorhead. Executive producers, Lisa Henson, Michael Polis, Martin G. Baker. Directed by David McKean. Screenplay, Neil Gaiman; story, Gaiman, McKean. Valentine – Jason BarryMorris Campbell/Prime […]
The January Chronicle notes the following, although obviously it’s been reported elsewhere:Neil Gaiman and Caroline illustrator Dave McKean sold Mirronnask tie-ins, related to a Jim Henson Company film written by Gaiman and directed by McKean, an oversized complete script and Storyboards with notes from the creators, as well as full-color art from the film, to […]
There’s a longish, MirrorMask related interview at IGN Film Force, which recently also posted an interview with Dave McKean