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From PW Daily for Booksellers (October 17, 2002): As a writer, transplanted Brit Neil Gaiman has always had the proverbial irons in lots of different fires, winning accolades for his comics (Sandman), novels (American Gods), children’s books (Coraline, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish) and a BBC television series (Neverwhere), among other […]
What’re you, on crack? Keanu is a good physical actor, but when the boy has to say *words*… “Whoah.” Thanks to Arvin Clay for warning us about that one.
Federal Jury Sides With Author Neil Gaiman Against Todd McFarlane and the McFarlane Companies MADISON, Wis., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ — Neil Gaiman, author of the New York Times best-selling novel American Gods and creator of the immensely successful Sandman comic book series, has won his federal court suit against Todd McFarlane and his companies. McFarlane, […]
Odd piece on YA literature in the Christian Science Monitor ### Coming Soon is quoting that the new Entertainment Weekly has an interview with Roger Avary that speaks about the Beowulf script he and Neil worked on. ### A review of Coraline has been posted at Utah Daily Herald ### Tim O’Shea’s interview with Constantine […]
There’s a short article in the Pocono Record, written by the librarians at Pocono Mt. Public Library, speaking about Teen Read Week (October 13 – 19, 2002); the theme this year is “Getting Graphic @ Your Library”, focusing on graphic novels. By the way, on the ALA site, in the article on collection development for […]
From the Associated Press:MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A federal jury has upheld writer Neil Gaiman’s claim that he co-authored two characters in the “Spawn” comic books. Following Thursday’s decision, arbitrators must decide how much money series creator Todd McFarlane owes Gaiman for co-creating the characters Medieval Spawn and Cogliostro in an early “Spawn” issue. They […]
In addition to the ICv2 story, there’s news on the damages on the trial from COMICON.com Pulse
ICV2 is reporting that the damages phase of the Gaiman v. McFarlane trial is over. I’ll let you read the article for specifics, but here’s the paragraph that made me smile: The trial ended with a bizarre, almost surreal scene of camaraderie between the two adversaries, who both comported themselves with great civility and showed […]
Both the Boston Globe and the Atlanta Journal Constitution mentioned Coraline in another roundup of adult authors writing YA books; both have short bits of interview. ### The Riverside Press Enterprise makes mention of Larime Taylor having written “…a stage adaptation of a Japanese fable by British author Neil Gaiman.”
COMICON.com Pulse, Newsarama and ICv2, are reporting that a verdict has been reached in the trial. From ICv2:The jury held that: Gaiman has a copyright interest in Medieval Spawn, Cagliostro, and Angela, the three characters he created in his script for Spawn #9. A reasonable person would not have deduced from the copyright notices in […]