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Although Neil’s journal seems to be working now, it has been acting up so Neil has been posting journal entries to his FAQ page while waiting for the journal postings to update.
Aggiecon
Neil will be at Aggiecon next weekend, March 21 – 24, 2002 (at the Memorial Student Center at Texas A&M University)
Northern Kentucky University
Neil will be giving a lecture at Northern Kentucky University on March 25 at Greaves Concert Hall from 7 to 9PM. Directions
Clippings
Cinescape.com has posted an article in which Neil talks about Douglas Adams. And in the non-online version of the recent Guardian article, Peter Straub lists neilgaiman.com as one of his favorite websites. Other than that, I’m not finding much around that hasn’t already been well covered elsewhere; you probably have already seen the info about […]
Harlequin Valentine
From Lance “Squiddie” Smith on the alt.fan.thingie: Just to confirm Gaiman’s blog entry from Friday, Harlequin Valentine ships this week and should be on North American comic racks this week. (No promises to the rest of the world.) Earlier, Dark Horse brought in 1000 copies that were allocated (about one per shop) by Diamond. This […]
Neil Gaiman Files Suit Against Todd McFarlane Productions
Straight from Andy Heidel himself, here’s the press release:For Immediate Release: Date: 1/24/02 AUTHOR NEIL GAIMAN FILES SUIT AGAINST “SPAWN’S” TODD MCFARLANE PRODUCTIONS, INC., TMP INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND TODD MCFARLANE WORLDWIDE, INC. MADISON, WISCONSIN FEDERAL COURT: Neil Gaiman, author of the New York Times best-selling novel American Gods and creator of the immensely successful Sandman® […]
AP Story
“People in the News”, Associated Press, January 25, 2002. MADISON, Wis. (AP) Writer Neil Gaiman, creator of the “Sandman” comic book series, has sued another comic book creator, alleging fraud, copyright violations and nonpayment of royalties. Gaiman, author of the novel “American Gods,” claims Todd McFarlane used the characters he created “Angela,” “Cogliostro” and “Medieval […]
BookMania 2002
On the off chance it hasn’t made the rounds…Neil is at Blake Library, 2351 SE Monterey Road, Stuart, FL at 8:00PM tonight. Phone number is (561) 288-5702, and directions are here:http://www.library.martin.fl.us/geninfo/get_to_blake.html And if it hasn’t made the rounds, I apologize. No, things are not letting up in the new year. Like everything else in this […]
Clippings
From the Chicago Tribune: Creating words and worlds Neil Gaiman, author of the fantasy series “The Sandman,” said Tolkien “exists outside the orthodox canon of literature. You can’t put him in a box.” Like Lippert, Gaiman believes that Tolkien’s commercial success is what drove his critics to jealous fury. “If the book had never become […]
American Gods Audio – L.A. Times
From “Audio Books; Fantasies, Mysteries and Nonfiction Perk Up the Ears of Audiophiles” by Rochelle O’Gorman in the Dec. 17 LA Times:…If fantasy is the genre that makes your favorite audiophile smile, consider the latest from Neil Gaiman, the author of such strange and intriguing novels as “Neverwhere” and “Stardust.” His latest unusual and graphic […]