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from CBR’s Comics Brief for today:EISNERS LIVE: Best Comics-Related Book Posted by Jonah Weiland – 21:29 PST The Art of Nick Cardy by John Coates (Coates Publishing) From Girls to Grrrlz by Trina Robbins (Chronicle Books) From Maus to Now, designed by Raw Books (Sellario Editore/La Centrale dell’Arte) Opus, vol. 1 by Barry Windsor-Smith (Fantagraphics) […]
From eBay’s CBLDF page: This July and August, the CBLDF will bring you not one, but four huge comics auctions — three on eBay and one live auction at Wizard World in Chicago. These auctions will feature unique items like Neil Gaiman’s famed leather jacket, the Shi:Year of the Dragon Customized Motorcycle, original superhero cover […]
From the Daily Feed for June 7 at Comics Newsarama/Another Universe: Miller Covers GaimanCover image No, it’s not a preview of Frank Miller’s upcoming Batman: The Dark Knights Strikes Again, which promises to feature lots of DC’s classic heroes, but it kinda/sorta could be. It’s actually the cover to Neil Gaiman’s upcoming special Green Lantern/Superman: […]
From Another Universe: Continuing the series of in-depth Secret Files with a Vertigo twist, this collection of inside info on The Endless, featuring three stories written by Neil Gaiman himself, as well as other creators including Paul Pope, who will provide a family portrait of the family that lives just beyond our world. DC promises […]
Video Interview from Dragoncon If you have access to RealPlayer or Windows Media Player, you should be able to access this Neil interview from the just past DragonCon, courtesy eHobbies (and Nextplanetover). There was also another video interview on the site, but I have no idea where or when it’s from. http://www.ehobbies.com/tv_show.asp?category=COMICS_ACT&see=COMICS_ACT_NeilGaimanatDragonCom http://www.ehobbies.com/tv_show.asp?category=COMICS_ACT&see=COMICS_ACT_NeilGaiman Neverwhere movie […]
Ok, it’s off-topic, but I just got back from the X-Men movie, and I have to admit that I loved it. The direction, acting, script, action, cast, and all the “little bits” fit together into a damned fine movie that stands alone outside of being “an X-Men movie”. Finally, a great comic book adaptation of […]
This is the listing for Neil Gaiman from Gale’s Biography Resource Center database. You should be able to find many of these books in larger sized public libraries or college libraries. I have made notes next to the references I have seen, and those that were available as text have been hotlinked.Many thanks to Puck […]
Sascha Segan was kind enough to forward this article from ABCNews to the Books of Magic mailing list on egroups. Harry’s Older Brothers: Fantasy Authors Don’t Resent Potter’s Success July 7 — A bespectacled, British 12-year-old boy with a pet owl is told he may become the most powerful magician in the world. The typical […]
A short piece – and obviously dated – but as it is the mainstream media, it should probably get noted here. Mind you, I’m biased – I was one of the people in the queue. 🙂-la Easton, Thomas. “Comic Relief (business of graphic novels)”. Forbes, Nov 29, 1999 p60a. THE OTHER DAY A LONG LINE […]
Sarah Brandel emailed with a note: Just wanted to make a comment. On “News” on June 15th you mention something about a project involving Jonathan Carroll’s “Land of Laughs.” Yes, this is currently out of print, but Tor/Orb is bringing it back in trade paperback around Febuary of 2001. Why do I know this? I’m […]