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First New Gaiman Sandman In 7 Years 175

Posted by Hemos from the coming-at-you dept.
meltoast writes "On September 17th, DC is releasing the first new installment in the Sandman series in over 7 years. Endless Nights is written entirely by award winning Neil Gaiman and drawn by seven different artists. Pre-order from ... well... where ever you want."
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  • Fan boy alert! (Score:3, Interesting)

    by mao che minh ( 611166 ) * on Friday September 05, 2003 @12:31AM (#6876423) Journal
    I liked Sandman (it pioneered many things within "comicdom"), but damn if The Dark Knight Returns [darkknight.ca] wasn't one the greatest works of literature of modern times (also published by DC Comics). I want to see a Frank Miller [passagen.se] written, Jim Lee [comicart.cc] illustrated graphic novel of Batman - such a thing is what dreams are made of.

    I would also love to see a cross over story arc of Spider-Man and Batman with John Romita Jr. and Jim Lee alternating between titles (Jim Lee doing Spider-Man, and Romita Jr. doing Batman). You wouldn't have to search for writers, because every stellar comic writer of recent times would be fighting tooth and nail to pen this.

    Talk about a fanboy's disgustingly drenched wet dream!!

    OK, so I am a big nerd, so sue me.

    • Bah. Miller's art is every bit as groundbreaking and influential as Lee's - he got his start as an artist, and I've no problems with him doing his own art.

      That said, I think Miller's pretty much out of ideas on Batman. The Dark Knight Strikes Again was total crap - and shipped obnoxiously late too.

      Also... can we say offtopic? =P
      • Not only was DKSA complete horse shit, but the pre-release hype inspired me to re-read my Dark Knight Returns comics... and discover what a quirky product of cold-war-era ennui it really was. Even more that Dr. Strangelove.

        Most of the things he was railing against in DKR are no longer around, which makes the propaganda angle of the book really stand out a lot more.

        The Watchmen was also very much a product of the times, but it seems to hold up a lot better for some reason. YMMV.

    • Miller's Dark Knight gave us a preview of how comics could appeal to more mature audiences, but it was still about spandex clad superheroes...Watchmen took us further from typical superhero fare, but Sandman is what starts to show non-fanboys that comics is far more than pulp version of the Batman TV series...that's it's not all tits and spandex for 13 y/o (not there's anything wrong with that either :) ...besides...how else do I justify my /nick and .sig that covers up my lack of having-a-real-life?

  • BFast?? (Score:2, Offtopic)

    by l810c ( 551591 ) *
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    • I honeslty don't remember what bfast.com is, at one point I went looking and decided to add them to my block list for JunkBuster [junkbuster.com] all I get now is a little message saying that URL was blocked.
    • Something like "Be Free Ad Serving Technology." They provided redirection services when I was a Google affiliate (which provided me a whopping $0.00 in income; I was just below their threshold when they cancelled it).

      A quick Google search suggests that BFAST is a brand owned by ValueClick [valueclick.com], an advertising company.
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    • Here's a cool new comic...
      Here's a link [bfast.com] to buy it.
      I'd love to have a Slashdot effect on My bank account, but I don't post the stories.

  • I liked his earlier stuff (Score:5, Funny)

    by Dancin_Santa ( 265275 ) <DancinSanta@gmail.com> on Friday September 05, 2003 @12:31AM (#6876425) Journal
    But Sandman is where it all went bad. And then the whole thing with his anti-Napster stance came along and blew his credibility out of the water.

    He really should have stopped at Justice, which along with Puppets were the zenith of his career.
    • Justice? Puppets?

      What are you talking about - neither of these are Gaiman works I'm at all familiar with, and I'm a pretty dedicated Gaiman fanboi. Nor do I know of any substantial anti-Napster stance he's ever taken - he's generally in favor of protecting his copyrights, but not absurdly so at all - he's repeatedly been in favor of people buying his books used or borrowing them from friends, and is quite friendly to the fanfiction community.
    • This is a hilarious troll, but ...

      Am I the only person on Earth who thinks that the whole Sandman series is woefully, outrageously overrated? I mean, it's just as silly as any superhero comic book that's ever hit the stands, but painfully, agonizingly pretentious.

      Good comics:

      ...and there are many others. But

      • Why are we still harping on Sandman, all these years later?
        Umm... this is slashdot. We are running a rehash of a 30 year old operating system if we're lucky. The creators don't even approve.

        We know what we like and we like what we know.

        Thanks,
        chris

        PS I've bookmarked this so next time I have money for comics I can check your recommendations out.

        PPS No, I'm not making fun of linux. Or BSD.

        PPPS Between my brother and I, we can't keep a full set of the Sandman because they seem to be loaned out:)
      • You should try to meet Gaiman one of these days. He might actually agree with you. Sandman is more about storytelling than anything else - and that is what Gaiman excels at. The entire storyline to the comic (it is a comic - Gaiman wouldn't disagree with you) does a wonderful job in its story. You need to look beyond the goth trappings.

      • Am I the only person on Earth who thinks that the whole Sandman series is woefully, outrageously overrated?

        Yes. Well, actually no, there are plenty of other people like you. But I'm not one of them. Besides, even if I were, I'd still like Sandman (see below).

        Why are we still harping on Sandman, all these years later? Have we not yet grown out of our moody, pretentious, "they're graphic novels, goddammit!" Goth phase?

        No, we haven't gotten out of our "Goth phase" because Death is such a hottie!

  • ...But what is the Sandman? I used to be into comics, and just as I got out, those came in ...what are they about?

    Thanks...

    The last one I read was Watchmen.

    On another note, I'm looking forward to the Punisher movie next year, 'cause Frank Castle/Punisher KICKS *SS!
    • sandman, as far as i can gather (is a comic fanboy) is some guys character that he changed at will. i believe the sandman has gone thruogh like four drastic concept changes. he was orignalyl a crime fighter w/ a gas mask. the latest rencarnation (the hell like charecter) is well... im not sure... ive only read one story about the original sandman. i am problay wrong. feel free to correct any of my errors,\.
      • he was orignalyl a crime fighter w/ a gas mask.

        This is the "golden age" Sandman, a member of the JLA. They are not related, except by a passing ret-con in Gaimans Sandman issue #1. I believe his series was recently revived as Sandman Mystery Theater.

        The Sandman referred to here ( as I'm sure other people will point out ) is one of several anthropomorphic personifications, in this case Dream. Gaimans comic tells a long and quite cool story regarding Dream and his siblings, Desire, Death, Destruction, De

        • That first "Desire" should read "Destiny".

        • Even better than Lone Wolf and Cub is Osamu Tezuka's "Adolf." All of Tezuka's stuff is worth looking at - a lot of it looks really youngish at first, but then turns out to be anything but.

          Also recommended from the deep-end of the pool: American Splendor (check out the new movie that just came out.)

    • Re:Pardon my Ignorance.... (Score:4, Informative)

      by Snowspinner ( 627098 ) <{ude.lfu} {ta} {dnaslihp}> on Friday September 05, 2003 @12:51AM (#6876561) Homepage
      Sandman is a 75 issue comic series, which ran from late 1988 to 1996, published by DC. Gaiman is in a lot of ways a protege of Moore, and some would argue (Myself included) that he more than surpassed his mentor.

      To quote from the introduction to one volume, "there are seven beings that aren't gods, who existed before humanity dreamed of gods and will exist after the last god is dead. They are called The Endless. They are embodiments of (in order of age) Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair, and Delirium."

      The Endless are personifications fo the ideas they are named after. Sandman begins in 1989, when Dream escapes from a prison he has been in since 1916, when a magician captured him.

      The series can be bought in 10 graphic novels very easily on Amazon.
      • (Carefully Avoiding Spoilers)

        The four preview pages (linked below) start this story before the fall of a certain Endless. With luck, it'll help provide the missing gaps to the mythos as I've *always* wanted to use the Endless as the core of a pen and paper RPG.

        I'd go into depth with my interpretation of what and how Destruction and Delirium became what they are now (part of my initial game) but that's just too geeky .. .. still, this IS slashdot :P
    • Assuming you're not a troll, Sandman was/is a comic written by Neil Gaiman about Morpheus, the ruler of the realm of dreams. It borrowed a lot from folklore and mythology, ran for 75 issues and was the flagship for DC comics' Vertigo line. Critically acclaimed, it won a World Fantasy Award for short story before the powers-that-be banned comics from eligibility. For more info: neilgaiman.com [neilgaiman.com]

    • Read Gaiman, then Bendis (Score:5, Informative)

      by jcsehak ( 559709 ) on Friday September 05, 2003 @12:58AM (#6876604) Homepage
      Sandman is the best comic series ever. By far. Gaiman created his own mythology (that's IMHO up there with the Greco-Roman one - well not like he didn't pull from it), and wrote some fucking amazing stories around it. Go to your local library right now and check out the whole series - many have them in graphic novel form.

      I stopped reading comics when Sandman ended -- nothing could come close to matching it for me. Then I started up again when I picked up a copy of From Hell, maybe the best $35 you could spend on a single GN. Also good is Road to Perdition, but who really does it for me is Brian Michael Bendis. He's a writer on par with Gaiman, except he's more into precedural crime-type stuff. His GNs Jinx and Goldfish are kick-ass, and also Fire and Torso. He also does Powers, which is great fun to read, Alias, and does or has done Daredevil. Check out his stuff at www.jinxworld.com [jinxworld.com].

      Oh and for a grippingly entertaining and laugh-out-loud funny story about trying to get a screenplay made into a movie, check out Fortune and Glory, also by Bendis.

    • Re:Pardon my Ignorance.... (Score:4, Informative)

      by nimblebrain ( 683478 ) on Friday September 05, 2003 @01:11AM (#6876660) Homepage Journal

      It's an interesting foray into the supernatural, taking lots of cues from mythologies around the world, and creates its own mythological panorama and pantheon of demigods and strange creatures.

      The stories mostly focus on Dream, one of the seven Endless whose domains are the life, death, sleep, trials and emotions of mankind. Dream is the one who feels his responsibilities most deeply, and much of the series revolves around his interaction with mankind, and with his somewhat dysfunctional siblings.

      It has spawned off a few series from parts of the mythos it has constructed. There's the Books of Magic [amazon.com], the Books of Faerie [amazon.com], and one of my favorites, Lucifer [amazon.com].

      Most of the modern reprints (I'm gathering they're reprints) have some interesting introductions at the beginning by all sorts of famous (in the comic/SF/fantasy arena) folks.

      You likely don't have to order them online - even most "regular" bookstores are starting to set up small graphic novels areas, and I haven't seen one of these yet without a Sandman or ten, and used bookstores often have a few.

      They're a much different style from the superhero comics, however. It's a lot of myth, mystery and drama, but not much in the way of action. Definitely find out if it's to your tastes before ordering any.

      Other comics, like The Invisibles [amazon.com] are very interesting, with lots of action, but absolute noodle-benders, and will have you wondering what on earth (or planet of your choice, for that matter) they were smoking.

    • I know that this has been answered by quite a few people, but I haven't seen anyone who has mentioned this aspect of the Sandman series.

      Gaiman's Sandman is all about storytelling. Gaiman used the comic to explore what exactly storytelling is and what it means to humans. This is why there's so many references to so many different mythologies (Judeo/Christian, Greek/Roman, Egyptian, Norse, etc.): because myths were the dominant way to transmit stories before the printed word was cheap.

      It also explains his

  • Spoilers? (Score:5, Informative)

    by l810c ( 551591 ) * on Friday September 05, 2003 @12:33AM (#6876439)
    Here's a link [popcultureshock.com] to the first 4 pages.

  • 1602 (Score:1)

    by r_arr ( 613036 )
    Don't forget he's also written that for Marvel recently

  • Actually, a note on pre-orders. (Score:5, Informative)

    by Snowspinner ( 627098 ) <{ude.lfu} {ta} {dnaslihp}> on Friday September 05, 2003 @12:38AM (#6876469) Homepage
    I'd be careful where you pre-order from. If you buy from a bookstore, you won't be getting your copy on September 17th - you'll be waiting another week or two. The book is being distributed via comic book distribution, and so it will hit comic shops first, since that is what Diamond distributes to. From Diamond's initial distribution, it will make it to book warehouses and to bookstores, but if you absolutely want it on September 17th, buy from your comic shop. You might have better luck with something like Amazon, but people are still expecting the book to hit comic shops first (Neil Gaiman's blog had something on this earlier today, but it's late, and I don't feel like linkdiving)

    They need the money more than Borders or Amazon do anyway.
    • As evidenced by the fact that Barnes & Noble's page says "This item will be available on October 28. Place your order now and we will ship the item when it arrives. Your credit card will not be charged until your order ships."
  • Pre-order from ... well ... a direct link to Amazon, no affiliate nonsense [amazon.com].

    Show your hate for SCO [anti-tshirts.com]

  • wrong title, what else is new? (Score:5, Informative)

    by elmegil ( 12001 ) on Friday September 05, 2003 @12:39AM (#6876484) Homepage Journal
    The last Gaiman Sandman story was _The Dream Hunters_ with Yoshitaka Amano. I know this, because I bought the book for my wife. That was October of 1999 (from the copyright of the book), which was only about 4 years ago.

  • 1602 from Marvel as well. (Score:3, Informative)

    by Sans_A_Cause ( 446229 ) on Friday September 05, 2003 @12:42AM (#6876499)
    He's not just doing Sandman: look for the new series "1602" from Marvel out now. Supposedly a "Victorian cyberpunk" series featuring the Marvel Universe characters. Preview here [scifidimensions.com].
    • *sigh* 1602 is the marvel universe as if it manifested itself in the 17th century. having read the first issue, it is well done and i cnat wait for the next 7 issues.
      • At the risk of nitpicking, 1602 is not about the Marvel universe "as if" it manifested in 1602. Gaiman has made clear in interviews that it is not an Elseworlds or a What If story - rather, something has happened in the real Marvel universe to cause this to happen - part of the fun of the series is trying to untangle what happened to put things this way.

  • $2.99 preview (Score:4, Informative)

    by bigbigbison ( 104532 ) * on Friday September 05, 2003 @12:42AM (#6876500) Homepage
    For those that just can't wait, the $2.99 preview came out today. It has the sandman story. The hardcover had this story plaus stories of the other endless. I went ahead and bought the preview even though I know I'll end up buying the hardcover eventually.
  • Frank Miller is the man!

    The Dark Knight returns! Ronin! Electra and Bullseye!

  • This is excellent news!!! (Score:5, Interesting)

    by Whitecloud ( 649593 ) on Friday September 05, 2003 @12:48AM (#6876538) Homepage
    THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS will be a delight to fans of Gaiman's work and newcomers to the graphic novel medium. Whether haunting, bittersweet, erotic or nightmarish, the seven stories in this book - one for each of the Endless siblings - reveal strange secrets and surprising truths about the Sandman and his family. Each story is illustrated by some of the greatest comics artists from around the world. /i>

    This is like Led Zeppelin reforming for a concert! No wait, its better than a rock bank reunion, as it's got guest artists that are superstars to! People have mentioned other great comics, Dark Knight, and Watchmen, but Sandman is a collection of modern fables and urban myths, woven into reality... plus a writer only gets better with age, like a fine wine developing over the years, the prose is laced with new passages of wisdom, new nuances of meaning... like a dream of a rock band reforming, with Led Zep jamming with Louie Armstrong... September 17th? excellent!

  • What is sandman (Score:4, Informative)

    by robinsc ( 84714 ) on Friday September 05, 2003 @12:48AM (#6876542) Homepage
    Sandman is a graphic novel about morpheus the god of sleep ( a very modernised and un-greek god ). Neil Gaiman's books and Novels generally deal with very dark themes - think of him as Terry Pratchett sans the humour :)
    • My memory is hazy but didn't Gaiman collaborate with Terry Pratchett on the comedic novel "Good Omens?"

      Cheers
      Stor
    • My two favorite Sandman tomes:
      • Season of Mists (Book 4): Sandman travels to Hell to find a love that he had forsaken hundreds of years ago. Amazon [amazon.com].
      • The Doll's House (Book 2): An introduction to the Sandman with slightly better art than the first volume. Oh yeah, and there's a serial killer convention too. Amazon [amazon.com]

      Eventhough I have linked from Amazon you probably want to support your local comic shop and get it there.

      While you're there, pick up a tome or two of Bone, Hellboy, Powers, Batman: Dark Knigh

    • Neil Gaiman can be funny--check out The Day I Swapped My Dad for 2 Goldfish [amazon.com], not to mention his hand in "Good Omens". Possibly also his new (but unread for me) "The Wolves in the Walls," another children's book.

  • Is source available? (Score:1, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward
    Proprietary format comics are evil. PROVIDE THE SOURCE!!!
  • does anyone have a summary of the info on the page etc.? What's the story about etc.?
  • You can practically hear their webserver screaming in agony.

    I suspect this is the first time DC's gotten a nice, hard Slashdotting. I wonder if they'll have a comment on that sometime in the future... (Letters page perhaps?)

    Did anybody manage to get a hold of the actual text?
    --
    Yeah, I still RTFA. I'm new here. Sorry.

  • The thing that impressed me most about Neil when I interviewed home for Nova Express [io.com] back in 1999 (he had just started working on American Gods), was how generous he was with his time and how his tremendous success had left him largely untouched. Despite his enormous popularity, he was quite generous about signing things for a never ending stream of people, and seemed genuinely interested in talking to every one among the legions of his fans at Armadillocon. Certainly there are others who have let far less success go to their head.

    There are lots of cool people among my fellow SF scribblers, but Neil has remained one of the coolest, and not to mention perhaps the most level-headed. And then there's his considerable talent...
  • Can't think of any SCO puns.
    Hell!
    Can you say a beowulf cluster of ....
  • Neil Gaiman is a writer.

    A real writer.. not a journalist or a pulp fiction pimp.. but a real storyteller. I like most (but not all) of his works, but the Sandman series is the only american comic book series I seriously invested in. Its his masterpiece. Even my comic-phobe girlfriend couldn't put them down.

    His novels are excellent as well, but the visual nature of his storytelling lends itself really well to the comic medium.

    This is the best news I've heard all day! But a catch 22.. looks like slashdot

  • WTF is Slashdot posting articles with damn spyware links in them? service.bfast.com is a spyware/tracking service. The submittor could have just as easily submitted the URL to the B&N website.

    It *is* up to the Slashdot editors to edit articles. Posting an article with a spyware link in it is slouching on the job!

  • New Sandman or Morpheus? (Score:4, Interesting)

    by Skyshadow ( 508 ) on Friday September 05, 2003 @01:40AM (#6876782) Homepage
    I thought that Sandman was concluded nicely with two of the last three stories in The Wake arc -- the Wake Epilogue and Exiles.

    At this point, it seems like the whole Morpheus story was so well settled that even prequals do the ending somewhat of a disservice. Even The Tempest, the last Wake story, seemed like a bit of a shame; the story should have ended with Master Li's thoughts at the end of Exiles (echoing the Roman ghost riders: Only the Phoenix arises and does not descend. And everything changes. And nothing is truly lost.)

    Anyhow, I don't mean to sound as stupidly fanboy as I do, and I don't mean that I don't welcome the chance to dive into some more Sandman, but I suppose I do sort of long for authors to know when they've reached the end of their time with their characters, when they've reached the best end they're going to find...

    • The stories in endless nights are one for each member of the endless and take place in the past.

    • Re:New Sandman or Morpheus? (Score:4, Interesting)

      by Cylix ( 55374 ) * on Friday September 05, 2003 @03:24AM (#6877174) Homepage Journal
      I'm a bit different I suppose.

      I never want it to end if it is something I enjoy. Take for instance, Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner), if by chance they kill off my favorite character I might just have to make those responsible suffer.

      It is a comic book for god's sake and if the author has ran out of creativity... take him out to pasture and shoot him.

      I think a great example would happen to be with the Simpson's. It has been around for a while and they manage to keep making me laugh.

      There are probably only two infinite sources in the world to date, creativity and taxes, I expect both to be around for a while longer.

      • Hmm. I know what you mean, but actually I think comics are significantly poorer because of the way they tend to run on for ever and ever (in fact, this is one of the reasons I watch so few TV series, but that's another topic).

        It is impossible to sustain a really good story indefinitely, and most have a "natural". Sure it's upsetting when it's over: recently I was really upset when "The Life of Pi" (too lazy to link - check amazon) ended, but it would have been a worse novel if it had carried on any longer.

    • but I suppose I do sort of long for authors to know when they've reached the end of their time with their characters, when they've reached the best end they're going to find...

      When it's time, say, to contact fellow authors and friends and say, "Here's the story universe, care to have a go?"

      I've never read any of the Sandman series (I'd like to, someday), so I'm not suggesting that it's time for Gaiman to consider such a step. But I don't have to, since he's made the invitation already.

      I've actuall

  • I quit buying comics when they jacked the price up to $2.25 for a comic. The Sandman was the very last series I purchased. If DC Comics, or whoever else, is going to charge me 4 bucks, then I'll keep my money in my wallet. The same reason I don't pay $22 for a CD is the same reason I don't pay $4 for a comic. Rip-off industries, GO HOME!
    • Well, inflation will do such a thing. I remember the last Impact Comics story arc from DC being the last 99 cent comic. Using more modern printing techniques to get better color accuracy and retention caused prices to generally increase in the late nineties. Then the market dropped out due to the glut of speculators and most comic makers are seriously hurting. Plus the rise of indies and successful creator owned companies caused a lot of renegotiation between writers, artists, and the major companies gi
  • Don't go to a corporate mega-store!


    Find and support your local shop with the Comic Shop Locator Service [diamondcomics.com]

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  • Written by Neil Gaiman drawn by Andy Kubert.
    Sets the marvel universe in the year 1602.
    If you enjoy Gaiman's work its worth checking out.
    Here are a couple of pages [comixtreme.com]

  • Sandman Annual #1 was one of my favs. (Score:5, Interesting)

    by Saint Stephen ( 19450 ) on Friday September 05, 2003 @02:52AM (#6877056) Homepage Journal
    Of course, there are so many poignant comic books, but one of my favorite from the 1985-1990 period was Sandman Annual #1. It came out during the first gulf war.

    The story was about a sultan of Baghdad around 1000 AD, when Baghdad was the absolute pinnacle of civilization, knew the most mathemtatics, and was the most advanced culture in the world. But he saw in the deserts the ruins of Sumeria and Egypt and knew that all great civilizations fail. So he summons Sandman by threatening to break open a glass ball imprisoning 9,999 demons, djinn, and efreeti that Abraham captured -- unless Sandman preserves Baghdad unchanged forever. Sandman agrees, but with the provision that it'll only live on forever in the Dreamworld. The Sultan agrees, and wakes up in the dirty, broken, real-world city that Baghdad has become.

    On the last page, you find out it was all just a story an old man was telling a little boy to keep his spirits up while the Americans are bombing Baghdad during the war, and you see what a wreck the story is, &c. &c. &c. Super-cool story. (BTW, I supported the war and still do, but I still appreciate a good story).

    That and the Animal Man comic where Wile. E. Coyote becomes Jesus Christ and takes on the suffering of the whole cartoon world so that the cartoon animals will stop blowing each other up are two of the many that stand out from that period.

    Around 1990 is when I stopped following comics though.
    • The story was about a sultan of Baghdad around 1000 AD, when Baghdad was the absolute pinnacle of civilization...

      Sorry about going all Comic Book Guy, but wasn't that Sandman #50, "Ramadan"? I thought the Sandman Special #1 issue was "Orpheus".

      "Ramadan" was actually the first Sandman (maybe second) comic I ever picked up, since at the time I was really into collecting holofoil comics and their ilk. Didn't understand a word of it (hey, at the time I was really into superheroes -- don't even ask abou

  • As someone pointed out, The Dream Hunters was released a bit more recently, and while it wasn't by Gaiman himself, Jill Thompson's shojo-style Endless GN (At Death's Door) came out just a month or two ago and is heartily recommended for anyone who enjoyed the original series -- it may not be as deep as much of Gaiman's work, but it's every bit as entertaining and well-written. Bill Willingham has also done various small one-shots, mostly with Merv Pumpkinhead, and of course several other writers have dippe

  • Manara (Score:2)

    by slim ( 1652 )
    Milo Manara illustrating "Desire"?

    Buy stocks in Kleenex!
  • This is not really related to the comic book, but is related to Gaiman - here, I'll make it sorta-like a press release :)

    The Folk Underground [folkunderground.com], a Minneapolis self described "goth-folk" band has released a couple of songs written by Neil on their new CD Buried Things.

    Lorraine has collaborated with Gaiman in the past with her previous band, the Flash Girls. Here's a link to Gaiman lyrics [folkunderground.com]

    They are currently opening for Puke and Snot at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival (or they opened for Puke and Sn
  • So many posters in this thread either misattributing works of Grant Morrison to Gaiman, or simply mentioning Morrison's works as other favourites. Morrison and Gaiman are easily my two favourite writers today, comic or otherwise. If you like one, you'll like the other, but Morrison's style tends to be more abstractly philosophical, and often more disturbing. The three Animal Man graphic novels, which follow Morrison's 26-issue run, would be a good pick for Gaiman fans, though I recommend reading Crisis o

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