Neil! Neil! Neil!

[angledge]

OK, if you don't know who Neil Gaiman is ...
1) Bitchslap yourself while saying, "I am an ignoramus who has overlooked one of the most creative authors working during my lifetime."
2) Check out his blog, officialgaiman
3) Run, don't walk, to your local comic book store & buy Sandman collections 1 through 10.
4) Your next assignment will be given to you upon receipt of your book report on Sandman. If you are now a goody two-shoe N.G. overachiever, you can work ahead of the syllabus by reading American Gods.

However, if you do know who Neil Gaiman is ...
1) Comment on this post to tell me what is your favorite N.G. work.
2) Envy chaosvizier & me, because we met him in New York City last month, got some autographs, & had our photo taken with him!!!!

Comments

[mrbigsteve.livejournal.com]

I was ripshit pissed to discover that when I was in Toronto this past weekend, Neil was doing a signing at a bookstore a couple of blocks away. Partially pissed because I hadn't brought anything with me that would be appropriate for a signature, and partially because I found out about it an hour after it ended. Grr.

By the way, you know that Neverwhere is now available on DVD, yes?

As for favorite work, definitely the aforementioned Neverwhere. Yes, Sandman was faboo and all that, but it was more of a mythology than a story. American Gods seemed like a reworking of Sandman (especially with his prediliction for reinterpreting Norse mythology). Still haven't read Coraline yet.

Re: Neverwhere DVD

[marasca.livejournal.com]

Pssst! The Beast of London is A COW! See if that doesn't make you giggle uncontrolably when you watch it. Or maybe it's just me...