Bear Alley (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Something a little more literary for a change. Ben-Hur is based on the novel by Lew Wallace, first published in 1880. I'm going to point you to Wikipedia for more information on the background of the book and its author to save myself some effort (I'm writing this on Sunday evening and I've a bunch of shows recorded off the TV crying out to be watched). Even if you've not read the book, most
Pat's Fantasy Hotlist (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Well, this fourth installment came with the highest possible recommendation from Gaiman fans, and it didn't disappoint. The Sandman: Season of Mists is the very best omnibus thus far. While The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes ( Canada , USA , Europe ), The Sandman: The Doll's House ( Canada , USA , Europe ), and The Sandman: Dream Country ( Canada , USA , Europe ) were a bit all over the place and...
GayGamer.net (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
"A serious house on serious earth." The sub title of this symbolic tome speaks of what is to be found inside this version of the Asylum. You will find no camp here. While based on Batman's recent visit to the Asylum on the console front, this source material takes the Dark Knight further into a selective kind of dementia. H.P Lovecraft once said of fear: We are afraid of what is unseen and...
downthetubes.net news blog (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Continuing our series of interviews with British comic convention organisers, for this eigth instalment Matthew Badham talks to Paul Gravett of London's ComICA festival , which takes place next month (5th - 26th November). These convention features are being cross-posted on downthetubes, the Forbidden Planet International blog and Fictions . Our aim is to give the conventions themselves some well-deserved...
The Reader Online (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Last few days to see images by Dave McKean from The Savage at the Bluecoat (School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX) until 1st November 2009. This exhibition features a selection of original artwork from this year’s Liverpool Reads book The Savage including the original front cover from the hard back edition which is both intriguing and chilling. Dave [...]
Wired: Underwire (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
If you’re looking for a Halloween date, look no further than Death. Neil Gaiman’s immortal comic book series The Sandman conjured several memorable anthropomorphic characters, but few were as cool as Death, a casual goth babe who also happened to be one of the most powerful beings in the universe. Now the unassuming face of human expiration [...]
Neil Gaiman's Journal (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Journal as CSI: NY : Mr. G sent the below image and directed me to find someone in New York that could get me a clean, complete photo of one of these subway ads. I wasn't sure if he meant me to post the request here, or if he thinks that I have a secret network of subway-photographing New Yorkers. Which I do, of course. They're just... uh... busy with other assignments. So, my own efforts having come...
/Film (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
While many people are excited about all the developments around films from Marvel and DC, the comic book movies I'm interested in are a bit different. I'd love to see Dave McKean's Cages, yes. And I'm wildly curious about how Jeff Smith's massive fantasy epic Bone will play on the screen. Now Smith is saying the story could be told in a series of three films. Last year WB optioned the Bone series,...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Dave McKean's graphic novel Cages could be adapted as an animated feature.
Best Movies 2008 (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
There's only one Dave McKean feature film out there in the world so far, and that's Mirrormask. Doesn't seem right that such an auspicious debut wouldn't have been followed up more rapidly, or even very regularly. I feel hard done by. I reported earlier in the year on McKean's continuing attempts to get ass-kicking kitty picture Varjak Paw off of the ground. Now it seems he's also taking meetings about...
Pat's Fantasy Hotlist (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Although overall I enjoyed both The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes ( Canada , USA , Europe ) and The Sandman: The Doll's House ( Canada , USA , Europe ), the stories have always been hit or miss, for the most part. And since most of you had told me not to expect too much from the third omnibus, that everything kicked into high gear in the fourth one, The Sandman: Season of Mists ( Canada , USA ,...
Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
The first graphic novel I ever bought was Death: The High Cost of Living. I was a teenage gothette just figuring out that there were all sorts of strange and wonderful things out there that I hadn’t discovered yet, and then one day my friend came to school with a little thing called the Death [...]
Subterranean Press (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
We’ve been a bit remiss in updating our site, and the special offer for the upcoming limited edition of Smoke and Mirrors, Neil Gaiman’s glorious short story collection. To give everyone a final chance to preorder the book at $75 off the cover price, we’re extending the offer until the end of the day, Tuesday, [...]
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
ART: Dave McKean’s stunning illustrations for the Liverpool Reads book, The Savage, above, are on display at the Bluecoat. McKean has worked with best-selling fantasy writer Neil Gaiman, on Coraline and the Sandman graphic novels, and was an artist on the Harry Potter movies. The Savage is by award-winning author David Almond.The Bluecoat until October 31.
Odd Socks (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
Saw this on Dave McKean's twitter and loved it. It's a reporter's investigation in to how badly AIDs patients are treated in China. Really thought provoking stuff. Pages 1/2: http://twitpic.com/kgr4c Pages 3/4: http://twitpic.com/kgr5f Make sure you view it full size!
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