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Neil Gaiman is a comics creator and novelist of note, and one of the first comics writers to gin the "female friendly" tag, with Sandman, back in the eighties. Dave Sim is a comics creator also of note, with the 300 issue strong Cerebus under his belt, which at once point during the days of Astoria[...]

How did that come about? CI: There will be five fully autographed packs available for auction, which will also be the only way to get Neil Gaiman's autograph The other subjects will be available there or through packs with their card autographed, which will be available at the cons I'm looking at a limited number of[...]

Alan Moore and Gabriel Andrade finished their first arc of Crossed +100, the Crossed story set a hundred years in the future. And, in this changed world

Marvel are pushing the relaunch of Miracleman, the Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham run, ahead of the Final Order Cut-off date.  And they have released the following pages of Miracleman By Gaiman & Buckingham #1 So I thought I'd compare them to the printed version of Miracleman #17 when it was published by Eclipse. Let's take a[...]

It seems that when Starz picked up the adaptation of American Gods as a series, they were getting more than just Neil Gaiman's writing as the source material Producer Bryan Fuller (Hannibal) has said that Gaiman will be writing episodes of the upcoming series Fuller and Gaiman will executive produce the series along with Michael[...]

The Frank Cho variant cover for Miracleman #18, by Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham and out in September. I suppose once you are a living god, you can sit on the subway how you goddamn please.   The Frank Cho variant cover for Miracleman #18, by Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham and out in September. I suppose once[...]

  According to PR send out mere minutes ago, Starz has given a greenlight to FremantleMedia North America's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel American Gods. Bryan Fuller will write the show, Neil Gaiman will executive producer with FreemantleMedia producing, and it will begin as and when the lead character of Shadow Moon, of whom there is very little[...]

They have started a petition citing the show as mischaracterizing Satan and mocking the bible. Neil Gaiman, one of the creators of the character of Lucifer Morningstar along with Sam Keith and Mike Dringenberg, took to his tumblr page to respond to the group This is the second time Gaiman has attracted the attention of One[...]

With Neil Gaiman and JH Williams III approaching their final issue And not letting up. Again, using the double page spread throughout, there are two such spreads for which that amount of space is just not enough. Firstly we have Dream falling through and into blackness, as captions spin around in orientation, as Dream breaks up into[...]

Recently, Sean Phillips did some illustration work to promote the BBC adaptation of Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and the late Terry Pratchett, that aired, before died from complications related to Alzheimer's disease. Well, today Sean Phillips has unveiled a new piece of Good Omens art, featuring Neil Gaiman brandishing the sword of fire from the[...]

Miracleman wil re relaunching later this year, as Neil Gaiman And Mark Buckingham's Miracleman, reprinting and remastering their run on the series, before finishing the series as they originally intended At which point some folk may be interested up in picking up what went before… Maybe it could make for good promotion fro canny retailers ahead[...]

Item winner pays for lunch. Currently at $500. And the second if you've been in love with Neil Gaiman since you first read Sandman/Coraline/Neverwhere/The Graveyard Book/American Gods/whatever And don't worry, Amanda Palmer won't turn up so it will just be you and Neil having tea together. Sip a cup of tea with the rock star of the literary[...]

Rachel Pollack, comic book writer, took over Doom Patrol after Grant Morrison and gave DC Comics one of its very first transgender lead characters, Coagula. She also wrote Brother Power The Geek and New Gods for DC. Friend and colleague Neil Gaiman who has worked with her on a number of tarot-based projects, just shared this news, Rachel Pollack,[...]

And if you can't find someone to vote for, at least vote against someone. — Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) May 7, 2015 Don't forget to tell people who have made up their own mind whether they're voting or not to vote They love that — Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) May 7, 2015 So how do I vote for a[...]

By Nikolai Fomich From Free Comic Book Day celebrations to Wizard World to visits by Neil Gaiman and Neal Adams, here's your guide to the comic and geek-related events happening in and around Philadelphia during the month of May! Friday, May 1, through Sunday, May 31 – Graphic & Novel: A Showcase of Local Comic Book Artists,[...]

Le Guin with three programmes: Ursula Le Guin at 85, a documentary presented by Naomi Alderman and two dramas: The Left  Naomi also hears from fellow writers including Neil Gaiman (Neverwhere) and David Mitchell (Cloud Atlas) For David, Ursula is one of the major influences on his career When he discovered her books they were more real[...]

Rereading it, it is as majestic as I remembered, and with a final moment that effectively (and intentionally) undermines everything the character has been building up to. But #17, as Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham took over the title, won't be reprinted as #17 Instead it appears that Miracleman will relaunch as a new #1, reprinting the[...]

And as part of this stand up comedian who once voiced radio ads for me for HMV, and would later give it to you straight, like pear cider 100% from pears, he is well in to running a 27 hour comedy marathon to benefit Comic Relief at the Pleasance in Islington, including reading from Neil[...]

So this will soon get a transformation! A signed A Writer's Prayer by Neil Gaiman, won by Joe Field in the auction. Gail Simone and a few of the Valkyrie group of female retailers. ourtesy of Green Brain Comix. Brian Hurtt, Matt Kindt and Joelle Jones karaokeing after hours… Joelle gets her Bjork on[...]

TV, the series follows the Lord of Hell as he gives up his throne and heads to Los Angeles where he helps the LAPD catch and punish criminals. It is based on the Vertigo comic series created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg The pilot was written by Tom Kapinos and will be directed[...]

At the retailer roadshow in Orando with DC Comics, retailers were told the latest on Neil Gaiman and JH Williams III's Sandman Overture, which has been running at a rate well behind DC's initial projections. With four issues out in eighteen months. However retailers were told that Sandman Overture will be out in May. And that pretty much the primary[...]

Sandman: Overture from Vertigo/DC Comics, written by Neil Gaiman, with art by J.H Williams III, colors by Dave Stewart, letters by Todd Klein, and variant covers by Dave McKean It was certainly likely that Sandman: Overture would make many of the best-of lists of 2014, given the sheer professional virtuosity of the comics creators on the[...]

Craig Russell from the original novel by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by P Craig Russell, Kevin Nowlan, Tony Harris, Scott Hampton, Galen Showman, Jill Thompson, Stephen B Scott, David Lafuente, with colors by Lovern Kindziersky, and letters by Rick Parker This is a tie for #7 between the two self-contained volumes in adaptation of Neil Gaiman's award-winning[...]

Last night at 11pm, BBC Radio 4 broadcast the first two parts of their adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's novel Good Omens, starring Peter Serafinowicz and Mark Heap. Naturally everyone was a) tucked up in bed b) out on the lash c) living in another country. But if you would like to enjoy both episodes in[...]

To help raise money for Worldbuilders, author Neil Gaiman agreed to perform a reading of a children's story if a certain amount was raised The stories that contributors could vote on were: Where The Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak), Jabberwocky (Lewis Carroll), Fox In Socks (Dr Suess) or Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown). Jabberwocky received the[...]

Neil Gaiman introducing Good Omens… Jim Norton as Death… Peter Serafinowicz and Mark Heap as Crowley and Azirophale, Charlotte Richie as Anathema Device, Colin Morgan as Newton Pulsifer, Harry Lloyd as Pollution, And Paterson Joseph as Famine. We ran a batch of lovely images before But here are the final three episodes of BBC Radio 4's Good Omens playing over Christmas[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool ran an article about Sean Phillips creating illustrations for the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's Good Omens running over Christmas. And it's worth pointing out that this will be available free, worldwide, through the BBC iPlayer, both live and streaming afterwards We will run links But it[...]

With cross-media writers like Joe Hill, Neil Gaiman, and Harlan Ellison contributing stories to the original volume of prose, it's only fair that comic artists get a chance to make that statement too, in their own way. The first issue of Shadow Show from IDW arrives today in shops, featuring the work of Joe Hill, Charles[...]

I don't remember the last comic I read that made me cry, but this did." Neil Gaiman Coming on Tuesday, Dave Sim's Judenhass, his graphic novella about the Holocaust, will be made available free on his site, and on the graphic novel boutique app Sequential. Make a note in your diary…. "Judenhass is an astonishing piece of work[...]

I have plenty of stories picked up here and there and will be rolling them out over the week. But Miracleman fans have waited long enough. Mark Buckingham, of Fairest and Fables, was the final artist on the Miracleman series, drawing the issues written by Neil Gaiman, The Golden Age which ran from issue 17 to 22[...]