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Speaking with the Sandman: Neil Gaiman
by Steve Fritz (Fri 10-20-2000)

Neil Gaiman is hardly suffering from a lack of work. 'No,' he concurs. 'If anything, I've got too many things going on, and I have a bunch of people very mad at me right now.' For the record, here's an abbreviated list of Gaiman projects between now and s...

The Work of Neil Gaiman Set To Music
by Randall Larson (Tue 05-02-2006)

Where's Neil When You Need Him? is a very special and unique project in tribute to fantasy writer extraordinaire Neil Gaiman (MIRROR MASK). Bands who are fans of Neil's work were asked to write songs about their favorite Gaiman story, character, or settin...

Translating PRINCESS MONONOKE: Neil Gaiman
by Steve Biodrowski (Mon 11-08-1999)

...ed author Neil Gaiman to write the English-language dialogue, working from a translation of the original Japanese. Gaiman is a noted author in his own right, who has worked in diverse media, including comics (SANDMAN), television (NEVERWHERE), and even...


Author Neil Gaiman remembers mentor/friend Douglas Adams
by Chris Wyatt (Fri 03-08-2002)

In a recent conversation with CINESCAPE, best-selling AMERICAN GODS author Neil Gaiman shared some of his memories of Douglas Adams, author of THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY. Gaiman became acquainted with Adams when he was just a 23 year old journal...

Neil Gaiman in Sketch Magazine
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 01-29-2002)

Neil Gaiman will be featured in Blue Line Pro's SKETCH MAGAZINE #14."Neil has worked on all kinds of projects. He has done comics, novels, children's books, short stories, TV programs and movies. You name it; he has done it and done it like no one else. I...

Neil Gaiman's DEATH Adaptation Update
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 10-26-2007)

While talking to actress Selma Blair and Guillermo del Toro on the set of HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY, Superhero Hype had a chance to catch up with them on the possible adaptation of Neil Gaiman's DEATH: THE HIGH COST OF LIVING. Thespian Selma Blair has a...

Gaiman over McFarlane
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 10-08-2002)

Neil Gaiman said that he was "hugely appreciative" of the jury's decision in last weekend's victory over Spawn creator Todd McFarlane in federal court in Wisconsin.Gaiman won his federal court suit against McFarlane and his companies. The case centered on...


Gaiman returns to the House of Ideas
by Eric Moro (Wed 10-24-2001)

Marvel Comics has announced today that it will be developing a new project in conjunction with critically acclaimed author Neil Gaiman. The as-of-yet unnamed title, currently under development by both Gaiman and Editor in Chief Joe Quesada and scheduled f...

A Gathering For Gaiman (Part One)
by Steve Fritz (Tue 06-26-2001)

...se writer Neil Gaiman.However, what stuns the bookstore employee is not the overwhelming number of fans in attendance, but rather Gaiman's nonchalant attitude toward the accumulating masses. After all, a turnout of this magnitude qualifies as an averag...

Gaiman Unveils First Look of CORALINE
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 12-24-2007)

 Neil Gaiman has unveiled a new sneak peak of the animated adaptation of CORALINE. The author has it up at his official website. The film, directed by Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas), stars Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Dawn French, Jen...

G.I. Joe, Gaiman, & a Random Rant
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 11-21-2006)

...y.  Neil Gaiman fans will want to check out Darrell Schweitzer’s in-depth breakdown of The Sandman, American Gods, and Coraline in The Neil Gaiman Reader and Star Trek fiction fans won’t want to miss the newest installment of the ...


A Gathering For Gaiman (Part Two)
by Steve Fritz (Thu 06-28-2001)

...ceived by Neil Gaiman © DC Comics "I'm pleased to say production is going full bore on this one," says Gaiman. "For a while, I wasn't sure what was going to happen as Sony Sunbow had been sold. The series is now being called ME AND MY BIG IDEAS, ...

Gaiman, Avery Dive Into BLACK HOLE
by News Editor (Wed 03-08-2006)

Roger Avery and Neil Gaiman are writing the horror romance BLACK HOLE for Paramount Pictures. The script is based on a 12-issue comic book written and illustrated by Charles Burns. The story follows a group of high school students whose lives are altered ...

Comic legend Gaiman sues comic legend McFarlane, Image comics
by Christopher Allan Smith (Mon 01-28-2002)

Comic book legend Neil Gaiman (SANDMAN, the novel AMERICAN GODS), has filed a lawsuit against comic legend Todd McFarlane (SPAWN, founder of Image Comics).The suit, according to what Gaiman's spokesperson told SciFi Wire, centers on Image Comic's unauthor...

GREEN LANTERN/SUPERMAN: LEGEND OF THE GREEN FLAME
by Jason Henderson (Wed 11-22-2000)

The genius of Neil Gaiman lies in his freshness of vision, in the beauty and cleverness he coaxes out of everyday comics subjects. In Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame, Gaiman shows us what it would be like to tag along with the titular he...


Gaiman's Endless Inspiration
by Cindy White (Mon 05-27-2002)

Most writers spend their entire careers honing their talents in just one medium, be it novels or screenplays or comic books. Neil Gaiman is not like most writers. After achieving rare critical and commercial success with his DC comic book series SANDMAN,...

The Wizard Explored
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 05-01-2007)

Penguin Group USA unveils a powerful new anthology on hardcover featuring fantasy’s most prestigious character archetypes: the almighty, all-ass-kicking wizard. Neil Gaiman, Kage Baker, Orson Scott Card, and many other established fantasy authors ro...

SANDMAN: THE DREAM HUNTERS
by Jason Henderson (Wed 01-03-2001)

...ng.Writer Neil Gaiman and artist Yoshitako Amano`s Sandman: The Dream Hunters begins as a wager between a fox and a badger high in the mountains of Japan, near a lonely temple attended by a serene young monk. The male badger and female fox bet that who...

THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS
by Tony Whitt (Wed 09-01-2004)

In his introduction to THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS, Neil Gaiman says that, after the original run of the series was over, people would always ask him if he'd ever write about the Endless again. His answer was always, "One day." And as he puts it, "This vo...


THE SANDMAN COMPANION
by Jason Henderson (Wed 01-10-2001)

Neil Gaiman is one of those creators—like Dave Sim of Cerebus fame, who with apparent effortlessness can bring comic writing to entirely new levels. The difference between the pair is that where Sim has spent his career chronicling every single thought of...

2004 Eisner Awards nominees announced
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 04-08-2004)

...ons each: Neil Gaiman's THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS graphic novel, the LITTLE LIT anthology edited by art spiegelman and Francoise Mouly, and THE GOON, created by Eric Powell.Here's the list of the 16th Annual Eisner Award Nominees (all for 2003 public...

Meow Invasion for HELLBOY 2
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 07-04-2007)

This has to be one of the strangest movie updates I've seen in a while. Neil Gaiman's daughter Maddy (When in doubt, use your daughter to give movie updates, Neil!) to give an update on HELLBOY 2:THE GOLDEN ARMY. In a post over at Neil Gaiman's official b...

Comicscape: The Dreaded Comic-Con Recap
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 07-30-2008)

... 1. Neil Gaiman and Adam Kubert on Batman   It may only be for one month and it may only be for two issues, but one of comics’ finest writers will bring us Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? in January, alongside his amazing co...


Comicscape - September 29, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 09-29-2004)

...SANDMAN. Neil Gaiman is by far my favorite author, and the amazing detail, history and mythos he built around those characters, as well as the incredibly literate and well-crafted stories he wrote for them, just made it a fantastic read. I came to th...

Vertigo offers readers a cheap FIRST TASTE
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 01-12-2005)

...e way for Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN and Grant Morrison's DOOM PATROL series.The six books in VERTIGO: FIRST TASTE include:100 BULLETS #1, written by Brian Azzarello with art by Eduardo Risso.THE BOOKS OF MAGIC: LIFE DURING WARTIME #1, plotted by Neil Gaima...

STARDUST…Is this movie still coming out?
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 06-12-2007)

...ersion of Neil Gaiman’s Stardust.   Hello fellow Maniac readers and welcome to the June 12th Weekly Book Buzz. As summer begins to heat up the season’s movie blockbusters have begun to flood the silver screen. I must say, however, th...

Comicscape - July 28, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 07-28-2004)

...S NIGHTS (Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean, P. Craig Russell, Miguelanxo Prado, Barron Storey, Frank Quitely, Glenn Fabry, Milo Manara, and Bill Sienkiewicz; co-edited by Karen Berger and Shelly Bond, from Vertigo/DC).Who Got It:THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS (Ne...


Official Comic Con Schedule
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 07-09-2007)

... Favreau, Neil Gaiman, Roger Avary, and SNL's Andy Samberg. Hall H3:45-5:15 Lionsgate—Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Lionsgate’s biggest upcoming releases. First up, Jessica Alba (Fantastic Four), Dane Cook (Employee of the Mont...

American Gods
by Tony Whitt (Mon 06-25-2001)

The latest novel from SANDMAN and NEVERWHERE author Neil Gaiman answers an interesting question: When immigrants bring their own religions to America and then cease to believe in their gods, what happens to the gods themselves? The story centers on an ex...

(AFTER) LIFE IN GOTHLAND #1-5
by Andy Hershberger (Tue 11-06-2001)

It's never a good sign when a comic has the author's resume on the inside flap, but when the resume includes work with Neil Gaiman on a little-known title called THE SANDMAN, why not tell the world? Author/illustrator/goth Shea Anton Pensa has worked with...

Oh GODS!
by Chris Wyatt (Mon 12-03-2001)

According to author Neil Gaiman, there are only two kinds of writers: those who admit to anxiously checking the "readers comments" section of Amazon.com, and "those who lie."Before his novel AMERICAN GODS hit the stands, Gaiman was concerned about the kin...


SEPTEMBER 11 Volumes
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 12-12-2001)

... story by Neil Gaiman and Chris Bachalo; a new Krypto story by Jeph Loeb, Carlos Pacheco and Jesus Marino; a story of London during the Blitz by noted science-fiction/fantasy author Michael Moorcock and artists Walter Simonson and Bob Wiacek; and the r...

ELEKTRA & WOLVERINE: THE REDEEMER #1 (of 3)
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Fri 12-14-2001)

...ed scribe Neil Gaiman on the prestige one-shot, THE SANDMAN: THE DREAM HUNTERS, THE REDEEMER is an illustrated prose adventure that brings together two of fandom's favorite anti-heroes even as it forges a new path for comic book storytelling.Elektra ha...

PRINCESS MONONOKE on Disc
by Mike O'Connell (Wed 12-20-2000)

...Sandman`s Neil Gaiman and an all-star cast that included Gillian Anderson, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Minnie Driver, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Billy Bob Thornton. Released through Disney`s art house arm Miramax, the Americanized Mononoke was well receiv...

DC's Evolving Vertigo
by Rob Allstetter (Thu 02-21-2002)

...dcover by Neil Gaiman and various artists, including Milo Manara, Prado, Bill Sienkiewicz, P. Craig Russell, Tanino Liberatore, and Storey. ORBITER by Warren Ellis and Colleen Doran, about a mysterious space shuttle that returns to Earth 10 years late ...


San Diego Comic Con Update: The Eisner Awards
by Matthew F. Saunders (Sat 07-22-2000)

...unters by Neil Gaiman and Yoshitaka Amano (Vertigo/DC) Other Nominees: The Art of Nick Cardy by John Coates (Coates Publishing) From Girls to Grrrlz by Trina Robbins (Chronicle Books) Art Spiegelman—Comix , Essays, Graphics and Scraps, designed by Raw ...

Two Publishers Unite for SEPTEMBER 11
by Eric Moro & Arnold T. Blumberg (Mon 11-19-2001)

...to Ramos, Neil Gaiman, Chris Bachalo, Jeph Loeb, Carlos Pacheco, Neal Adams, Glenn Fabry, Richard Corben, Brian Stelfreeze, Dave Gibbons, Phil Jimenez. Alex Ross provides the cover illustration, and Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson will contribute a spec...

SUPREME collection announced
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 08-30-2002)

...e Barker, Neil Gaiman and Chuck Dixon already, and this just rounds out a tremendous first year for Checker." Earlier this week, Checker announced a November publication of ALIEN LEGION: PIECEMAKER, a 212-page trade paperback. This is Checker's second...

Comicscape - September 3, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 09-03-2003)

...Ennis and Neil Gaiman fans - but no one ever tried to do a PREACHER or SANDMAN movie, did they? (Or maybe they did - I'm sure you vigilant fans will let me know.) In any case, Dewey's right: this may well be the best title on the stands - or at least, ...


Comicscape - September 17, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 09-17-2003)

...nd even a Neil Gaiman hardcover in the form of THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS! This last one retails for $24.95 and features the art of P. Craig Russell, Milo Manara, Bill Sienkiewicz, Miguelanxo Prado, Barron Storey, Glenn Fabry, Frank Quitely, and Dave ...

Sony's animation department announces future lineup
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 05-09-2003)

...ritten by Neil Gaiman (PRINCESS MONONOKE). Roger Allers and Brenda Chapman will direct TAM LIN. Both teamed up on the Disney features BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, THE LITTLE MERMAID and THE LION KING.The children's book CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS is ...

BRUTAL PLANET: Alice Cooper
by Steve Biodrowski (Sat 07-08-2000)

...ritten by Neil Gaiman, centered on a single young boy). For the follow-up (not a sequel exactly, though there is some thematic continuity), Cooper opens his sights wide; as the album title implies, he looks at the world as a whole, and what he sees is ...

JUST IMAGINE STAN LEE'S SANDMAN
by Tony Whitt (Fri 07-12-2002)

... hands of Neil Gaiman), Lee has wisely borrowed very little from either version and has gone in a new direction - a new direction, however, which still borrows from one of his oldest creations...A mysterious plague called the Sleeping Death has struck ...


New Vertigo Projects
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 08-09-2002)

...ritten by Neil Gaiman, includes Moebius illustrating a tale of Destiny, Milo Manara on Desire, P.Craig Russell on Death, Gaetano Liberatore on Destruction, Barron Storey on Despair, Miguelanxo Pardo on Sandman, plus a cover by Dave McKean. Questions? C...

Writer-Producer David Goyer on BLADE 2
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Additional reporting by Eric Moro) (Tue 03-19-2002)

...tion of a Neil Gaiman short story titled "Murder Mysteries," which first appeared in the anthology, SMOKE AND MIRRORS. Blade (Wesley Snipes, foreground) being stalked by Reapers in BLADE II © 2002 New Line Productions "It's about the first ...

Jonathan Clements Interview, Part 3
by Paul Jacques (Fri 02-04-2005)

...now, when Neil Gaiman earns big money on Princess Mononoke, he’s getting a perfectly normal rate in the real film business. But some anime and manga companies think they’re doing you a favour by letting you near a manga. The reason you have...

ENCHANTED Continues Victory Dance
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sun 12-02-2007)

... novel by Neil Gaiman, fared a little better for Paramount but still ended up a disappointment at the box office. The film opened up in 2,540 theaters on August 10, 2007 and only brought in 9.1 million in its debut. It would go on to gross 38.3 million...


STARDUST
by Robert T. Trate (Mon 12-17-2007)

...ok legend Neil Gaiman, but I am sure ‘Stardust’ isn't on every book shelf in America, like the book about “the boy who lived” is.  This, to me, is what made ‘Stardust’ so appealing.  It was fresh and new.&n...

BEOWULF Slays IMAX Records
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 11-20-2007)

...na Jolie. Neil Gaiman (MirrorMask, the graphic novel Sandman) and Roger Avary (Pulp Fiction) adapted the legend for the screen.

Inside Star Trek Academy
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 10-15-2007)

...e Barker, Neil Gaiman, Whitley Strieber, and last but certainly not least, Stephen King—American readers of vampire fiction will be thrilled! It is autumn 1981 when the inconceivable comes to Blackeberg, a suburb in Sweden. The body of a teenage ...

Comicscape - November 12, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-12-2003)

...show that Neil Gaiman is not completely infallible. Won't keep it from selling out again, of LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #173. © DC Comics course.If that doesn't satisfy your taste for minis, there's also DEMON: DRIVEN OUT #3 (Of 6) and DOC...


Potterverse Threatened
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 04-21-2008)

...lip;as if Neil Gaiman had written it… A man comes round on the floor of a shabby flat in the middle of Budapest. His head is glued to the floorboards with his own blood. There's a fortune in cash on the kitchen table. And he has no idea where, o...

Weekly Book Buzz: Erotic Fantasy Art
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 05-05-2008)

...s include Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Hand, and Gene Wolfe. Guardians of Eternity: Darkness Everlasting, Alexander Ivy (Zebra Books) Blood Bank, Tanya Huff (DAW) Bound to Love Her, Erin Rose (Zebra Books) Warhammer, The Von Carstein Trilogy: Vam...

Book Buzz: Hugo Winners Announced
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 08-11-2008)

... novel by Neil Gaiman Illustrated by Charles Vess Directed by Matthew Vaughn (Paramount Pictures)   Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who “Blink” Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Hettie Macdonald (BBC)   Best ...

Genre Fiction in the '90s: Looking Backwards
by Denise Dumars (Wed 02-09-2000)

...hors like Neil Gaiman, who managed to take the tropes of fantasy and make them fresh and new in books like NEVERWHERE and STARDUST. And much to everyone`s delight, Peter S. Beagle was writing again, garnering kudos for THE INNKEEPER`S SONG and THE UNIC...


Princess Mononoke (Thu 01-10-2002)

...ctors and Neil Gaiman. They basically just praise Miyazaki and how the animation looks so cool. The only good part was when they shoved a clip where the film still are drawn at Studio Ghibli. The trailer is different from the original English trailer t...

RUNAWAYS #30
by Kurt Amacker (Sun 07-13-2008)

...p;And, as Neil Gaiman did in Marvel’s 1602, Whedon recasts a few Marvel heroes for the time. The Punisher’s 1907 counterpart, the Adjudicator, is always a hilarious pleasure to watch.    Whedon really pulled this one off in...

Graphic Novel Review of Coraline
by Tim Janson (Sun 07-06-2008)

There are comic writers, and good comic writers, and then there are a select few in an elite class who are simply head and shoulders above the rest. They are like LeBron James playing basketball with guys from a YMCA league. One of these is Neil...

POKEMON in the U.K., But Not PRINCESS MONONOKE
by Andrew Osmond (Thu 04-13-2000)

...sy writer Neil Gaiman (Sandman) to do an English script, dubbed the voices with Claire Danes, Billy Crudup, Gillian Anderson and Minnie Driver, and released the film in America with a PG-13 certificate, previously reserved for the likes of Beavis and B...


DreamWorks Will Travel to Gaiman's INTERWORLD
by News Editor (Mon 06-18-2007)

Neil Gaiman announced on his website this past weekend that DreamWorks Animation has picked up the rights to INTERWORLD, which he wrote with Michael Reaves. Gaiman notes it was an idea they started to developing together back in 1996.  The stor...

New Red Band BEOWULF Trailer
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 08-24-2007)

A new redband restricted trailer of Robert Zemeckis' BEOWULF has appeared online over at Paramount's official site for the adaptation. This version of the classic tale was scripted by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary(Pulp Fiction) while director Zemeckis used ...

New BEOWULF Trailer Online
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 09-20-2007)

.... Scribes Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary handled the screen play for director Robert Zemeckis. To see the new trailer, click here. BEOWULF hits IMAX & standard theaters November 16, 2007.

SUPERBAD Geeks Laugh at Competition
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sun 08-19-2007)

...i author, Neil Gaiman, pulled in only 5.2 million in its second weekend of release. Over the first two weeks, it has only 19.0 mil in total domestic receipts. With a budget of 70 mil, it still has a ways to go for Paramount.   Following behind i...


Slade to Helm Gaiman's NEVERWHERE
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 08-13-2007)

This should please fans of author Neil Gaiman even a day after STARDUST opened to less then stellar box office numbers. Gaiman has revealed that director David Slade (30 Days of Night, Hard Candy) will helm the next adaptation of his work, NEVERWHERE...

Apatow Scores Again with SUPERBAD
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sun 08-26-2007)

...tation of Neil Gaiman has pulled in only 26.4 million. This film has a long way to go before it can be considered anything but a miss and perhaps it will never get there. Sometimes, misses happen through no fault of the source material or film itself b...

New International BEOWULF Trailer
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 10-02-2007)

.... Scribes Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary adapted the screenplay for director Zemeckis. To see the new trailer, click here. BEOWULF hits standard theaters & IMAX on November 16, 2007.

BEE MOVIE Stings The Competition
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sun 11-11-2007)

...Avary and Neil Gaiman, it still has the coveted PG-13 rating which will point to the clear choice for the teen market.   On the other side of the coin, Fox is releasing their Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium at the same time. This one has an...


Anime on DVD: Princess Mononoke (-)

Princess Mononoke Until "Titanic" arrived, Princess Mononoke was the highest grossing film in Japan. This fact may startle US readers, considering that the highest grossing animated film in the US, "The Lion King", only did half the...

Hideyuki Kikuchi Celebrates Birthday at NY Anime Festival!
by Chris Beveridge (Mon 07-21-2008)

...ated with Neil Gaiman to make the award-winning graphic novel Sandman: The Dream Hunters, and partnered with video game studio Squaresoft to create the look and feel for the company's flagship Final Fantasy series.  Mr. Amano has worked with media...

YOSHITAKA AMANO AT NYAF (Thu 06-26-2008)

...ated with Neil Gaiman to make the award-winning graphic novel Sandman: The Dream Hunters, and partnered with video game studio Squaresoft to create the look and feel for the company's flagship Final Fantasy series. Mr. Amano has worked with media incl...

Mean and Green: Comicscape Reviews The Incredible Hulk
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-18-2008)

...ernals By Neil Gaiman TP $24.99 Ben:Somewhat interesting story written by an industry newcomer. Kurt: Yeah, no kidding, right? This guy just came out of nowhere. Ghost Rider #24 $2.99 Ben:If this was a dog I wouldn’t feed it to my food....


Cylons in America
by Pat Ferrara, Columnist (Mon 01-28-2008)

...as Adams, Neil Gaiman and Ian Stewart, feature in articles discussing contemporary influences, and plentiful information about the fascinating peripheral detail of audio editions, radio broadcasts, TV adaptations and film scripts enhance the fun. A Com...

Exploding Heads: My Thoughts on 52
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-23-2007)

...ritten by Neil Gaiman, I avoided this like the plague. Marvel Adventures Iron Man #1 $2.99 Marvel Spotlight Fantastic Four Silver Surfer $2.99 Ben: Silver Surfer? Why would they be doing a Silver Surfer spotlight? Kurt: For anyone unaware, the Spotligh...

"Stardust" Trailer Online
by Karl Schneider (Sat 03-17-2007)

The trailer for the upcoming Matthew Vaughn film, Stardust, has made it's way online.You can find it here.The film, based on the best-selling graphic novel by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess, takes audiences on an adventure that begins in a village in Englan...

MIRRORMASK trailer reflected online
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 10-05-2004)

The trailer for MIRRORMASK, the fantasy adventure film from Sony Pictures and the minds of SANDMAN creators Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, has gone live. Acessable through the Sony website, click on the "Previews and Clips" button and then select your prefe...


Comicscape January 26, 2005
by Tony Whitt (Wed 01-26-2005)

...ng before Neil Gaiman told those beautifully lengthy stories in THE SANDMAN, and whether it's for good or for ill I can't really say yet. Seeing all those trades out there is pretty annoying, though. And that brings me to the next disturbing trend...TH...

Comicscape - July 14, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 07-14-2004)

...lotted by Neil Gaiman and British TV writer Si Spencer, which also features a painted cover by Quitely (and, sadly, internal art by someone else). Oh, yeah, FABLES #27 features a lot of death and carnage after the events of last issue, but sadly, neith...

PREVIEW: LUCIFER #50
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 05-19-2004)

Arriving in comic book shops today is LUCIFER #50, an extra-sized special edition of DC Comics/Vertigo's tale of the first fallen angel. First introduced in the pages of THE SANDMAN by writer Neil Gaiman, Lucifer was the most powerful and brighest of ange...

Comicscape - March 3, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 03-03-2004)

...to you by Neil Gaiman but good to read nonetheless; and MY FAITH IN FRANKIE #3 (Of 4), brought to you by Mike Carey, Sonny Liew, and Marc Hempel, about whom I have nothing remotely amusing to say. ("And this is different how, Tony?" you ask. Thanks, gu...


Hellblazing Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 03-03-2005)

...ng author Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Neverwhere). Also in the works fro LLL: Richard Gibb's beautiful score to the drama BOOK OF STARS, Jesper Kyd's sensational scores to the videogames HITMAN 1 & 2, and Brian Tyler's score for the uniquely quirky fanta...

Comicscape - June 29, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-29-2005)

... out that Neil Gaiman wrote NEVERWHERE as a television miniseries before the novel, though the latter was written during the filming of the former. Thanks, Lance.DARK HORSEBILLY THE KIDS OLD TIME ODDITIES #3 (OF 4) $2.99Al: A whole book about Kurt's fa...

Look ahead to 2007
by Brian Thomas (Tue 01-02-2007)

...script by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avery.  Big Bosoms and Square Jaws – Rob Cohen’s biopic of Russ Meyer.   Blood and Chocolate (MGM) Werewolf romance.   Day of the Dead (Warner Bros.) Steve Miner’s zombie remake.   D...

Look Ahead: Part 2
by Brian Thomas (Tue 01-09-2007)

...ed on the Neil Gaiman fantasy novel in which a young man goes on a quest inside a bordering magical realm. Sounds trite, but they lured Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer into it.  Starship Troopers 3 (Sony) Casper Van Dien is back as Johnny ...


Enraptured
by Matt Kamen (Mon 09-18-2006)

...e Barker, Neil Gaiman, Raymond Feist, Juliet McKenna and Ramsey Campbell. Last minute tickets should still be available but act fast if you do want to attend. Expo Expands again The organizers of the London Expo have added a couple more guests to their...

Beowulf
by Karl Schneider (Mon 07-31-2006)

...roducer), Neil Gaiman (Screenplay), Roger Avary (Screenplay), Steve Bing (Producer), Jack Rapke (Producer), Stever Starkey (Producer)Release Date: November 16, 2007Premise: The Scandinavian warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who ...

Clips: CHICKEN LITTLE, WALLACE & GROMIT, and more
by News Editor (Fri 10-07-2005)

...itings of Neil Gaiman, hits the big screen soon. See an exclusive clip here: www.aoltrack.com/r/a31b2b250dd22677960fd177a6fd8fe6/  

Comicscape - January 14, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 01-14-2004)

...t of book Neil Gaiman might have written, but he's off doing wonderful things such as MARVEL: 1602 #6 (Of 8), which of course we know nothing else about. Will someone remind me to renew my subscription to PREVIEWS, please?Speaking of wonderful things a...


Comicscape - August 4, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 08-04-2004)

...uding the Neil Gaiman/Si Spencer co-plotted THE BOOKS OF MAGICK: LIFE DURING WARTIME #2; the LUCIFER: MANSIONS OF THE SILENCE trade paperback for $14.95, collecting #s #36-41; SWAMP THING #6, for the tree hugger in you; the TRANSMETROPOLITAN: TALES OF ...

Zemeckis to direct BEOWULF
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 01-21-2005)

Director Robert Zemeckis (THE POLAR EXPRESS, BACK TO THE FUTURE) will helm a new remake of the epic tale of BEOWULF from a script by Neil Gaiman (PRINCESS MONONOKE) and Roger Avary (PULP FICTION). Zemeckis will produce the motion picture alongside Steve S...

Comicscape - May 3, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-03-2006)

...#138 $2.25Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere #7 (of 9) $2.99Al: I know the girls love you and all, Neil, but you can't just go making words up willy-nilly.Kurt: Dude, he's Neil Gaiman. He can run for freakin' president if he wants. It doesn't matter that he's no...

New Line discovers DEATH
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 07-23-2004)

New Line Cinema is the new rights holder for Neil Gaiman's DEATH: THE HIGH COST OF LIVING comic book mini-series. To make it a little less wordy to say, the movie adaptation of the Vertigo series has been retitled DEATH'S DAY. Creator Neil Gaiman adapted ...


SANDMAN convention adds guests
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 06-22-2004)

Calling all fans of Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN: the character's creator and four VIPs from the award-winning comic book series will be in attendance this fall at a convention held in honor of Gaiman's Shaper of Dreams.Fiddler's Green: A Sandman Convention is t...

Hugo Fulfills Gaiman's Childhood Dream
by Chris Wyatt (Mon 09-02-2002)

Neil Gaiman, who took home the Best Novel Hugo last night for his book AMERICAN GODS, was beaming with joy while accepting the honor. "When I was 14 there were three things that I wanted," explained Gaiman. "I wanted heat vision. I wanted to work up the n...

Comicscape - November 19, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-19-2003)

... original Neil Gaiman SANDMAN series, for Action Comics #1 - the book that started it all. © DC instance, is readily available on-line, but DC also continues to make money from that same series through the sale of both hardback and trade p...

New Releases from Cruxshadows Due Sept 5th
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 07-22-2006)

...-released Neil Gaiman compilation, Where's Neil When You Need Him More information on this disc, which also contains exclusive tracks from Tori Amos, Voltaire, Rasputina and others, is available at www.isotank.comOfficial site: www.cruxshadows.com Ci...


Gordon Lee and the CBLDF Win
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 04-23-2008)

...ning with Neil Gaiman,” the lauded writer took the stage and announced that the charges against Lee had been dropped.[1] Though the logistics of the judge’s decision remain unclear as of this week’s Comicscape, it should hearten ...

Offbeat Observations
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-15-2007)

...quo;s not Neil Gaiman, though I certainly admire him. You’ll just have to wait and see.   The Spinner Rack By Ben “Super-Awesome” Johnson and Kurt Amacker   Ben: DC continues its decline as this week Archie and Jug...

Keeping Up with Goyer
by Eric Moro (Thu 01-17-2002)

...on of the Neil Gaiman short story MURDER MYSTERIES. Set during the final days of the Earth's creation, the film tells the story of the first crime ever committed in Heaven the murder of an angel to be exact. Raguel, the Angel of Vengeance, is called u...

The Making of PRINCESS MONONOKE
by Andrew Osmond (Thu 11-04-1999)

...dapted by Neil Gaiman (creator of the seminal comic book SANDMAN), the U.S. version includes the voice talents of Claire Danes, Billy Crudup, Gillian Anderson and Minnie Driver. Despite the title, the film is really the story of Ashitaka, a young princ...


PRINCESS MONONOKE: The New Standard in Animation
by Steve Biodrowski (Fri 10-29-1999)

...ents, but Neil Gaiman’s English-language script effectively captures the flavor of the original. Having seen the subtitled version, I can attest that little if anything has been lost in the dubbing. In fact, the English dialogue even effectively clarif...

Two Genre Stories Eyed by Laika
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 06-24-2008)

...on of the Neil Gaiman novel.To check out the first teaser, click here.Plot Summary: A high-definition stop-motion animated feature – the first to be originally filmed in 3-D – with spectacular CG effects, based on Neil Gaiman's internationa...

GLAMOUR AND DAMNATION
by Chris Wyatt (Wed 10-31-2001)

...d imagine Neil Gaiman writing if he were to do a book of poetry. But on second thought, I believe it would be more like if Neil Gaiman's fictional character Sandman were to do a book of poetryheady, macabre, tragic and gloriously lost.Sometimes amusing...

STARMAN #80
by Tony Whitt (Fri 07-06-2001)

...ne behind Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN, albeit a following not nearly as vocal or public. At a time when so many comic titles have trouble getting to their fifteenth issue, let alone their fiftieth, it's a miracle that such an unassuming series as STARMAN mad...


Eisner Award winners announced
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 07-26-2004)

...eath," by Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell, in THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS (Vertigo/DC)Best Single IssueCONAN THE LEGEND #0, by Kurt Busiek and Cary Nord (Dark Horse) and THE GOON #1, by Eric Powell (Dark Horse)Best Serialized StoryGOTHAM CENTRAL #6-10...

Comicscape - February 8, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 02-08-2006)

...er way to Neil Gaiman and instantly liked it too. I dunno what it is, but chicks dig this stuff. The series is over, but there are approximately eight million easily-obtainable trades.Although this is gonna seem fairly obvious, it's also timely: This w...

Comicscape - March 31, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 03-31-2004)

...MAN: As a Neil Gaiman nut, I'd love to see any of his novels as a movie (hello, AMERICAN GODS), but as much as I'd love to see SANDMAN on screen, it would get butchered. There's no way anyone can convey the meaning and complexity of his stories, becau...

Comicscape - August 6, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 08-06-2003)

...nows what Neil Gaiman's new series for Marvel 1602 is about? Who cares - it's Neil Gaiman, isn't it? That should be more than enough for anybody...and judging from Gaiman's coy description on the Marvel website, he seems to think so, too. God, I hate i...


The First New York Anime Film Festival
by Steve Fritz (Thu 10-19-2000)

...d of his, Neil Gaiman. It soon became apparent that a lot of anime lovers also read Gaiman`s Sandman series; the Fest`s organizers had to set up a special table for fans to get autographs from both artists. The line easily went over 200 fans, and this ...

UK’s TORCHWOOD blazes into bookshelves
by Karl Schneider (Tue 01-16-2007)

...uthors as Neil Gaiman, Gene Wolf, and Joe Haldeman. Also coming out today is a new hardcover, collectible boxed set for R.A. Salvatore’s first three books of The Legend of Drizzt series, Homeland, Exile, and Sojourn, complete with new binding ...

Taking the Good with the Bad: My Thoughts on Spider-Man 3
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-09-2007)

...ernals By Neil Gaiman HC $29.99   Eternals By Neil Gaiman HC Var Ed $29.99   Ghost Rider #11 $2.99 Ben: You might be able to stay on for 8 seconds, but ectoplasm never comes out. Kurt: And if you’re Al Brown, 8 seconds is all...

Behold the mighty MIRRORMASK
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 08-26-2004)

You can thank Neil Gaiman for delivering the latest tantalizing goodness about his forthcoming movie MIRRORMASK. Directed by Dave McKean (who created the covers for Gaiman's THE SANDMAN series) and written by Gaiman, the Sony Pictures film has received pr...


Comicscape - June 28, 2006
by KURT AMACKER (Wed 06-28-2006)

...rison and Neil Gaiman weave philosophy, religion, and mythology throughout their comics, and they're better for it. "CIVIL WAR is a thinly veiled euphemism for the Patriot Act (and to some extent, the illegal immigrant diversion..oops...I mean, flap) a...

Thompson's manga SANDMAN project
by Rob Allstetter (Thu 07-11-2002)

Jill Thompson is writing and drawing ETERNAL HORIZONS, a 192-page manga-style book featuring Death, Delirium and Despair the female faces on the Endless. The story, from an idea by SANDMAN creator Neil Gaiman, plays off the events from THE SANDMAN: SEAS...

SUPERGIRL: WINGS
by Tony Whitt (Sun 10-21-2001)

...iter like Neil Gaiman, for instance, religion and Christian mythology take on whole new meanings as Gaiman makes us look at them with a new, critical eye. In the hands of J.M. DeMatteis, in this case, it devolves quickly into a comic book version of TO...

Gaiman's Back in Book Stores
by ERIC MORO (Tue 06-19-2001)

Once again, author, screenwriter and comic book scribe Neil Gaiman tackles the seedy underworld of contemporary America. However, this time he does so through the pages of his latest novel AMERICAN GODS. Perhaps best known for his award-winning DC Comics'...


Comicscape - April 14, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 04-14-2004)

...S NIGHTS (Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean, P. Craig Russell, Miguelanxo Prado, Barron Storey, Frank Quitely, Glenn Fabry, Milo Manara, and Bill Sienkiewicz; co-edited by Karen Berger and Shelly Bond, from Vertigo/DC), do you?Best Graphic Album New:This one's...

RISING STARS: J. Michael Straczynski
by James Busbee (Wed 07-19-2000)

...n writer] Neil Gaiman and [Dark Knight Returns and Sin City writer/artist] Frank Miller. Way down the line, you’ll find me,` he says. `I’m grateful for the comparison, but we’ll see where I stand when I’m done with Rising Stars.`Modesty aside, however,...

Darkness Rises Over California
by News Editor (Fri 09-30-2005)

...featuring Neil Gaiman, Poppy Z Brite, and others. Her latest novel is Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Queen of the Slayers. Robert Masello: Prize-winning journalist, TV writer (Charmed, Sliders, Poltergeist: The Legacy) and best-selling author of 16 books, m...

Comicscape - November 16, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 11-16-2005)

...Moore and Neil Gaiman it's enabled, and we've supported them every Wednesday for years. Most titles simply don't merit your time and money. While the same holds true for both prose novels and movies, neither has the same respectability problem experien...


See Your Name in Print
by News Editor (Thu 08-18-2005)

... Roberts, Neil Gaiman, Dave Eggers, Rick Moody, ZZ Packer Click here for more information.

Water, Dark
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 08-11-2005)

...ERWHERE's Neil Gaiman and directed by Dave McKean, also a NEVERWHERE alumni. The film has been described by one review as "ALICE IN WONDERLAND meets WIZARD OF OZ performed by Cirque de Soleil." Composed by saxophonist and composer Iain Ballamy in this ...

Comicscape - August 18, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 08-18-2004)

...is week! Neil Gaiman and Si Spencer's BOOKS OF MAGICK: LIFE DURING WARTIME #2; Peter Milligan's HUMAN TARGET #13; Mike Carey's LUCIFER #53; and there's that crafty Gaiman again, with a trade paperback version of his Eisner-winning SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIG...

ETERNALS
by KURT AMACKER (Fri 06-23-2006)

For sheer quantity, Neil Gaiman pales before Daniel Way, Brian Michael Bendis, or Mark Millar. He just doesn't write many comics these days. But, unlike some writers that crank out comics at the expense of quality, most of Gaiman's projects are worth th...


DC to launch "Minx" comic for girls
by Karl Schneider (Wed 11-29-2006)

...tion with Neil Gaiman on THE SANDMAN: THE KINDLY ONES, as well as his own creations GREGORY, Tug & Buster, and Naked Brain.* CLUBBING (July 2007)A spoiled, rebellious London girl conquers the stuffy English countryside when she solves a murder myst...

WE SHADOWS, Volume One
by Nadia Oxford (Wed 08-08-2007)

...-overdone Neil Gaiman way), as well as a story that runs parallel to Goat's tribulations in the world of faeries.   It's not hard to get lost early in the plot, which is a shame because the writing gets pretty hilarious at times (the self-parod...

RUSH HOUR 3 Kicks the Competition
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sun 08-12-2007)

...on of the Neil Gaiman novel, Stardust, pulled in only 9 million this weekend. Of course, one can note it was released in only 2,540 theaters so it had no shot against the top 3 films but this kind of beginning doesn’t bode well for the movies ove...

COMIC CON 2007 Details Revealed
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sat 07-07-2007)

... Favreau, Neil Gaiman, Roger Avary and SNL's Andy Samberg. Hall H 2:00-3:00 Bongo Comics Sneak Peek—Bongo Comics offers a mouth-watering preview of upcoming projects featuring The Simpsons and Futurama. Managing editor Terry Delegeane and creati...


BEOWULF Battles In 3-D Imax
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sat 06-30-2007)

.... Author Neil Gaiman wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation and Robert Zemeckis is directing it.  

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen on Blu-ray
by John Sinnott (Sun 12-03-2006)

...er being Neil Gaiman.) These movies based on his work, though different in tone and content, do have a few things in common: they are all pretty good films and they are inferior to the original work. This is particularly true of The League of Extra...

THE LIGHT BRIGADE #1
by Tony Whitt (Wed 03-03-2004)

... example, Neil Gaiman posited the existence of a Hell ruled by Lucifer, but he also made it clear that such a place existed because of our own belief in it, and that other deities still existed, albeit in a far more weakened state because they had fewe...

COMIC CON: San Diego programming announced
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 07-12-2004)

...n; writer Neil Gaiman and artist Dave McKean will discuss their new film MIRRORMASK; BATMAN BEGINS star Cillian Murphy and screenwriter David Goyer discuss the new Bats movie; and cast members from the new BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, STARGATE ATLANTIS and LO...


DANCES WITH THE UNDEAD: A Conversation with Kim Newman
by Dan Cziraky (Fri 07-21-2000)

...ONS (with Neil Gaiman), HORROR: 100 BEST BOOKS (with Stephen Jones), NIGHTMARE MOVIES: A CRITICAL HISTORY OF THE HORROR FILM SINCE 1968, WILD WEST MOVIES, and THE BFI COMPANION TO HORROR AND MILLENNIUM MOVIES. He also edited (with Paul J. McAuley) an a...

Comicscape - February 4, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 02-04-2004)

...r besides Neil Gaiman who could get SANDMAN characters right, Bill Willingham. How will you ever afford it Art from JLA #69 © 2002 DC Comics all?Meanwhile, over at Marvel MAX, they're shipping JMS's SUPREME POWER #7, another title that cam...

999: NEW STORIES OF HORROR AND SUSPENSE
by Denise Dumars (Wed 04-26-2000)

... tales by Neil Gaiman and Joyce Carol Oates start out very promisingly, and then just peter out. At every turn in this very long collection, there is a disappointment. So why recommend? Well, here are a few more good stories in addition to Kim Newman`s...

Princess Mononoke
by Jon Turner (Sat 02-16-2002)

...rst-rate. Neil Gaiman's polished adaptation of Miyazaki's script takes occasional liberties and rewords the dialogue, but he still manages to recapture the spirit of the story very well. In addition, the voice cast, which includes Gillian Anderson, Bil...


EuroSpy Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 02-10-2005)

...ng author Neil Gaiman. www.lalalandrecords.comKenji Kawai's (GHOST IN THE SHELL) new live-action score for MAKOTO, will see a soundtrack release in Japan on February 16th. Percepto Record's release of THE GHOST AND MR. CHICKEN, which made by Best of 2...

Altered Carbon
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 03-03-2008)

...r writers Neil Gaiman, Gene Wolf, David Drake, Harry Turtledove, Esther M. Friesner, and more, including Flint and Resnick themselves. The Dragon Done It is an exciting cross-genre volume that both mystery fans and fantasy fans will enjoy. And so will ...

HIGHLANDER THE SERIES: AN EVENING AT JOE'S
by Abbie Bernstein (Tue 09-25-2001)

...ists like Neil Gaiman and P.L. Travers.In an entirely different but equally effective vein, there's "Death Shall Have No Dominion" by F. Braun McAsh, who served as swordmaster on Seasons 3-6 of HIGHLANDER: THE SERIES and HIGHLANDER: ENDGAME. McAsh's re...

DARK CITY on Disc
by John Thonen (Tue 08-22-2000)

...note from Neil Gaiman, writer of the popular `Sandman` comic books, whose fondness for the film, which is clearly comic book oriented in its visual stylings, may engender some fan-boy types, but otherwise has little to offer. Lastly, amongst the secon...


Novelist Brad Meltzer On GREEN ARROW
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 01-30-2002)

...an Moore, Neil Gaiman and Warren Ellis as three of his favorite authors -- is currently on a national book tour for THE MILLIONAIRES."Kevin has injected an amazing level of energy and enthusiasm into a character that was - quite literally - dead, and I...

Take the redpill and read THE MATRIX COMICS
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 10-30-2003)

...perstars: Neil Gaiman, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dave Gibbson, Paul Chadwick, Kilian Plunkett and many more have helped expand the universe of THE MATRIX. Now, in conjunction with the release of the third and final MATRIX film, a special hardcover release of T...

More Joss Whedon/NEW X-MEN speculation
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 01-06-2004)

...02 scribe Neil Gaiman will write NEW X-MEN for six issues each.Gaiman, the writer and co-creator of DC Comics' SANDMAN series, has denied any future involvement with NEW X-MEN. As well, there is a report that Joss Whedon was asked to comment on his pos...

9-11 VOLUMES ONE AND TWO
by Tony Whitt (Sat 03-02-2002)

...Stan Lee, Neil Gaiman, Michael Moorcock, and Joe Kubert, is possibly the strongest section of the entire book. Other notable entries include those by Wil Eisner (the only artist to appear in both books), Darwyn Cooke, Keith Giffen, Dan Jurgens, and Bri...


All Right Allred-y, Part 2
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Mon 04-01-2002)

...t Wagner, Neil Gaiman and Kurt Busiek. Peter seems to have an instinct for what will get me excited and inspired to draw. Getting each new script is like Christmas!"Allred does recognize that X-FORCE allowed him to break into the comic book mainstream,...

Neil Norman and his Cosmic Orchestra
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 09-23-2000)

The theme is a familiar one. The mighty, stalwart chords of brass, the trilling woodwinds, the driving rhythm of the violins, the strident siren of electric guitar… Wait a minute? Electric guitar? What’s that doing in the middle of the STAR WARS theme?...

Neil Young Recovering From Brain Aneurysm
by Randall Larson (Mon 04-11-2005)

Neil Young was treated for a brain aneurysm this week and remains hospitalized, although doctors expect a full recovery, his publicist said Friday. The 59-year-old rocker underwent a procedure to treat it Tuesday night at a New York hospital, where he was...

Punktown and Good Omens are Back to Mix Things UP
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 12-05-2006)

A slew of paperback releases this Tuesday offers everything from cheeky science fiction to dark, genre-crossing fantasy and dragon-riding mayhem (told by both man and mythical beast perspective).  Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s powerhous...


Neil Marshall talks DOOMSDAY
by Karl Schneider (Fri 07-28-2006)

Director Neil Marshall (The Descent) talked to Sci Fi Wire about his upcoming film DOOMSDAY."Doomsday is a futuristic action thriller," Marshall said. "It's about a group of people [who] team together to try to prevent the extinction of the human race. It...

STARDUST
by Rachel Reitsleff (Fri 08-10-2007)

Neil Gaiman’s 1999 novel Stardust was a charming piece of fantasy fiction, told with just the right amount of contemporary humor sprinkled over a once-upon-a-time tale about a young lad from 19th-century England who journeys to an enchanted realm fo...

Neil Jordan to write and direct "Heart-Shaped Box"
by Karl Schneider (Tue 04-03-2007)

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Neil Jordan has signed on to rewrite and direct the upcoming adaptation of the horror novel, Heart-Shaped Box.The book, by author Joe Hill, centers on a rock star obsessed with the occult who buys a suit advertised at ...

Neil Jordan signs on to "Killing on Carnival Row"
by Karl Schneider (Fri 02-23-2007)

According to Variety, New Line has hired Neil Jordan to direct and rewrite the upcoming fantasy film, Killing on Carnival Row.The film is centered on a Victorian city inhabited by humans, faeries, elves and vampires, with a detective pursuing a serial kil...


Fantasy Fiction: Unsuitable for Adults?
by Andrew Osmond (Wed 06-07-2000)

...strand in Neil Gaiman`s Sandman, which incorporates grown-up issues into a Narnia-style scenario. Gaiman also co-wrote Good Omens, with Terry Pratchett, a Dogma-style comedy in which the Antichrist is the spitting image of William Brown, iconic boy reb...

"Eternals"
by Kurt Amacker (Thu 03-08-2007)

...t some of Neil Gaiman’s intentions – an idea present with the Eternals themselves, who serve as the root of so many human mythologies in the Marvel Universe.  When the horde of Deviants show up at Olympia looking for a fight, the r...

Constantine
by Coming Attractions (Mon 03-15-2004)

...ok writer Neil Gaiman has issued his own statement which shoots down the gossip cold. "Oh, it's true that Alan's rejected the money for CONSTANTINE and assigned it to his cocreators, but he's now done that for all films of his and things he's done that...

CORALINE
by Chris Wyatt (Sat 06-15-2002)

Neil Gaiman's AMERICAN GODS was the best genre book of last year. This summer Gaiman's back, not with a GODS follow-up, but rather with a delightfully creepy children's novel called CORALINE. The book's title character is a little girl who moves into a ne...


MERV PUMPKINHEAD: AGENT OF DREAM
by James Busbee (Wed 10-18-2000)

What do our dreams dream? It’s the question at the heart of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, the critically acclaimed Vertigo series from DC Comics. And, in the wake of that completed series, Vertigo creators continue to take cracks at the question in The Sandman P...

Neil Marshall Blogs About DOOMSDAY
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 01-04-2008)

You ever wonder what the hell a writer/director thinks about or experiences while on the set of their films? In today's blogging age, there are plenty of examples so you probably have already found out their personal quirky details, especially i...

Evil Residents of the Twilight Zone
by Brian Thomas (Tue 12-28-2004)

...o) Author Neil Gaiman’s documentary about frequent collaborator artist Bolton. With commentrak, interview, documentary on Gaiman, and more.(O) S.S. HELL CAMP (Media Blasters) 1977 Euro knock-off of ILSA.(O) TERROR TAXI (Media Blasters) Haunted taxi is ...

CONSTANTINE creator rumor debunked
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 03-04-2004)

...ok writer Neil Gaiman has issued his own statement which shoots down the gossip cold. "Oh, it's true that Alan's rejected the money for CONSTANTINE and assigned it to his cocreators, but he's now done that for all films of his and things he's done that...


The “Potterverse” Defined
by Pat Ferarra (Tue 04-03-2007)

...ction by Neil Gaiman.   Karavans, Jennifer Roberson (Penguin Group USA)  The Karavans universe offers a huge cast of characters including humans, demons, gods and demi-gods, wizards, warlocks, diviners, sorcerers—and Things U...

Gaiman's CORALINE coming to theaters?
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 07-31-2002)

Henry Selick has signed on to write the script and direct a film version of comic book legend Neil Gaiman's horror-fantasy novel CORALINE. Selick, most famous for directing THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS beside Tim Burton, will bring the story of a young ...

Mania's Top Maniacal Rumors: Let's Talk War Machines and Wonder Woman
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 05-02-2008)

...oner. Neil Gaiman’s “Death” Adaptation Not Dead After All? Author Neil Gaiman © Rumor: Neil Gaiman’s Death: The High Cost of Living may be still getting a theatrical adaptation, based on what the author had t...

The Books You'll Be Reading This July
by Chris Wyatt (Wed 07-10-2002)

... month... Neil Gaiman's lstest dark fantasy CORALINE. The author's fans are going to love this grotesque children's tale, as well they should. The books is yet another Gaiman masterwork. It's already been selected as a "July featured book" in Barnes an...


1602: NEW WORLD #1
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-10-2005)

Marvel began Neil Gaiman's 1602 miniseries in November of 2003 after months of feverish fan speculation and anticipation. It presented an in-continuity tale of the Marvel Universe unfolding about 300 years too soon. Gaiman wrote exciting takes on severa...

SDCC: The Web Series of Comic-Con
by Rich Kuras (Tue 07-29-2008)

While the bulk of attention at Comic-Con went to big upcoming releases like Wolverine, The Watchmen and Terminator: Salvation, the convention also showcased one of the largest growing media phenomena—the web series or webisode. Viacom, Warner Brothe...

Top Manical Rumors: Tranformers Reborn, Super Girlfriends & Justice Delays
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 06-06-2008)

...tation of Neil Gaiman’s Death comic. Source: Wizard Mania Verdict: TRUE---Blair would know better than anyone that she’s out of the role, having a close working relationship with Del Toro as she says below. "I didn't know [del Tor...

DVD Shopping Bag: DVD Maniac Worthy? Almost
by Robert T. Trate (Tue 07-29-2008)

When Neil Marshall’s unrated Doomsday was half finished I thought this just might be the perfect film for Mania. A Maniac’s delight of science fiction, action and post apocalyptic nightmares. With genre favorite Malcolm McDowell’s openin...


DEATH CURSE OF TARTU / STING OF DEATH
by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Fri 11-16-2001)

This DVD double dose of horror in the Florida Everglades does double duty as a loving tribute to director/writer William Grefe, as damn well it should! (Geez, the way people talk nowadays, you’d think that the only good schlock directors in the ’60s &...

STAR TREK's Tim Russ Records First CD
by Anna L. Kaplan (Fri 03-31-2000)

You’ve heard Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine) sing on STAR TREK: VOYAGER, and you have also heard Robert Picardo (the Doctor) warble. But the VOYAGER cast member about to release his own CD is Tim Russ, who as a the Vulcan Tuvok Vulcan doesn’t seem to get the c...

THE OUTER LIMITS COMPANION
by Frank Garcia (Wed 03-29-2000)

`There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission...` Is anyone out there not familiar with these words, which were first enunciated with kaledioscopic black and white test patterns, s...

SIGNS of FURY and ROMANCE
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 08-21-2002)

This Week’s RecommendationSJames Newton Howard’s third collabor