– for Neil Gaiman fans! Here’s the single most comprehensive, expansive, and exhaustive overview of Neil the man, Neil the writer and his incredible body of work — as a novelist, journalist, poet, song and short story writer, in comics, graphic novels, movies, and more — including a generous bounty of never-before-published and never-before-reprinted treats, and an exclusive, life-and-career-spanning interview with Neil conducted in his own home.
– for Sandman fans!
It’s all here: the origins of the character and series, how Neil came to DC Comics, how Sandman went from being a cult series to the best-selling premiere voyage of the Vertigo line, exclusive interviews with Neil’s artistic collaborators, insights, secrets, connections and so much more! En route, the authors shed light on every shadowy niche and nook of not only Lord Morpheus’s life and times, but the entirety of Gaiman’s comics career — including what Neil hoped to do for his most famous comics creation’s 20th Anniversary, and why it doesn’t exist!
– for Miracleman/Marvelman fans!
Prince of Stories features the most up-to-date, complete and detailed overview of not only Neil and Marc Buckingham’s unique run on the never-reprinted (and likely not to be reprinted anytime soon) Miracleman, but the entire tangled Marvelman/Miracleman saga, from Mick Anglo’s 1954 launch of the character(s) to Alan Moore’s seminal 1980s reinvention of the hero and the genre, and Todd McFarlane’s 1990s intrusion into this history — without Todd having drawn a single line or written a single word of Miracleman! This book makes sense of this convoluted chapter in contemporary comics history, and also illuminates the further complications of the Gaiman vs. McFarlane Angela lawsuit, trial, verdict and consequences. It’s all here!
– for Taboo fans!
Here’s the inside scoop on Neil’s and Michael Zulli’s Sweeney Todd, on the first-ever comic by Neil’s daughter Holly (also delineated by Michael Zulli), on what did and didn’t happen — and why — and the first-ever reprint anywhere of the long-out-of-print Gaiman Taboo 6 story “Blood Monster”, illustrated by Marlene O’Connor, presented complete and restored (supervised by artist O’Connor)!
– for Stardust fans!
Here’s the story behind Neil’s and Charles Vess’s fantasy masterpiece, including Charles Vess’s own account of his collaboration with Neil (via an interview exclusive to this book), the many awards it has won (and why no comic or graphic novel will win one such award again), the movie adaptation and how Neil made history by making sure illustrator Vess was given equal co-credit and an equitable share in the film.
And that’s just the tip of the almost-600-page “iceberg”…
This is the perfect companion gift to give with Neil’s latest novel The Graveyard Book!
Now in hardcover, now in bookstores everywhere, or order your copy now from your preferred online venue:








And for Planet of the Apes fans….there’s Timeline of the Planet of the Apes: The Definitive Chronology, by yours truly, now available from Hasslein Books (http://www.hassleinbooks.com).
aprpos of nothing, look who was the guest columnist for my blog! http://rogerowengreen.blogspot.com/2008/11/raoul-by-tom-skulan.html