If you haven’t already seen this video, rush right over here and listen to Neil Gaiman give a commencement address at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia last week. In his inimitably charming manner, Neil advises the new graduates on how to approach a life in the arts. He is wise and he is…
I leaned across the desk and shook his hand. “Congratulations, young man,” I said. “You scored in the ninety seventh percentile on the comic book writing aptitude exam and so you’re my new Batman writer. I’ll need twenty-two pages by the end of the week.” He smiled and left my office. A moment later, I…
As a child growing up, I loved cartoons. At that time (the 1950s and early 1960s), that’s a bit like saying that I loved breathing. There were cartoons on Saturday morning, and cartoons every afternoon. The movie theater near my Grandmother’s house had Saturday matinees that were three hours of cartoons. But I loved comic…
The Science Fiction Writers of America this morning announced the nominations for this year’s Nebula Awards. SFWA members will begin voting on these with the awards announced at the Nebula Weekend, held in Virginia this May. Novel Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor) Embassytown, China Miéville (Macmillan UK; Del Rey; Subterranean Press) Firebird, Jack McDevitt (Ace…
As a nice Jewish girl, I’ve always loved Christmas and Chanukah and Festivus for the rest of us. We lived on a “not quite” cul-de-sac that had an island in the middle of the street. On that island was a huge old fir tree, and every holiday season all the “cul-de-sac’ers” would decorate it for…
Imagine the BBC fifteen years ago, before the current explosion of science fiction and fantasy fare. It was a dowdy set of channels, working on the cheap, and not being necessarily accommodating to the needs of its shows. Instead, they often said we have a hole for X, please take your concept and make it…
Doctor Who, under producer Steven Moffat, feels very different than that of the shows from Russell T. Davies. In some ways, it feels as if Moffat needs to top Davies so we go from the terrifying Weeping Angels to The Silence. And we go younger, with Matt Smith as Eleventh Doctor, the youngest yet. Everything…
RT @Zenbomb: Do you have to laugh/Every time I tell someone/That I am the night? @neilhimself #mynightinhaiku #imbatman # RT @GoChallengersGo: Pretty great @C2E2 wrap-up by @jamesvanosdol http://ow.ly/1scWNf # Lessons for ‘Spider-Man’ From the Campaign Trail – http://ow.ly/4iryw …and from the editorial office as well. # RT @marcbernardin: By the way, Dune is the best…
Round 3 of Mix March Madness, and we’re down to the Sweet 16! Chaaaaaarge! To our left… Evil Atom, Miss Match, Captain Heroic and the cunning corporation known as… Evil Inc.! And to our right… Neil Gaiman says it “grabs you from the first and keeps going… does it with aplomb, with soul and with…
Though a film adaptation hasn’t come to be (and based on the scripts kicking around, that’s a good thing) last September brought word that Neil Gaiman’s comic book series The Sandman might head to television in the form of a series from Warner Bros. and Supernatural creator Eric Kripke. But at a PaleyFest red carpet…
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Congratulations to the happy couple. Neil, to no one’s surprise, wrote it up in his journal. And yes, that’s Batman and Superman looking on approvingly in the background.
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