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Saturday of Neil Gaiman Week

| 12. Juni 2010

Well, this is the second to last day of Neil Gaiman Week and it hurts to know that I will not be able at all to fit all the stuff in I originally wanted to do. There is simply too much great stuff around to cover in one week. Oh well, the review of American [...]

Sandman – The Graphic Novel of the Good Times

| 11. Juni 2010

Neil Gaiman’s Sandman is rightly called the “graphic novel that transformed a genre” (see the video in my first entry for Neil Gaiman Week). For me, it is transformative in an additional way. It helped molding the”new me”. I do not recall when and where exactly I first heard of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, it was [...]

Announcing: Neil Gaiman Week

| 26. Mai 2010

The week from June 7th – June 13th will be dedicated to Neil Gaiman and his work. Several reasons: Neil Gaiman is without a doubt one, if not the, most iconic graphic novelist. Sandman, his most widely known work, transformed a whole genre. Stardust, Sandman, the Books of Magic all contain Steampunk elements to a [...]