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Showing posts with label gaiman. Show all posts

Stage Performance of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean's "Mr. Punch"

Rogue Artist Ensemble is currently performing a stage adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean's The Comical Tragedy or Tragical Comedy of Mr. Punch (on sale at Amazon). The LA Times has an interview with the designers and a photo gallery. Comic Book Resources has another photo gallery.

This video features a slideshow of images from the show



And this video features actual footage from the show:



*Buy prints and original art by Dave McKean at eBay.

Desktop Wallpaper: Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book



Made from art found at the upcoming book's official site. You can preorder the book at Amazon.

FYI: Don't buy the Vertigo Tarot Deck

I noticed the latest DC Comics solicitations include a 20th Anniversary Edition of Dave McKean's Vertigo Tarot Deck, to go on sale in November 2008. Tarot? Dave McKean? Sounds really intriguing, right? I bought it years ago (it originally came out in 1995) and resold it not long after. The vast majority of the cards were just really boring to look at. You can see high-res scans of all the cards here.

MP3 Download: Neil Gaiman’s award-winning "A Study in Emerald"

Alluding to both the Sherlock Holmes canon and the Old Ones of the Cthulhu Mythos, this Hugo Award winning short story will delight fans of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.P. Lovecraft, and of course, Neil Gaiman. A Study in Emerald draws listeners in through carefully revealed details as a consulting detective and his narrator friend solve the mystery of a murdered German noble. But with its subtle allusions and surprise ending, this mystery hints that the real fun in solving this case lies in imagining all the details that Gaiman doesn’t reveal, and challenges listeners to be detectives themselves.

Freed download. Via.

MP3 Download: Interview with Neil Gaiman

Rotten Tomatoes:
Neil Gaiman has turned his hand to many things, from journalism to film directing through short stories, comic books and novels - both graphic and regular. He's even been a lyric in a Tori Amos song.

2007 marks a banner year for Gaiman's talents on the big screen, as he's providing the source novel for Matthew Vaughn's Stardust and the screenplay (with Roger Avary) for Robert Zemeckis' Beowulf, while overseeing Henry Selick's translation to screen of his Coraline and preparing to direct the film adaptation of his Death: The High Cost of Living.

His works in print to date include The Sandman, Anansi Boys, Neverwhere and Good Omens. On screen, Neverwhere was adapted from the BBC television series he penned, and in 2005 he wrote MirrorMask with Dave McKean.

And when he's not doing all that he's keeping bees at his Minneapolis home. And, really, you can't go wrong with a beekeeping author.

As part of our ongoing series of Dinner and the Movies conversations - which kicked off with our mammoth chat with Kevin Smith earlier in the year - Rotten Tomatoes took Gaiman for sushi on a recent visit to London and spent ninety minutes in his company learning more about the workings of his mind, and quizzing him on his career past, present and future. Back in June we encouraged you to put your questions to Gaiman, and we represented some of those on your behalf too.

By popular demand we've provided the full version of our chat as an MP3 download for your listening pleasure. For those who prefer your soundbites in text form, we've extracted the juiciest morsels (pardon the pun) which you can find on the pages of this article.

Link. Via Forbidden Planet.