It was interesting to read Neil Gaiman's biography in the New Yorker. Gaiman is definitely a man who has his hands in every form of media; film, comics, blogs, books... which leaves me wondering more whether or not specific ideas and stories operate better in one media or another, or if it truly is all about execution. There were times I was reading Sandman that I believed it could not be a book, because I was not too attached to the details of the event, and was not given much character insight, or anything that would have left me interested enough in to learn any way that wasn't a quick glance at the page.
The quotes from Gaiman in the article did not help me get a better idea of who he was. I really like his thoughts, they're very clever one-liners, I like the genera he writes in, the macabre Victorian period he draws from and the mythical lore he incorporates. But so far I've only read Sandman and wasn't particularly in love with it.
The most fascinating part of the article was hearing about how Gaiman learned to write comic scripts from Allen Moore. I wonder how that opportunity came about and how long it took to go through the script.
I wonder how he pitched his renovated concept for the Sandman.
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