One of the neatest twists during Neil Gaiman’s run on Sandman was Lucifer’s decision, at the end of one storyline, to abandon Hell and take an extended vacation on Earth; author Mike Carey and artist Peter Gross eventually picked up that narrative thread for another DC comic, Lucifer, which ran for six years—I didn’t read

A few weeks ago, I left a post here going on about how I don’t normally read biographies and invited readers to vote on whether I read and reviewed a Stephen King or Neil Gaiman biography. Neil Gaiman’s ‘Prince of Stories’ won the vote so imagine how red my face was when I had a closer look at the book and realised it wasn’t a biography at all, not really. This means that the Stephen Kin...

Last night author Neil Gaiman (pictured, via) won the official Literature category at the Shorty Awards in New York City--the second annual awards ceremony honoring Twitter writers. PRNewser editor Joe Ciarallo covered the event, delivering a report about the festivities on the on the Morning Media Menu. Click here to listen. In addition, some literary Twitter writers won community-nominated award...

Art Adam Crowe offers this timeline of 20th Century Art movements. Fandomania has posted a gallery of Alien fan art gathered from around Deviant Art. Neoseeker has posted a gallery of Mass Effect 2 concept art. Film Interview: In Contention talks with the minds behind Coraline, Neil Gaiman and Henry Selick in separate audio tracks. Check out this awesome Aliens vs ...

Big Novels from Big Authors. A quick note: To those of you who were intrigued by the BBCAA/Neil Gaiman/Twitterverse collaboration a few months ago… a new audiobook is in the works. Yesterday, bestselling author Meg Cabot tweeted the first line: “Every girl at Guru Fashion Agency had an eye on the hot new guy, Jake. So Carly ...

Neil Gaiman confirmed that he's written a Dr. Who episode. Neil Gaiman sent this message to SFX Weekender about winning Best Comic at the SFX Awards the following message: "Over the years SFX, and its readers and their votes in the polls, have always been very kind to me. I thought I'd return the favour with what used to be called, in journalistic circles when I was a boy, a scoop. As an...

When Neil Gaiman spoke at UCLA Live on Thursday night, he got a question about whether he'd ever write a "Dr. Who" episode. There was a burst of applause from fans who had heard rumors that he might -- but...

The author of novels including Coraline and Anansi Boys told fans they could expect to see the episode in early 2011 Neil Gaiman has been picking up literary prizes left, right and centre over the last year, but the fantasy author announced this weekend what could be the biggest honour yet for a long-time fan of Doctor Who: writing an episode of the television series detailing the adventures of th...

Author Neil Gaiman read, riffed and answered audience questions at a nearly sold-out venue Thursday night at UCLA's Royce Hall. The crowd -- 1,500 or so people -- was an eclectic mix of tattooed hipsters, students, white-haired readers and other...

Neil Gaiman Interview Jeffrey Berman interviews Neil Gaiman for The Huffington Post: The first time I met Gaiman was in a little comic shop I used to frequent in Sherman Oaks, California, called Forbidden Planet. "The Sandman" had been in print less than a year and Gaiman was several years off from becoming the superstar he is today. I found him seated alone at the back of the store, making the ro...