Lateness of the comic is my fault(ish)! I got the script to Hawk a little later than I’d have liked, so no ragging on him.
Hawk’s posted our con schedule for July - those conventions are back to back, so things are going to be getting crazy. Come out and see us if you’re of the mind to do so - we always love meeting you guys.
I recently finished reading Neil Gaiman’s Fragile Things, and I had mixed feelings about it. It was alternately really good and a little meh. The thing I like about Gaiman is his ideas; I’ve always been on the fence about his writing style when he’s doing fiction (but that can certainly be attributed to personal taste). As a comics writer he’s fantastic!
I got my parents into Heroes. They’ve managed to watch 19 episodes in 4 days. I’ve created a monster. D: Anyway, they’re rather excited about tonight because they get to finish the series.
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was “A Study in Emerald” any good?
I enjoy his writing for the most part. i finished Anansi Boys recently and just started reading American Gods.
American Gods is great - and A Study in Emerald was great too.
I really liked A Study in Emerald (Lovecraft and Doyl, what can go wrong?) and American Gods is one of my favorite books of all time. If you also like Terry Pratchett, then I recomend Good Omens. A nice book about the End of the Worlde that they wrote together.
Hey A, it’s gerald from last year and the year before. Isn’t that the some hombre that did Watchman? I met/saw Hayden (the cheerleader) from Heroes in Philly at the wizard world tour, i took what feels like 17 pics(maybe 11)of her. as well the Aspen Crew(Micheal Turner) and Brian Micheal Bendis(Ultimate Spiderman,New and Mighty Avengers scribe).
Naw, that was Alan Moore. Sounds like you’re having fun!
can’t wait to see you and Hawk and Connecticon, I have a webcomic coming out soon in August, just getting it ready
If you like Gaiman you might want to have a look at Christoper Moore. They seem to have similar minds although Moore tends to be a little more comic in his plot.
hey, have ever read any of gaiman’s poems? They’re some of the funniest things I have ever heard (we heard him live at a signing and when he was guest at balticon). Also, you mentioned his comics earlier, did you read Sandman? how caught up are you?
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I’ve read all of Sandman! A lot of his other writing too - and the poems in Fragile Things were pretty funny, yeah.
Shining Mask? Please?
I know you’re busy and all but… don’t make me beg. :(
! Hey man! Actually! I’m working on consolidating all the stories I’ve written so far … I’m going to finish them one by one, but I haven’t been posting things.
That makes me happy in my nether region… TMI? :P
It is good to know. I’ve been waiting eagerly, honestly. It is always a joy to find something new posted.
It almost hurts to admit I have the same problem with him, because the work of his that I enjoy I generally feel is brilliant. I remember in a Victorian literature class I was in once, we were covering Blake and his poems and the etchings he did for some of them. Most of his etchings were quite impressive and go together well with his poetry. The Tyger, however, is an interesting exception.
The problem with The Tyger isn’t in the poem. The problem is in the poem the tyger is described as a fierce creature, but if you look at the original plate etching, the tyger looks, well, anything but. (The word goofy comes to mind.) There are apparently a great many theories as to why this is, but my professor ventured the simplest: He screwed it up. It’s simply a very poor etching of a tiger. She then went on to note how scholars sometimes go to great lengths to explain why something is the way it is, seemingly unwilling to accept that an otherwise great figure could have made a mistake.
I worry sometimes my like of his literature is similar. As a comic book and blog writer Neil is wonderful. His work on Princess Mononoke was mostly excellent. His children’s books I have read are of similar quality. Despite how interesting they’ve been, though, his other novels have never really impressed me, but I feel I should like them more than I do. Similarly, I feel almost guilty that I don’t. I feel sometimes there must simply be something I don’t get or some weird quirk in my personal taste to explain it, as I feel unwilling to think that perhaps the books of his I’ve read simply weren’t that good. (or even worse, that he may simply not be very god at writing such things.) I generally use the wide acclaim he receives to justify why this cannot be, but really, I know that’s not being very honest.
I know uts Gaiman, but an awesome Graphic is Arkham Asylum : a Serious place on Serious Earth
Eh, just as long as you keep your parents away from Doctor Who, you should be fine. That’s a beast on its own.
(But, really, folks, “Heroes” is just a bridge to that man on fire. C’mon, Chris Eccleston (Ninth Doctor/Claude) and Eric Roberts (Fourth Master/Thompson)? Next thing you know, John Simm will be cast as the man Molly sees that’s far worse than Sylar. And then there will be Daleks or something.)
I loved Anansi Boys, but disliked Neverwhere so much that it kind of put me off Gaiman’s solo prose. (Though I LOVE Good Omens, which he did with Pratchett).
Heroes is awesome, but Doctor Who still rocks my socks a bit more: it’s the tradition and I guess the sheer homeliness of the plots that makes me happy. He never has a gun, and he solves everything with his brain- and that pleases me.
(Glad to hear you’ll be writing again soon!)