Sweeney Todd & Other Stories, by Neil Gaiman
Second frame of third section ("Holly's Story", by Holly Gaiman and Michael Zulli):
Another of the Gaiman rarities that I got in a Humble Bundle years ago, and am rapidly clearing from the electronic unread shelves. This has three and a half sections, all illustrated by Michael Zulli:
0) an introduction to the historiography of Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street;
1) the best bit, where Neil Gaiman and artist Dave McKean go looking for the original Temple Bar structure, then located in the grounds of Theobalds Park in Hertfordshire (since then, it has been moved back to London and reassembled near St Paul's Cathedral);
2) "Babycakes", a brief but effective polemic about animal testing;
3) "Holly's Story", text from a dream shared by Gaiman's then five-year-old daughter, which is about as coherent as you would expect (ie not very).
I don't think I'd have paid much money for a paper copy of this, and I don't think I paid much for the electronic copy either. It doesn't seem to be more widely available.
This was the shortest book on my shelves acquired in 2015. Next is (gulp) John L. Wright's Hugo finalist story, One Bright Star to Guide Them.
Another of the Gaiman rarities that I got in a Humble Bundle years ago, and am rapidly clearing from the electronic unread shelves. This has three and a half sections, all illustrated by Michael Zulli:
0) an introduction to the historiography of Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street;
1) the best bit, where Neil Gaiman and artist Dave McKean go looking for the original Temple Bar structure, then located in the grounds of Theobalds Park in Hertfordshire (since then, it has been moved back to London and reassembled near St Paul's Cathedral);
2) "Babycakes", a brief but effective polemic about animal testing;
3) "Holly's Story", text from a dream shared by Gaiman's then five-year-old daughter, which is about as coherent as you would expect (ie not very).
I don't think I'd have paid much money for a paper copy of this, and I don't think I paid much for the electronic copy either. It doesn't seem to be more widely available.
This was the shortest book on my shelves acquired in 2015. Next is (gulp) John L. Wright's Hugo finalist story, One Bright Star to Guide Them.