Second paragraph of third piece ("Jerusalem", a short story):He was glad to be out of it.
A collection of mostly minor stories, essays and speeches by Gaiman, including his first ever fiction publication in Imagine issue 14, which came out in May 1984, so I must have bought it at the time without realising its historical importance. A couple of ( Read more... )

Second frame from third sin ("Sloth", by Neil Gaiman and Bryan Talbot):

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Second frame of third section ("Holly's Story", by Holly Gaiman and Michael Zulli):

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Opening of Act 3:INT. SHERIDAN'S QUARTERS.

Rebo and Zooty and Sheridan and Delenn are having a pleasant time. They're up to dessert, which is fresh kreebish1. Sheridan's link breeps.

CORWIN (V.0.) Can I talk to you privately, Mr. President?

Sheridan stands up.

SHERIDAN (to his guests) I won't be a moment. Enjoy the kreebish.

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Second paragraph of third section of the main essay, Nadine Strossen's address at the International Comics Convention, San Diego, 1996:The first core principle states what is not a sufficient justification for government restrictions on speech. This principle is "content-neutrality" or "viewpoint-neutrality." It was recently reaffirmed by the ( Read more... )

Two more of the collection of short Neil Gaiman books which I picked up years ago in a Humble Bundle. Though in fact one of them is mainly by his daughter.

Second para of third lecture in Gods and Tulips:And while events unfortunately proved me right, I really didn't think that I'd get away with repeating that speech today.
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Two very short works by Neil Gaiman, one illustrated by Mark Buckingham, the other inspired by scupltures by Lisa Snellings.

Second frame of third story of Feeders & Eaters & other stories ("An Image to Maintain", in which Buckingham portrays himself on the phone to Gaiman):

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Second paragraph of third story (“The Terror Of The Umpty Ums", by Steven Moffat):“Did you hear me?” emitted the Human from its flapped aperture. “Did you understand? Do you understand what I’m saying?” The encoded sound stream was accompanied by a fresh flow of smells also emanating from the aperture. Karpagnon’s sensory filter began processing ( Read more... )

Two more short comics from the Neil Gaiman Humble Bundle that I invested in some years back.

Neil Dreams is in fact a compilation of two issues of Rick Veitch's series Rare Bit Fiends, in which he asked well known comics creators to retell their dreams. Both are pretty brief. The second frames of the third pages of each are as follows:

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i) births and deaths
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