- I am looking for an artist to draw 2-3 pencil sketches of Pickman's starting "visions" in LXHS. I'm willing to pay a small amount of money
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Sandman is a hella weird thing to get into, I agree. A decade ago I promised a friend I'd help her write and run a Sandman-based 10-day at MIT. I finally got around to reading it a few months before we ran, and I have some sympathy for your experiences.
Hmm. Let me consider that. They are the drawings in Pickman's sketchbook at the beginning of the game, so they aren't really spoilery, but I guess some people might not want to have that knowledge, all the same.
Of course, I could just cast you as Pickman when you do play :)
I read the complete Sandman series a long time ago, and one day, will go back to it. I highly recommend reading, and re-reading, the entire series. Many of the stories are pure brilliance.
Way back in the day, Enigma ran a Sandman "Season of Mists" larp--different deities vying for the Key to Hell. In ours, Aphrodite got it because "love is hell". It was pretty bad ass, and another Enigman ran four sequels to it.
I've also interviewed Neil, which became a cover article for the old Comics Scene magazine and two others. I sold one interview, written differently, to three pubs. That was a good deal. Good thing Neil talks a lot.
Are you looking for a Lovecraft-proficient artist? I know many. I'm currently searching for one to do the poster for this year's festival. If you find someone good, please LMK. Good luck with your search!
If you want to combine your Neil Gaiman and Lovecraft fannishness, watch Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown, featuring Neil (and many others) talking about Lovecraft.
I've been wanting to see that documentary for a while now. I was actually trying to remember what the title of it was just the other day, so thanks for reminding me.
Volume 4 of Sandman is in fact the Season of the Mists volume, and as I go back and re-read it, I find more and more to love. There's a lot of cleverness there. Buuuut...
If I have any complaint with Gaiman, though, it's almost that he's too aware of his own cleverness. Sometimes he doesn't know where to draw the line. There's a great scene I just read in Anansi Boys that he totals mars with self-reflective "let's philosophize about this bit I just wrote."
I'm also beginning to look more seriously at his habit of cultural appropriation in a lot of his works...
Gaiman is totally full of himself. I said as much in one of my articles.
But, he was genuinely clever with Sandman, and wasn't quite the GREATEST WRITER OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE that he thinks he is yet. He was competing with Frank Miller and Alan Moore back then, so he had a high mark to hit.
I haven't read any of his novels except for Good Omens with Terry Pratchett, and a few short story collections.
So far, the comic book was his best work, esp. because he collaborated with amazing artists, so he wasn't quite left to his own devices.
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Of course, I could just cast you as Pickman when you do play :)
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I read the complete Sandman series a long time ago, and one day, will go back to it. I highly recommend reading, and re-reading, the entire series. Many of the stories are pure brilliance.
Way back in the day, Enigma ran a Sandman "Season of Mists" larp--different deities vying for the Key to Hell. In ours, Aphrodite got it because "love is hell". It was pretty bad ass, and another Enigman ran four sequels to it.
I've also interviewed Neil, which became a cover article for the old Comics Scene magazine and two others. I sold one interview, written differently, to three pubs. That was a good deal. Good thing Neil talks a lot.
Are you looking for a Lovecraft-proficient artist? I know many. I'm currently searching for one to do the poster for this year's festival. If you find someone good, please LMK. Good luck with your search!
If you want to combine your Neil Gaiman and Lovecraft fannishness, watch Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown, featuring Neil (and many others) talking about Lovecraft.
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Volume 4 of Sandman is in fact the Season of the Mists volume, and as I go back and re-read it, I find more and more to love. There's a lot of cleverness there. Buuuut...
If I have any complaint with Gaiman, though, it's almost that he's too aware of his own cleverness. Sometimes he doesn't know where to draw the line. There's a great scene I just read in Anansi Boys that he totals mars with self-reflective "let's philosophize about this bit I just wrote."
I'm also beginning to look more seriously at his habit of cultural appropriation in a lot of his works...
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But, he was genuinely clever with Sandman, and wasn't quite the GREATEST WRITER OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE that he thinks he is yet. He was competing with Frank Miller and Alan Moore back then, so he had a high mark to hit.
I haven't read any of his novels except for Good Omens with Terry Pratchett, and a few short story collections.
So far, the comic book was his best work, esp. because he collaborated with amazing artists, so he wasn't quite left to his own devices.
(all my opinion)
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