Day of the Dead - Softcover

Neil Gaiman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1892058022 ISBN 13: 9781892058027

Publisher: Dreamhaven Bks & Art, 1998

Synopsis

Al ong time ago I decided that as a writer, one of my goals was to write faster than anyone who was better than me, and better than anyone who was faster than me.
So you will understand why Neil Gaiman bugs the hell out of me. Bad enough he is prolific, writing his own TV series, features, comics, novels . . . worse still that he does this while remaining one of the most genuinely nice guys I've ever met. . . but sheer volume aside he is also one of the finest writers working in the field of.. . well, whatever it happens to be today. Essays, TV scripts, short stories, novels, comic scripts.. .. Did I mention he bugs the hell out of me?
I've been an admirer of Neil's work from the moment I picked up my first issue of Sandman under his guidance, read it, and had my brains splattered against the nearest wall. He does things with words, simple yet elegant tricks that can explain an entire character in a few carefully selected words. It's the closest thing in the writing business to close-up magic . . . you see it right there in front of you, and you can't figure out how the hell he did it.
The man is a certifiable genius . . . and being no fool, when I got my own TV series, the first thing I did (well, after having a brief lay-down to gear up for a five-year journey that has become the writing equivalent to the Bataan Death march) was to try and get a script out of Neil for BABYLON 5. Every six months to a year, I would mention it to him in person or in email. I cajoled, hounded, chivvied, circled and bugged the hell out of him (which seemed only fair in light of paragraph 2 preceding) until he finally agreed to the task.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dreamhaven Bks & Art
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1892058022
• ISBN 13: 9781892058027
• Binding: Paperback