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4.23 AVERAGE
4.23 AVERAGE
5 estrellas a una biografía. Pero es que esta muy bien hecha. Menos mal que la he disfrutado porque si no me dolería demasiado (mas aun quiero decir) haberme dejado 30 pavis.
Ever since I discovered Neil Gaiman I have become infatuated with most of his work. He even got me interested in short stories. But there is so much more to this man as everyone will discover upon following him on any social media site.
This book was written by a friend of Neil Gaiman's called Hayley Campbell and puts everything NG has done so far together. The first special thing about this: Neil Gaiman is only 55 and this book is already so big! Seriously, I knew he was involved in a lot of stuff but I had no idea of the true scale of things - he even worked on Princess Mononoke!
Moreover, the author of this compendium makes an excellent point (actually IS an excellent example of said point herself) of how well-connected Neil Gaiman is across all art forms.
The chapters in this book give great insight into how comic books, screenplays, short stories, novels, picture books, movies and many other projects came into existence. However, it's always funny while being packed with information so it never gets boring.
The comic book chapters weren't all up my alley but I still wanted to know how Sandman was connected to Black Orchid and all the rest.
We also get to know young Neil Gaiman and his motivation for writing poems before he was 10 years old, his love for Punk, his frustration with Hollywood and his geekiness over Doctor Who. All that rounded off with hand-written notes, comic panels drawn on napkins, scribbles and sketches and photographs.
I would have wished for a little more family background (after all he is married the second time now and has several children, most of which seem to be very creative themselves) but maybe he just wanted to keep that part private - or we get more of that in the 2nd volume. After all, I sincerely hope Neil Gaiman isn't done making me laugh, cry, pull my hair and scare me half to death!
What I like the most about NG is his passion for freedom of speech (I learned quite a lot about the UK's law system and was very negatively astounded when reading how bad the legal situation there is compared to the US), his advocacy for it and everything he does against censorship. Not to mention his commitment to help children around the world and refugees from Syria!
This book was written by a friend of Neil Gaiman's called Hayley Campbell and puts everything NG has done so far together. The first special thing about this: Neil Gaiman is only 55 and this book is already so big! Seriously, I knew he was involved in a lot of stuff but I had no idea of the true scale of things - he even worked on Princess Mononoke!
Moreover, the author of this compendium makes an excellent point (actually IS an excellent example of said point herself) of how well-connected Neil Gaiman is across all art forms.
The chapters in this book give great insight into how comic books, screenplays, short stories, novels, picture books, movies and many other projects came into existence. However, it's always funny while being packed with information so it never gets boring.
The comic book chapters weren't all up my alley but I still wanted to know how Sandman was connected to Black Orchid and all the rest.
We also get to know young Neil Gaiman and his motivation for writing poems before he was 10 years old, his love for Punk, his frustration with Hollywood and his geekiness over Doctor Who. All that rounded off with hand-written notes, comic panels drawn on napkins, scribbles and sketches and photographs.
I would have wished for a little more family background (after all he is married the second time now and has several children, most of which seem to be very creative themselves) but maybe he just wanted to keep that part private - or we get more of that in the 2nd volume. After all, I sincerely hope Neil Gaiman isn't done making me laugh, cry, pull my hair and scare me half to death!
What I like the most about NG is his passion for freedom of speech (I learned quite a lot about the UK's law system and was very negatively astounded when reading how bad the legal situation there is compared to the US), his advocacy for it and everything he does against censorship. Not to mention his commitment to help children around the world and refugees from Syria!
Interesting clips and insight into Neil Gaiman. I do wish some of the art was larger and easier to see.
I don't know if it was just my book or all of them, but the binding seemed off. If the book is open flat, the text (especially for the left hand page) was smashed into the crease. It made reading a bit unpleasant.
I don't know if it was just my book or all of them, but the binding seemed off. If the book is open flat, the text (especially for the left hand page) was smashed into the crease. It made reading a bit unpleasant.
Absolutely fantastically done! Super informative, really well-structured and well-written, too. I really digged the whole layout and just about everything.
An excellent look into the creative history and varied work of one of my favorite authors. A must-read for any Gaiman fan!
Neil Gaiman seems to exist in a binary state. You either know him and all the things that he has created over the years, or you don’t. But when you talk to those that have gone ‘Who?’ it doesn’t take long for them to realise that they have come across him in one form or other, they just weren’t aware of it. He is a prolific and original tour de force who has given us some amazing creations.
So far he has written novels, non-fictions books, comics, graphic novels, articles and speeches. On top of that he has then created scripts for radio, film and TV shows and theatre, collaborated with all manner of people on all sorts of subjects and projects, sung on stage despite "no kind of singing voice", dabbled with art and is not afraid to be political for issues that he is passionate about. Somehow he manages to fit in a professorship and tours publicising his own material and with his current wife Amanda Palmer.
Hayley is the daughter of Eddie Campbell, a graphic novelist and long-time friends of Neil Gaiman. This friendship allowed her almost unrestricted access to the archives, notebooks, random scribblings and most importantly the mind of Gaiman to show just how he creates the things he does best. It is a lavishly illustrated book, full of scanned images of the drafts and germs of ideas, that over time became the books and graphic novels that he is best known for. There are loads of photos of him from early years when growing up and some equally dodgy ones from when he was a journalist as well. I knew he had a boundless imagination, but what came across is just how long some of his most successful books took from the initial spark of an idea to the final offering. It is not that he is a slow, jut some of these things need time and thought invested to make them as good as they are.
Campbell has given us such a good book, it is not quite a biography, but reading this feels like you are privy to the places where the magic happened. One minor flaw is that there could have been a little more on Neil, but I guess that will come one day in another book. A stunning book and one that I am going to be buying.
So far he has written novels, non-fictions books, comics, graphic novels, articles and speeches. On top of that he has then created scripts for radio, film and TV shows and theatre, collaborated with all manner of people on all sorts of subjects and projects, sung on stage despite "no kind of singing voice", dabbled with art and is not afraid to be political for issues that he is passionate about. Somehow he manages to fit in a professorship and tours publicising his own material and with his current wife Amanda Palmer.
Hayley is the daughter of Eddie Campbell, a graphic novelist and long-time friends of Neil Gaiman. This friendship allowed her almost unrestricted access to the archives, notebooks, random scribblings and most importantly the mind of Gaiman to show just how he creates the things he does best. It is a lavishly illustrated book, full of scanned images of the drafts and germs of ideas, that over time became the books and graphic novels that he is best known for. There are loads of photos of him from early years when growing up and some equally dodgy ones from when he was a journalist as well. I knew he had a boundless imagination, but what came across is just how long some of his most successful books took from the initial spark of an idea to the final offering. It is not that he is a slow, jut some of these things need time and thought invested to make them as good as they are.
Campbell has given us such a good book, it is not quite a biography, but reading this feels like you are privy to the places where the magic happened. One minor flaw is that there could have been a little more on Neil, but I guess that will come one day in another book. A stunning book and one that I am going to be buying.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Anything you ever wanted to know about Neil Gaiman but were afraid to ask. This is everything and man is it comprehensive. There is plenty to just look at let alone read all that's there as well. Perfect addition to your Neil Gaiman collection - or someone else's.