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Gaiman Rides Again

If you've ever read Neil Gaiman's 'Sandman' series of graphic novels, you'll be thrilled to hear there's a new one on the way. He's returned to the Sandman characters and themes in graphic format after many years exploring other ways of telling stories. I've no idea what it will be like but I know I want to find out! It's "Sandman: Endless Nights" and Amazon are advertising October availability [USA | UK | CA]

For those of you who've not looked, Neil Gaiman's graphic novels are not the comic books you may have seen in your youth. They are complex, adult, intellectual and often challenging, exploring themes like love and death through a family of 'immortals' borrowed from ancient myth but with decidedly modern outlooks. I'd strongly recommend them - start with "Preludes and Nocturnes" [USA | UK | CA] and see how it goes - it's really a 'prequel' but it sets the scene nicely. Gaiman keeps a weblog too, by the way.

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