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Now in paperback, the utterly comprehensive, lavishly illustrated, and fully authorized account of the life and work of one of the world’s great storytellers, Neil Gaiman. Novelist, comics writer, scriptwriter, poet, and occasional artist, there are few creative avenues Neil Gaiman hasn’t ventured down—from unforgettable books like The Ocean at the End of the Lane and American Gods to groundbreaking comics and graphic novels like The Sandman and Violent Cases; from big-screen fantasies like Coraline and Stardust to small-screen epics like Doctor Who and Neverwhere; and from short stories to songwriting, stage plays to radio plays, journalism to filmmaking, and all points in between. The Art of Neil Gaiman is the first book to tell the full story of his amazing creative life. Never-before-seen manuscripts, notes, cartoons, drawings, and personal photographs from Neil’s own archive are complemented by artwork and sketches from all of his major works and his own intimate recollections. Each project is examined in turn, from genesis to fruition, and positioned in the wider narrative of Gaiman’s creative life, affording unparalleled access to the inner workings of the writer’s mind.
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For a writer to have a book written about his work titled the “art of” and the “visual story” would seem on the surface to be contradictory. He isnt that sort of “artist” though he does occasionally “sketch” seemingly for fun. Doodling perhaps.
But much of his work , his output of words, have inspired or found life in and on art in the form of Graphic novels or if we are being less pretentious: comics.
This then is a novel sort of autobiography of his published work and an insight into his creativity. It succeeds in informing and entertaining and itself is a visual delight.