#599464 - 07/13/12 11:39 AM
BEFORE SANDMAN?
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#599471 - 07/13/12 03:08 PM
Re: BEFORE SANDMAN?
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I remember a Sandman mini-series by Gaiman that came out, maybe within a few years ago. Did it do pretty well?
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#599473 - 07/13/12 03:23 PM
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I don't really object to another SANDMAN project if Neil Gaiman is writing it. Gaiman wrote a good hardcover SANDMAN graphic novel a year or two after he concluded the monthly series. It's his baby if he wants to return to it.
Of course, I do wonder if Dan DiDio leaned on him -- said, "Hey, Neil, did'ja see what we did to WATCHMEN when Alan Moore wouldn't play ball? How would'ja like to see BEFORE SANDMAN, by Dan DiDio and Jim Lee, covers by Rob Liefield?" -- and shuddering, Gaiman said, "No, fine, I'll do it myself."
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#599476 - 07/13/12 03:55 PM
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I don't really object to another SANDMAN project if Neil Gaiman is writing it. Gaiman wrote a good hardcover SANDMAN graphic novel a year or two after he concluded the monthly series. It's his baby if he wants to return to it.
Of course, I do wonder if Dan DiDio leaned on him -- said, "Hey, Neil, did'ja see what we did to WATCHMEN when Alan Moore wouldn't play ball? How would'ja like to see BEFORE SANDMAN, by Dan DiDio and Jim Lee, covers by Rob Liefield?" -- and shuddering, Gaiman said, "No, fine, I'll do it myself." I would think the thought of Dan Didio personally writing one's creations would be enough to scare any writer.
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#599477 - 07/13/12 03:56 PM
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#599500 - 07/14/12 03:10 PM
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Gaiman proposed this years ago but DC wouldn't pay for it. Gaiman wanted them to bump up his royalties to match what he could make from writing a novel, and they said, "Eff you! We pay for comics, not novels."
Someone caved.
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#599502 - 07/14/12 10:03 PM
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When was the last time either Neil Gaiman had a popular novel or DC had a critical success on the scale of a Neil Gaiman work?
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#599503 - 07/14/12 10:58 PM
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1995. I think it was a Tuesday.
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