It’s SDCC weekend, and we’ve had a shed load of jaw-dropping trailers. To cope, to list quite a few, here’s this Uncommonly Itemised summary.
The Sandman may create a new crop of DC comics fans
There is another world that waits for all of us when we close our eyes and sleep — a place called the Dreaming, where The Sandman, Master of Dreams, gives shape to all of our deepest fears and fantasies.
The Sandman II coming to Audible and The Sandman I is currently free in the States
Frustratingly, it’s free to listen to Neil Gaiman’s Sandman on Audible in the United States.
Out today: Locke & Key/Sandman – Hell & Gone
The first issue of the Sandman Universe and Locke & Key crossover is out today. IDW has published the 38-paged comic, written by Joe Hill and illustrated by Gabriel Rodriquez.
Netflix’s Sandman series will be DC’s most expensive TV program
The names attached to the project are incredible. David Goyer (the Dark Knight trilogy) will produce alongside Gamain. Allan Heinberg (Wonder Woman, Grey’s Anatomy) will be the showrunner and writer.
Carnevalesque’s Destiny & Delirium cosplay
Husband and wife couple Nanna and Steamwyck made this Sandman cosplay set for last year’s Carnevalsque. Dressed as Destiny and Delirium the pair took part in the event in Malmö, Sweden. Carnevalesque describes itself as a decadent flirt with the burlesque, the extraordinary, the retro-extravagant and the ever-excessive. (Via Geek Girl Diva at Fashionably Geek)
Inside the mind of a mythos creator: The Art of Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is a geek native. He’s a creator of many favourite novels, comic books, characters, scripts and plenty more. He’s a curator and participant too; active on social media, blogging and part of geek culture. I’d call Neil Gaiman a “mythos creator” as he is one of those creatives who forge legacies with their […]
Cute DC and Marvel counterparts
This is an excellent collection of art and insight by Darren Rawlings. He’s partnered up DC and Marvel heroes so that… well, so that they’re good counterparts. It strikes me as a good exercise for when you’re stuck on a plain, train or in an automobile. You pick a DC hero and you pal has […]
10 Christmas recommendations from Forbidden Planet
Geek Native reached out to the team at Forbidden Planet with a Christmas plea for insight. Which graphic novels would they recommend? What’s hot? What’s new? What should this blogger buy his geeky friends? The results are in. The Forbidden Planet team put their heads together and came back with these 10 tempting, geeky, recommendations […]
Listen to Neil Gaiman announce a new, 25th year, Sandman story
In 2013 Sandman will be 25th years old. Yesterday, for Comic Con, Neil Gaiman gave fans big and somewhat unexpected news – he would write a new Sandman story. But what would the story be about? Find out from Gaiman himself with this video announcement from DC Comics HQ. “When I finished writing THE SANDMAN, […]
