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After being rejected many times by publishers, Gaiman pursued journalism as a means to learn about the world and make connections that he hoped would later assist him in getting published. During this time he wrote his first book, a now sought-after throwaway biography of the band Duran Duran, and a large number of articles for Knave magazine . In the late 1980s he wrote in what he calls a "classic English humorist" style; in his opinion the book is what led to his collaboration with Terry Pratchett on the comic novel Good Omens, about an impending apocalypseThis article is about apocalypse, the biblical event. There is another article about Apocalypse, the comic book supervillain. An apocalypse in the terminology of early Jewish and Christian literature, is a revelation of hidden things given by God to a cho. [1]

After forming a friendship with famed comic book scribe Alan MooreAlan Moore (born November 18, 1953) is a British writer and co-creator of comic books such as Watchmen and V for Vendetta''. Beginning his career writing strips for publications such as Doctor Who Monthly (or Weekly as it was then), Moore went on to work, Gaiman started writing comics. He wrote two British graphic novels with his favorite collaborator and long time friend Dave McKeanDave McKean (born 1963 in Maidenhead, England) is an illustrator, photographer, and cartoonist most famous for his comics work. As a cover artist, McKean provided many covers for the DC Comics title Hellblazer among others. Perhaps his most celebrated wor: Violent CasesViolent Cases was the first graphic novel written by Neil Gaiman, and also the first of his many collaborations with artist Dave McKean. Originally published in black and white by Titan Books in 1987, the art was colorized in later editions. The story, na and Signal to NoiseSignal to Noise is a graphic novel by Neil Gaiman (author) and Dave McKean (Illustrator). It was first published October 1992. The novel examines the relationship between images of the greater World Apocalypse and the experience of personal, individual ap. Afterwards, he landed a job with DC ComicsDC Comics is one of the largest companies in comic book and related media publishing. DC is responsible for such famous characters as Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman. For decades, DC Comics has been one of the two largest American comic, which resulted in the limited series Black OrchidBlack Orchid is a fictional superheroine published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Adventure Comics #428 ( 1973). Although she has a number of superpowers she can fly and is nigh-invulnerable her main ability is a mastery of disguise. She of.

He has written a multitude of comics for several publishers, but his best-known work is the comics series The SandmanThe Sandman was a comic book series, written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics from 1988 until 1996. It is widely considered one of the most original, sophisticated and artistically ambitious comic book series of the modern age. By the time the se, which chronicles the adventures of Morpheus, the personification of Dream. (See Endless). The series started a small cultural sensation, gathering a devout following and making comic books respectable to many new audiences. The series began in 1988 and ended in 1996 when Gaiman simply announced that the story he began in the first issue had run its natural course. All 75 issues of the regular series have been collected into 10 volumes that are still in print and selling well.

In 1991, Gaiman published The Books of Magic, a four-part mini-series that provided a tour of the mythological and magical parts of the DC Universe through a frame story about an English teenager who discovers that he has a destiny as the world's greatest wizard. The miniseries was popular, and spun off an ongoing series, also called The Books of Magic, written by John Ney Reiber . Many people have noted similarities between series protagonist Tim Hunter and the later and more famous Harry Potter; when referring to this similarity, Gaiman indicates that the young man as sorcerer has precedent in literature.

Gaiman also writes songs, poems and novels, and wrote the BBC dark fantasy television series Neverwhere, which he later adapted into a novel. He also wrote the screenplay for the movie MirrorMask with his old friend Dave McKean. In addition, he wrote the English language script to the anime movie Princess Mononoke.

Gaiman is a Board Member as well as an active supporter of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and he regularly participates in fundraisers for the group including creating materials such as the original Snow, Glass, Apples (the CBLDF owns the copyright).

While Gaiman was writing American Gods, his publishers set up a promotional web site featuring a weblog in which Gaiman described the day-to-day process of writing (and then revising, publishing, promoting) the novel. After the novel was published, the web site evolved into a more general Official Neil Gaiman Web Site, and as of 2004 Gaiman still regularly adds to the weblog, describing the day-to-day process of being Neil Gaiman and writing, revising, publishing, or promoting whatever the current project is. Parts of the blog were extracted for publication in the New England Science Fiction Association Press collection of Gaiman miscellany, Adventures in the Dream Trade .

Gaiman received a World Fantasy Award for short fiction in 1991 for the Sandman issue, A Midsummer Night's Dream (see Dream Country). He received the 2002 Hugo Award for outstanding novel for American Gods, which also won the 2002 Nebula Award. In 2003 Coraline won the best novella award. In 2004, his short story A Study in Emerald won another Hugo (in a ceremony the author presided over himself, having volunteered for the job before his story was nominated).

Gaiman has also written at least three drafts of a screenplay adaptation of Nicholson Baker's novel The Fermata for director Robert Zemeckis, although the project remains stalled in " development hell".

Gaiman forged an intense friendship with singer Tori Amos in the early nineties, far before she met stardom. As such he is constantly mentioned (often rather cryptically) in at least one of her songs on each of her albums. He also wrote the forewords to several of her tour programs as well as short stories to accompany her album "Strange Little Girls." (They appeared in the album booklet.) Some of her lyrical mentions: "If you need me, me and Neil'll be hangin' out with the dream king/Neil said hi, by the way" ("Tear In Your Hand," 1992); "Where's Neil when you need him?" ("Space Dog," 1994); "Will you find me if Neil makes me a tree?" ("Horses," 1996)...Gaiman based a character of a talking Tree on Amos; "Where are the Velvets?" ("Hotel," 1998 -- the Velvets being vampire-like characters from Gaiman's novel Neverwhere); "Get me Neil on the line, have him read Snow, Glass, Apples" ("Carbon," 2002).

Gaiman is also a friend of J. Michael Straczynski, creator of the television series Babylon 5. As such there is a species of aliens on that series called the Gaim; their heads closely resemble the mask worn by Gaiman's Sandman character. While perhaps a nice unintentional homage, Straczynski has stated the masks were based more on World War gas masks than the King of Dreams. Still, Gaiman wrote the season 5 episode " Day of the Dead," the only writer other than Straczynski to enter the Babylon 5 universe in its final three seasons.