Neil Gaiman's JournalNeil Gaiman's Journal: started February 2001 when nobody knew what the word Blog meant. Talking about writing, comics, books, films, bees, demonic tomatoes, cats, travel and a dog ever since.the penultimate webgoblin guest-post (for now)- September 16, 2008 The boss will be home soon, no doubt with amazing tales of adventure and exciting photographs. (I hear tell that at one point he was mistaken for an archaeologist. I have this mental image of a dusty, unshaven Minnesota Gaiman uncovering ancient treasures, running from giant boulders, and battling hitherfore unimagined, hopelessly lost, Nazi sleeper-cells with a crack of his whip.)He'll return to an improved feed and a tweaked sidebar, plus the fruits of a few Secret Projects, the last two of..http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/09/penultimate-webgoblin-guest-post-for.html riding out the aftershocks- September 12, 2008 Mr. G writes from China:I spent 911 taking stationery supplies to a school in the centre of the Earthquake Zone, along with some of the people from SF World, the Chinese SF magazine. I went to a temporary school, and met a little over a hundred kids: almost 300 of their friends were killed in May, by the Earthquake, and many of them had lost family members. They were the sweetest kids in the universe and I may try and do something barking mad, like seeing if this blog can adopt the school....http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/09/riding-out-aftershocks.html we could be happy underground- September 10, 2008 I don't want to turn this blog into the Jerry Goblin Blogathon or anything, but 24 hours after the last post went up we had already raised $1,000! That's quite a feat, and nearly a fourth of the way there. As of this writing, 48 hours later, things have slowed a bit but we have raised $1,250 in total.If those of you with blogs could be so kind as to re-blog this, wider attention should help keep the momentum up. (Oooh, and as soon as I wrote that, a mention in Pop Candy! Thanks,...http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/09/we-could-be-happy-underground.html a sophisticated desire for chaos- September 9, 2008 FOUR WEEKS! Mr. G is going to be gone for four weeks I am as dismayed by this news as you. This is terrible. This is calamitous. This is... unexpectedly excitingHe has no idea how much trouble I can get into in four weeks.I have already begun formulating Secret Plans. This is the month. Tell your friends.The fourth Coraline featurette has been posted. This one is my favorite of the five, because of a certain cosmic alignment of talents hinted at by the title up there.I decided that none of you..http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/08/sophisticated-desire-for-chaos.html An anteater needs a knife (and I've got mine)- September 9, 2008 When the RoboPanda fund drive went off successfully, I realized that I would be deluged with requests from people wanting to harness the awesome might of this fully operational blog audience for other, less whimsical, collaborative fundraising tasks.And lo, it has come to pass. And this one is too amusing to resist: We can name a Mexican anteater (tamandua) after Mr. G!picture lifted from TamanduaGirlThe Staten Island Zoo takes animals around to NYC schools for educational programs. Their...http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/09/anteater-needs-knife-and-ive-got-mine.html And when the poll was cast, the winner was Mister James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump- September 6, 2008 Three weeks until the Library of Congress National Book Festival! I hope that everyone within easy commuting distance is planning to attend. It's sure to be a fun day, just for the festival itself, plus the forecast calls for a light dusting of hijinks and shenanigans! There will be cake. I may wear a disguise.UPDATE: Eden helpfully points out on the LJ feed that this is also an excellent opportunity to see the Jim Henson Smithsonian exhibit. Since it is on the Mall in D.C. there are many...http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/09/and-when-poll-was-cast-winner-was.html Please Help Find A Missing Person in New York City- September 5, 2008 Hello there!This is Holly. With dad's permission I'm posting a call for information. One of my classmates from Bryn Mawr has gone missing in New York City.These are excerpts from the statement currently released:_________Hannah Emily Upp, a Bryn Mawr College graduate in 2007 and a current teacher of Spanish at Thurgood Marshall Academy in Harlem has gone missing in New York City. If anyone knows anything about where she is, please let Detective Perez at the 30th Precinct in New York City...http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/09/please-help-find-missing-person-in-new.html Mr. G sends us a present while he's away.- September 4, 2008 Remember back in February when we celebrated the Journal's blogiversary by announcing that HarperCollins was going to let you read one of Mr. G's books for free online for a month And you voted for AMERICAN GODS And then HC asked for feedback And the whole experiement was a smashing success on the wholeWell, they're at it again.Read NEVERWHERE for free, online or offline. (Those of you reblogging this, please note the corrected link as of 2:30pm Eastern today. The old one will allegedly...http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/09/mr-g-sends-us-present-while-hes-away.html Superman may never see his home, but we can save the home in which he was created.- September 2, 2008 It is my pleasure to announce in this Journal the big unveiling of The Siegel & Shuster Society, which Mr. G is supporting, and its attempt to save the house where Superman was created. You can see all the details at their charitable website www.OrdinaryPeopleChangeTheWorld.com.Brad Meltzer writes:As you'll see from the list of people involved, this isn't about DC or Marvel. This isn't about competition. Its about the comic community as a whole, pulling together for a place that launched so..http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/09/superman-may-never-see-his-home-but-we.html being an experiement along strictly scientific lines- September 2, 2008 In lieu of attempting to write something of substance tonight, I've returned to my old webgobliny ways and tinkered a bit with the machinery running behind the journal.I've added a little feed to the sidebar entitled "Friends of the Blank Corporation" featuring the blogs of others who frequently collaborate with Mr. G. I'm not sure how long it'll stick around. I've also temporarily enabled commenting, just as an experiment. Mr. G has good reasons for disabling them, so they'll all disappear...http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/09/being-experiement-along-strictly.html |