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JasonMoore
HeatherMorgan
OrionPetitclerc
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KEYWORDS
GraphicNovel
Endless
Perception/Variation
Sigil
Subculture
ArtisticStyle
TheGraphicNovelControversy:
AccordingtoAlanMoore(Watchmen,Vfor
Vendetta),graphicnovelismerelya
marketingterm[that]justcametomean
expensivecomicbook.
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AmericanComicBookFormat:
Dimensions:65/8x10(17x26cm)
Scaledupordownforgraphic
novelsortradecollections.
Length:32pages,2124pagesofstory
andartplus8pagesofadvertisements
Readfromlefttoright,toptobottom
(unlessotherwisedictatedbytheartistic
arrangementonthepages).
TypesofPublications:
TheStandardcomicbook
PublishedasanOngoingSeries
(AmazingSpiderMan,Batman,etc.),
Annual,OneShot,orLimitedSeries.
GraphicNovels
TradePaperbacks(TPBs),Anthologies,
andOmnibuses
AmericanGraphicNovel
Largelytraditionalpaneledpagesanddirectionalflow
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NOTE!
EndlessNights wasonlypublishedasaGraphicNovel,
whereastheoriginalSandman serieswaspublishedas
astandardmonthlyComicBooklatercollectedin
TPBs.
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TheEarlyLifeofNeilGaiman
BornonNovember10,1960inEngland
Helovedcomicsasachild
GraduatedfromWhitgift Schoolin1977
Didnotgotocollege
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NeilGaimans Career
Hefeltthatthecomicindustrywasseverelylackingas
ateen
Hisinspirationtowritecomicbooks
Atfirsthewrotenonfiction
BiographyforDuranDuran in1984
AcompanionguidetoAdamsTheHitchhikersGuide
totheGalaxy calledDontPanicin1987
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Novels
GoodOmenswithTerryPratchett (1990)
Neverwhere (1996)
Stardust(1998)
AmericanGods(2001)
AnansiBoys(2005)
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ChildrensBooks
TheDayISwappedMyDadforTwoGoldfish(1996)
TheWolvesintheWalls (2003)
Coraline (2002)(aimedatteenagersandchildren)
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NeilGaimans ComicsandGraphic
Novels
FirstcomicwasViolentCases(1987)
DCcomicshiredhimtobringbacksomeoldsuperheroesfromthe1940s
Wrote BlackOrchid
InspirationforSandman,alittleknowncharacter
TheTragical ComedyofMr.Punch (1994)
MarvelComics
1602 (2003)
Film
Coraline
Mirrormask
Neverwhere (BBCMovieMiniseries)
Stardust
AShortFilmAboutJohnBolton
AlsoworkedonthescriptofBeowulf and
PrincessMononoke
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Music
8in8withAmandaPalmer,BenFolds,
andDamianKulash
AlbumcalledNighty Nightfora
charitywebcast
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TheSandman
Sandman has75issues,asoriginalcomicsfrom198896
Nowtheyreintheformofgraphicnovels
Theoriginalseries,10 collectedTPBs
Death:TheHighCostofLiving (1993)
Death:TheTimeofYourLife (1996)
Destiny: AChronicleofDeathsForetold (1996)
Sandman:TheDreamHunters (1999)
TheLittleEndlessStorybook (2001)
Death:AtDeathsDoor (manga,2003)
Sandman:EndlessNights (2003)
TheSandman:EndlessNights
Overview
Seven Endless
Dream,Death,Desire,Destruction,Delirium,Despair,andDestiny
Eachhasitsownstory,butrelatestooriginalseries
SevenStories,TenArtists,OneWriter
Chapter1:DeathandVenice
P.CraigRussell&Lovern Kindzierski
Chapter2:WhatIveTastedofDesire
MiloManara
Chapter3:TheHeartofaStar
Miguelanxo Prado
Chapter4:FifteenPortraitsofDespair
BarronStorey&DaveMcKean
Chapter5:GoingInside
BillSienkiewicz
Chapter6:OnthePeninsula
GlennFabry &ChrisChuckry
Chapter7:EndlessNights
FrankQuitely
ComposedofSevenChapters(OneforeachoftheEndless)
TheNumberSeveninNumerology
EachChapterFeaturesaSelfContainedStory
EachChapterFeaturesaDifferentArtist
Endless Afamilialgroupofseven
characters.EachoftheEndlessrepresents
anintangiblefacetofthehuman
experience.
DeathandVenice
WhatIvetastedofDesire
FifteenPortraitsofDespair
EndlessNights
Butaslongasthere
arepeopletoliveand
dreamanddestroy,to
desire,todespair,todelight
orgomad,tolivelivesand
affecteachother,thenthe
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Endlesswillbethere,
performingtheirfunctions.
NeilGaiman
Central Themes
Time
SexualDesire
Mortality
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WhyGraphicNovelsareauniqueliteraryform:
Plaintextnovelsrequirethereadertoemploy
alltheirpowersofimaginationtovisualizethe
story.
Theartistsofgraphicnovelsdomostofthis
heavylifting,makingthereadingexperience
lessdauntingforthosewithoutavivid
imagination.
ImperativeelementsforGraphicNovels:
Color
Emotion
Style
Pioneerincreatingtheoryinmeaning
forcomicbookart:SCOTTMcCLOUD
TheBigTriangleTheory
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impliedstatusorpower.EachoftheEndless
carries(andcanbeidentifiedby)asigil.
ForeignSettings
TheSupernatural
ElementsofHorror
Frankenstein(Wecanneverescapehim!)
ByronicHero?
Artists
P.CraigRussell(Death)
Hasworkedincomicsfor31years
MiloManara (Desire)
Expertineroticart
Miguelanxo Prado(Dream)
Studiedarchitectureatfirst
BarronStorey(Despair)
WonNYTimesSocietyofIllustrators
GoldMedalin1976
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Artists(Continued)
ArtisticStyle thestyleofaparticularartist
orschoolormovement
BillStienkiewicz (Delirium)
Nominatedfor2Emmysinanimation
GlenFabry (Destruction)
Beendrawingcomicsfor20years
FrankQuitely (Destiny)
Notnewtothecomicbiz
Critics/Reception
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Criticslovedit!!!
Itsthewinnerofthe2003BramStokerAward
WasontheNYTimesBestsellerList
Developedasubculture(a.k.a.cultfollowing)
Otherworkhasbeenreceivedwithpraiseandawards
Subculture(cultfollowing) Agroupof
peoplesharingthesamedevotiontowardsan
object,usuallyafilmorbook
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