Neil Gaiman’s, ‘That’s all I’ve got’ face. By now, twenty people have probably already done this, but I’ve had a boring morning so have another anyway. :)
I’m really tempted to use this as a reaction image.
The test about women in media is called “the Bechdel Test”. Alison Bechdel, who created the idea, writes comic books (or graphic novels or whatever) herself, and here is my advice to you. Go and find her graphic novel Fun Home. It is mind-blowing and will change everything you thought you knew about comics. She does a bunch of other comics work too, but hot DAMN Fun Home is good. If you like James Joyce or literature or autobiographical writing, go and read it. If you like none of those things, go and read it anyway. It’s a seriously powerful piece of work.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make it available in the US!!!!
Wherever you are in the world, you should be able to access BBC’s iPlayer, which should have each episode of Neverwhere up for a week after it’s broadcast. (It won’t stream to mobile devices, or not in the same way, although you should be able to get it on your phone when it’s broadcast live, or by using TuneIn or any of the radio apps.)
So when it is available in the UK, it will be available EVERYWHERE.
Good to know. Will actually have to figure out itunes I guess.
I was reading a book (about interjections, oddly enough) yesterday which included the phrase “In these days of political correctness…” talking about no longer making jokes that denigrated people for their culture or for the colour of their skin. And I thought, “That’s not actually anything to do with “political correctness”. That’s just treating other people with respect.”
Which made me oddly happy. I started imagining a world in which we replaced the phrase “politically correct” wherever we could with “treating other people with respect”, and it made me smile.
You should try it. It’s peculiarly enlightening.
I know what you’re thinking now. You’re thinking “Oh my god, that’s treating other people with respect gone mad!”
Happy Valentine’s Day.
Neil Gaiman is smart guys, you should read him sometime.
Typography of Neil Gaiman New Year’s Wishes (from year 2011)
This was last year’s message, written backstage in a Melbourne performance space….
Typography of Neil Gaiman New Year’s Wishes (from year 2008)
And this was the one in the middle — I think it’s 2007’s. And it’s true too.
“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.” -Neil Gaiman
My first New Year’s Message, and still the best of them. Tonight I’ll write a new one, and I do not yet know what it will say.
This just arrived in my inbox. They are recording the Neverwhere Radio series right this moment.
Best cast. Best adapter-director. Best everything. AND I AM NOT EVEN IN THE SAME COUNTRY AS THEM.
(I’ll try to reblog the first person who identifies everyone in the photo correctly. I’ll give you a clue to start you off with: Benedict Cumberbatch is on the left and he is playing the Angel Islington.)
