Neil Gaiman and Chip Kidd: 20th Anniversary of Sandman

Neil Gaiman and Chip Kidd: 20th Anniversary of Sandman

[@shanejayell]

I love Neil. "The Joker's just died." Neil: "Well, he's GOING TO GET BETTER...." 🤣

[@ricktimus]

I think "keep doing it forever and don't die." is really the most perfect way to end a talk like this. Very wonderful.

[@mattpool2112]

53:00 little did Gaiman know. In twelve years time that guy from twilight has the cracked the batsuit design

[@TekkenBasher]

Thanks Neil and Chip. Great interview - I could listen to Mr Gaiman on repeat for a lifetime if I didn't have to eat and sleep....

[@thundermorphine]

Death: The High Cost of Living is the best graphic novella I've ever read.

[@tonyevan1241]

instaBlaster.

[@joncampos5551]

Even at his age , he looks good in a leather jacket.

[@RashmikaLikesBooks]

Interview starts at 4:34

[@GodmyX]

Thank you!

[@peedee1284]

That was really wonderful. Neil Gaiman is always a delight to listen to, but I really enjoyed listening to Chip Kidd. What a funny, charming guy.

[@dominictemple]

Cheers for uploading this, really appreciate this.

[@thecadwell]

Thank you for posting this. What a brilliant and insightful talk that otherwise I would never have seen.

[@darrylcaldwell4492]

Karen Berger is awesome. I got to interview her at the DC offices during the Watchmen run... I was quite impressed with her.

[@nebuchadnezzar3232]

Do you have a link to the interview?

[@normannickles8592]

@@nebuchadnezzar3232 I'm curious as well, can we have a link to the interview?

[@heathere3]

I was there and it was still fabulous to watch again!

[@spiderjerusalem4009]

you were ahead of your time

[@toastwelldunne]

Everything changes, nothing is lost. Morpheus and the Endless changed my life and helped me grow up, my thanks.

[@charlessims2359]

And now we have the Overture series.....sweet. I have the first 3

[@susanadiasjohnson457]

FUN AND FASCINATING INTERVIEW. AS A YOUTH HE WAS EXACTLY LIKE THIS AT ANY GIVEN RANDOM MINUTE. EVERYONE DELIGHTED IN HIS GENTLE, BRILLIANT HUMOR --- HE WAS AND CLEARLY STILL IS THE REAL DEAL. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOUR WIFE, CHILD, SISTERS AND MUM.

[@alexauclair1]

His American accent is so bizarre because it’s so damn good and he’s Neil lol

[@allaboutdmagic]

This man is a great writer. He rocks whatever medium he plays with.

[@DarkMuj]

Fascinating insights here, favourited.

[@cha5]

I wish I could have been, I've been to several Neil Gaiman appearances but seeing Neil Gaiman and Chip Kidd together would have been perfect.

[@ZephyrinSkies]

That was a delicious hour and a half of awesome.

[@pratt6341]

Nice to get a thank you from Shelly after we inked a entire late issue in one week.

[@SarahSnellPym]

Having conquered my own nightmares in a similar way I am intrigued more now and thinking I know know why I didn't read the comic at college when everybody else was

[@pratt6341]

Neil was a very nice guy when I met him at his book photo shoot at a friend's photography studio. He showed up by himself. "Can you make me look somewhat fuckable" he asked. He had some kind words about my art that was there. I didn't mention I had ghost inked over his Death partner Chris Bachelo on Shade the Changing man.

[@segura2112]

Very cool, but in the q & a I wish I could have heard the questions.

[@OurFantasyLife]

I'm glad she mentioned Maus when talking about the more "heady" side of comic books. Maus is one of the best works of all time, in any art form. I hold it in the same artistic regard that I hold Akira, the Sandman series, or book 1 of the Dark Tower series.

[@toqa6735]

11 yrs ago I was 9...

[@spiderjerusalem4009]

and now, we have the audible's sandman

[@lonelytraveler541]

Soon we will have Netflix adaptation

[@Loa4EVER]

I love Sandman. I'm almost finishing reading the comics. I don't know if i am the only one but, it couldn't be awesome if The Sandman could be on Tv on series?

[@THEGREATMAX]

No. TV shows don't have the kind of budgets that a story like this needs, and movies are too much about the flash and flaire to do anything this deep and meaningful

[@ShinbrigTV]

Well at the moment, Joseph Gordan-Levitt is working on a screenplay for "The Sandman", good news is that Neil Gaiman is involved with the project.

[@TheOddWorldOfJonas]

THEGREATMAX Before Sandman a lot of people would say a story like this could never be done in comics... I know it's something completely different, but never say something is impossible just because it's never been done before. I hope that some day a good TV series may be made. :)

[@segura2112]

ShinbrigTV That would be WAY COOL!

[@Dreamerx47]

THEGREATMAX The best parts of sandman are when dream just sits down and talks to death on a park bench or somethingwhatever. I think the issue would come with capturing the artstyle (i figure dream would just look like Russel Brand :/ )

[@cha5]

Hard to believe it's been 25 years since I first picked up Sandman #1 and I just picked up Sandman: Overture #1 yesterday. Full circle

[@piemanpie2424]

Is Sandman: Overture worth reading?

[@mayaenglish5424]

​@@piemanpie2424 Yes, The story is cool and the art is gorgeous.

[@MatthewRayDavila69]

Me too :)

[@DuelistKoi93]

Neil Gaiman(A.K.A. Lord Morpheus) is AWESOME.

[@spof84]

"A quarter-century after his ground-breaking Sandman comic was launched, Neil Gaiman is returning to the character that made him famous with a six-issue prequel about Morpheus, the Lord of Dreams." -The Guardian Comes out October 2013!

[@Figgy666]

Neil is awesome aka Sandman he is Morpheus lol.

[@noneofyoubusiness4895]

Interesting; the premise being based on the multiple meanings of Dream. The Never Ending Story did something similar with Falkor (in the book, mind - not the film) playing on the double meaning of "glück" as both luck and joy. Of course this is completely lost in translation form the German ...

[@pratt6341]

Hi. I'm Karen Berger. I don't actually own Vertigo or any of it's titles but I do get a decent check and 401 k from Warner Bros who'll probably give Neil a big piece of profit from Sandman if they ever get their act together to make it a film or mini series. Comic sales have been decent, don't get me wrong.

[@FaultAndDakranon]

@TheHawkdaddy Because they are large dreams, and intricate. Dense and beautiful and deep. Those who are captivated by Twilight have just discovered how to dream small. Feed them ever larger dreams, and then one day they may walk the worlds of Gaiman unblinkered, and see the soaring wonders contained within, rather than only the grass just in front of their feet.

[@pratt6341]

Don't forget all the independents like Cerebus and Love and Rockets prior to Vertigo Karen. Do regular book editors get to promote themselves?

[@allaboutdmagic]

What with the threatening to fire Dave McKean, and the way she handled the Alan Moore/ V for Vendetta movie fiasco I have to wonder about Karen Berger.

[@NathanHAdams]

Could you post some annotations on this video with at least a vague idea of what the questions are that are being asked?

[@ZeNex74]

must finally finish sandman, it got hard work in the middle

[@spiderjerusalem4009]

and now, you must finish the audible's sandman.

[@metsrus]

if reading it becomes a chore, why bother.

[@ZeNex74]

@@metsrus ive started collecting them to read. Starts good maybe middle is a bit slow

[@ZeNex74]

@@spiderjerusalem4009 not finished that either

[@metsrus]

@@ZeNex74 yeah i hear ya. I'm about to finish the last two story arcs. I guess I have too much time on my hand to binge read lol.

[@chrisgagnon9438]

swampthing

[@phantomfire8228]

9:55

[@ghostdog2041]

Neil Gaiman and Chip Chipperson, you say?

[@Ray_D_Tutto]

Tsst.

[@BlueMaxx86]

Such interesting chat. Neil, whether in front of one or hundreds, always keeps his composure and kindness. It'd be annoying, if it wasn't for that damned charm of his. Sam Kieth's psuedonym as "The Meat" had me laughing.

[@WilliamPB]

Whoops! SPOILERS! BEWARE!

[@LSJShez]

I haven't read Sandman. I am ashamed.

[@piemanpie2424]

LSJShez have you read Sandman yet?

[@enblanchard5492]

Well. Read it! You won't be disappointed . It seems a bit disjointed at the beginning but it really comes together in the end and is everything it's reputation promises.

[@pratt6341]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

[@chodeshadar18]

The guy LOOKS like Sandman...but not quite so creepy.

[@Baobei666]

Too bad you can't hear the questions...

[@TheHawkdaddy]

Why don't people who want something supernatural read his books instead of twilight and tim burton films?

[@charlessims2359]

is it just me or would Martin Freeman play a great Neil in a Biopic

[@philipclayberg4928]

Martin Freeman isn't tall enough. Maybe Benedict Cumberbatch instead?

[@artfan101]

write a book

[@Eerie0Innocence]

The fetal dream sounds like an awesome idea! The man whoever drops that story in front of a raped 15-year-old cannot separate reality from fiction and would need to be shot with the wrath of one million Neil Gaiman fans. Wish he would've taken the risk in writing that fetal dream story, but oh well, I guess. I love dark stories and unique mythologies, so I might just go ahead and read The Sandman. TO THE BOOKSTORE! *whoosh*

[@AbsurdNotions]

I'm not fond of the interviewer to be honest. I think he made things awkward. Should've just let Neil speak. The man is a natural orator.

[@Ray_D_Tutto]

Interviewer is incredibly annoying.