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I’m a huge fan of author Neil Gaiman.  In college, a friend of mine, Tim Nadeau, first introduced me to Neil Gaiman’s work on Sandman, and I’ve been a fan and follower of Neil’s work ever since.

This cartoon, titled “Charles Schulz’s Sandman,” by a deviantart user who goes by the name DocShaner, was posted on Neil Gaiman’s site, http://www.neilgaiman.com/ not too long ago, and I couldn’t resist posting it here:

Charles Schulz's Sandman

Here we have Peanuts characters Linus and Lucy done up Sandman-style, Linus playing the part of Dream with Lucy standing in for Dream’s  older sister Death, re-enacting a particularly memorable  moment from the conclusion of the very first Sandman story arc (Preludes And Nocturnes).

I just finished reading Odd And The Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman (with illustrations by Mark Buckingham), a couple of days ago. 

The short novel was written for World Book Day (a bit of a misnomer, really, since it’s exclusively a UK-Ireland thing as far as I’m aware). 

Authors author for free, and publishers publish for free, and little kids get to buy the books on the cheap for 1 Pound Book Tokens.

Promotes childhood literacy, you see.

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I’d been looking forward to watching Beowulf ever since the first few trailers began showing up online (you can read the earlier post here if you like). 

It just seemed like the sort of movie I’d really enjoy. 

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I’m really looking forward to the big screen adaptation of Beowulf coming out this fall. 

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Here is a picture of one of my favorite authors – Neil Gaiman, award-winning, New York Times bestselling author and all-around swell guy.

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