This was followed in 1988 by a Black Orchid miniseries (again with Gaiman) and Hellblazer covers for DC Comics.
His work incorporates drawing, painting, photography, collage, found objects, digital art, and sculpture.Īfter a trip to New York in 1986, during which he failed to find work as a comics artist, McKean met writer Neil Gaiman and the pair collaborated on a short graphic novel of disturbing childhood memories, Violent Cases, published in 1987. His books and stories have also been honored with four Hugos, two Nebulas, one World Fantasy Award, four Bram Stoker Awards, six Locus Awards, two British Science Fiction Association Awards, one British Fantasy Award, three Geffens, one International Horror Guild Award, and two Mythopoeic Awards.ĭave McKean is an illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker, and musician. Neil Gaiman's work has been honored with many awards internationally, including the Newbery and Carnegie Medals. I discovered that librarians actually want to help you: They taught me about interlibrary loans." I was the sort of kid who devoured books, and my happiest times as a boy were when I persuaded my parents to drop me off in the local library on their way to work, and I spent the day there. A self-described "feral child who was raised in libraries," Gaiman credits librarians with fostering a lifelong love of reading: "I wouldn't be who I am without libraries. Tolkien, James Branch Cabell, Edgar Allan Poe, Michael Moorcock, Ursula K. As a child he discovered his love of books, reading, and stories, devouring the works of C.
Neil Gaiman was born in Hampshire, UK, and now lives in the United States near Minneapolis.
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