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Speaking of reintroducing characters...

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:09:31 GMT

Posted by: chrisdv

( The all-new Angela for the Marvel Universe )

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Books of Magic: Part 2

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:06:47 GMT

Posted by: espanolbot

Previous part,
http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/4239569.html

16 out of 55
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Books of Magic: Part 1

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:01:43 GMT

Posted by: espanolbot

12 out of 55
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A bit of Neil Gaiman's Batman...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:12:24 GMT

Posted by: espanolbot

In the Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader trade they also collected some of Gaiman's older Batman stories from back in the day. One of them, about a recuiter for the Suicide Squad evaluating Poison Ivy to see if she'll be a worthwhile addition to the troupe I'll cover later.

But for now, here's a bit from a story involving a group of reporters who come to Gotham to make a documentary about how Batman is actually responsible for the amount of supervillains in the city...
( This takes place just after Death in the Family, for those who were interested in when this was set. )

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Tim Crossdresses, Kon's New Best Friend, Wolverine's Opinion on Scott Summers, and more!

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:36:18 GMT

Posted by: auggie18

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One Perfect Moment - The Oneiromancer issues a punishment...

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 23:55:51 GMT

Posted by: icon_uk

From Neil Gaiman's Sandman series comes a unique form of punishment that only the Lord Of Stories could envisage

(Warning, below the cut lies commentary on a plot that involved rape. I don't go into graphic detail or anything, but better to warn those that it might be a trigger for)

( This is from Calliope )

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One Perfect Moment - Black Orchid

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:15:17 GMT

Posted by: icon_uk

From the remarkable Black Orchid mini-series from Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, comes this defining moment.

( I will find the thing he loves.. )

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Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean's Hellblazer - "Hold Me"

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:17:55 GMT

Posted by: dc2houseofmystery

Oh man, I recently started reading Hellblazer again. Just sat down and was pouring over the issues, and I found #27, a classic Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean story, and I remember how hard it hit me when I first read it. The artwork is superb, the story is unhindered by years and years of Hellblazer continuity, it's just pure, unhindered John Constantine. Don't get me wrong, I love almost everything that came after it (to an extent) but this is just amazing.

So I thought... it's been over a year since my last post... why not come back and share something with you all that I adore?

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Four Pages from Sandman #20 Facade

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:56:24 GMT

Posted by: shadowpsykie

( The Sun is Just a Mask )

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Minnesota Republican to Neil Gaiman: You are a Pencil-necked little Weasel!

Thu, 05 May 2011 15:03:01 GMT

Posted by: espanolbot

( The Politician who says that earning wages = stealing, which explains so, so much about politics )

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Death talks HIV, guest starring John Constantine and a banana

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:40:32 GMT

Posted by: icon_uk

As per ravenous_raven 's request; "Death Talks About Life"

This was released as a giveaway for use in American high schools, so I don't see a problem with posting the whole thing. If Mods feel otherwise, let me know.

( Banana's can be FUN! )

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30 Days of Winter: Day 17 - Pre-Golden Age Comics - Doctor Occult

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:53:20 GMT

Posted by: badficwriter

Don't believe me?

The Golden Age is considered to have begun with Action 1 and the appearance of Superman, as well as the Phantom, in 1937.

Doctor Occult was introduced in 1935 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, despite the names listed on the strips below according to Wiki, and hails from the action adventurer/detective schools. Comic Book Resources has a nice article on him here. But the scans are a little small, so I rustled up what I could. ( Read more... )

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30 days of Scans Day 11: Favourite Elseworld/Alternate Universe

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:27:16 GMT

Posted by: uadlika

Marvel: 1602 is one of the few comics that I found not through S_D, but through an internet search on the lost colony of Roanoke. Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the New World is a major character in this 8-part series, with the ability to shift into animals (based on this legend). The history nerd in me absolutely adores this. Another semi-historical tale, Superman: Red Son, is perhaps my second favorite Elseworld.

The premise of Marvel:1602 is that the heroes from the regular Marvel Universe are transplanted into the year 1602, just as Queen Elizabeth I lay dying and King James of Scotland set to take the throne. We meet familiar-yet-not characters such as Sir Nicholas Fury, the Queen's spymaster, Doctor Stephen Strange, the Queen's physician, Peter Parquagh, Carlos Javier and his school for sons of gentlefolk, the Four from the Fantastick, David Banner, Grand Inquisitor Enrique, aided by Sister Wanda and Petros, and Otto von Doom.

Here is a teaser showing us these characters from the first issue (4 pages):

( Now, ask your first question )

Also there are dinosaurs.

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30 Days of Scans meme Day 4: The Sandman, Wesley Dodds

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:34:55 GMT

Posted by: espanolbot

Oh yeah, warning: racism.

( The DCU's First Superhero )

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One Perfect Moment - Sandman

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:23:01 GMT

Posted by: harmoner

Taken from Preludes & Nocturnes, one of my favourite moments.

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One Perfect Moment: The Riddler

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:48:20 GMT

Posted by: goggle_kid

One page from 1989's Secret Origins special.

( I think everyone who loves old comics sometimes feels this way )

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One Perfect Moment: Batman

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:47:55 GMT

Posted by: sailorlibra

I'm normally not a Neil Gaiman fan. I keep giving him chances and finding out I dislike his work all over again. But, sometimes, I think he's brilliant. One page from Detective Comics #853.

( Under the cut )

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The gimp-locked-in-the-basement of Neil Gaiman's oeuvre, Part 3

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:31:39 GMT

Posted by: arbre_rieur

Here's the last issue of the ANGELA three-issue series that Neil Gaiman penned, about the character from SPAWN.

"Could we forebear dispute, and practice love,
We should agree as angels do above."
Edmund Waller 'Divine Love'

( Seven pages )

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How scared can you get in 30 seconds?

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:46:25 GMT

Posted by: arbre_rieur

Half Minute Horrors is a children's horror anthology collecting very, very short stories (vignettes really, often enough) by various of today's children's authors (and a few authors of adult fiction who somehow got mixed in there).

Most of the works are text pieces, but there are some of the art that is sequential variety, too...

( Scared? I'm not scared! Who's scared?? )

creator: neil gaiman, creator: brad meltzer, creator: joyce carol oates, genre: horror

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Why Abra Kaddabra Isn't As Lame As You Thought He Was.

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:11:05 GMT

Posted by: btravage

( One page from Books of Magic )

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The Exploring Game, Part 1

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:30:48 GMT

Posted by: neuhallidae

I got a present in the mail today! I'm not particularly sure why, since my birthday's still months off, but that's not the important part. The important part is that I'm now the proud owner of the graphic novel version of Coraline, and the lovely P. Craig Russell art it contains. Unfortunately, I had to go hunting for online scans for sharing, since our scanner's gone to crap lately.

Picking a place to post was hard, because there are so many little bits about this that I love. Ultimately, though, the exploring game won out, since my favorite part of the graphic novel spoils something that wasn't in the movie version.

Doing three posts, for a grand total of 34 pages out of 186.

( PLAY FAIR! )

Next post tomorrow!

tags: creator:neil gaiman, creator: p. craig russell

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The only problem is it loses the beard...

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:37:50 GMT

Posted by: endless_aegis

( Best genderflip ever? )

suggested tags: creator: ryusuke hamamoto, creator: alan moore, creator: neil gaiman

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Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:07:23 GMT

Posted by: shemale

I went through a period a while back where i was looking for trans women characters in contemporary comics and graphic novels* and a lot of people referred me to Neil Gaiman, with The Sandman series in particular, and told me about how he's friends with ~real live trans women~ and all that. And i still see him referenced, here and elsewhere, as providing some of the best inclusions of trans people in those forms of visual media to date.

The problem was, I already owned the entire series (for a long time; i got them when i was in my mid teens), had gone back and read it again, and found it disappointing in most parts which included trans women and in others it actually brought up feelings of body dysphoria and memories of violence. And while i do appreciate some of the more gender fluid characters in the series--especially Desire--they're not trans women.

( Large scans under cut, some NSFW, a little bit of tl;dr rambling, and may contain spoilers for those of you who haven't read it yet but plan to )

And, reading this, i'm like, my god, this is some of the best, least cissexist inclusion of trans women in comics?

So yeah, i don't know, i'm mostly posting this here for the discussion (which i won't, unfortunately, be able to participate in beyond this post until later tonight)--what do you think about Gaiman and the stories i've posted scans of, where have you seen trans women in comics that i've maybe missed, and so on and so on.

*Somewhat unsuccessfully, unfortunately

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The Secret Origin of the Joker

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:40:09 GMT

Posted by: cyberghostface

( A Moby Dick for his Ahab, a Moriarty to his Holmes. )

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Death: The Time of Your Life

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:30:55 GMT

Posted by: gargoylekitty

( Some happy, some sad )

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