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Neil Gaiman Calls Critics Of Casting For Netflix’s ‘The Sandman’ Series Racists, Sexists, Homophobes, And Anti-Vaxxers

January 17, 2023

Writer and creator of The Sandman Neil Gaiman has been ardent in defending the casting choices for the Netflix series adapting his work that has met with harsh criticism for breaking with the source material. Q...

Deus Vult Creator Jon Del Arroz Exposes Zoe Quinn’s Dismal Sales For Her DC Comics Series Godddess Mode And Her Autobiography

JB Augustine

January 11, 2022

Books, Comic Books

Self-published author Jon Del Arroz, who considers himself the leading Hispanic voice in science fiction, revealed the sales numbers of “trad-pub” writer Zoe Quinn and they’re not good at all. Source: The I...

Justice League Incarnate #2 Reintroduces Hellblazer, The Earth-13 Superhero Variant of John Constantine

JB Augustine

December 23, 2021

Comic Books

Very few readers are likely to remember an obscure variant of John Constantine who, unlike his regular universe counterpart wears a mask and a costume, but DC is giving us a refresher. Source: Constantine V...

HBO Max Orders Pilot for Doom Patrol Spinoff Based On Neil Gaiman’s Dead Boy Detectives

JB Augustine

September 10, 2021

Comic Books, Television

Doom Patrol season 3 isn’t even streaming yet, but yet-to-air one episode has already garnered the strange show a spinoff based on a similarly weird Neil Gaiman creation. Source: Doom Patrol, HBO Max Rel...

Neil Gaiman Confirms Episode 5 Of The Sandman Netflix Series Adapts The 24 Hours Story With Doctor Destiny

JB Augustine

June 18, 2021

Television

A major rumor about Netflix’s Sandman has been confirmed by the comics’ very author. Neil Gaiman tweets in the affirmative season one will adapt the infamous 24 Hours diner-of-horrors story that features the gr...

Netflix Reveals The Devil Is A Woman In Upcoming Sandman Series

JB Augustine

January 29, 2021

Television

Just as speculation Taron Egerton is playing John Constantine in the series started to simmer, the main cast of Netflix's adaption of Neil Gaiman's Sandman, including the portrayers of Dream and Lucifer, have b...

Rumor: Taron Egerton To Play Constantine In Netflix’s Sandman

JB Augustine

January 28, 2021

Television

Almost since it was announced, Netflix's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's legendary Vertigo title The Sandman was pegged as its own thing apart from any other active pocket of the DC live-action multiverse. R...

Neil Gaiman Promises Gender Swaps For Netflix’s Upcoming Sandman Series

JB Augustine

July 13, 2020

Comic Books, Television

Neil Gaiman stated his intentions with translating his classic tales starring his hottest property, The Sandman, into a new medium - and the trouble he's had doing that over the years. In a virtual press rou...

Neil Gaiman Wants Trans Writers to Work on Netflix’s Adaptation of His Sandman Series

JB Augustine

May 4, 2020

Television

Neil Gaiman's Sandman comic has featured transgender characters and dealt with related issues, making the Vertigo title ahead of its time in a lot of ways. As such, the author wants to have trans writers on the...

DC Comics Confirms Vertigo Comics Shut Down – Reorganizes Into Three Labels

John F. Trent

June 21, 2019

Comic Books

DC Comics announced that Vertigo Comics will be extinct beginning in 2020. They specifically note "DC will sunset the Vertigo publishing imprint at the end of the year." The news confirms rumors about the im...

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