{"id":45481,"date":"2014-11-07T12:05:25","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T01:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=45481"},"modified":"2016-03-01T09:28:03","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T23:28:03","slug":"the-art-of-neil-gaiman-the-story-of-one-of-the-worlds-most-creative-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2014\/11\/07\/the-art-of-neil-gaiman-the-story-of-one-of-the-worlds-most-creative-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Neil Gaiman: The story of one of the world&#8217;s most creative forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-art-of-neil-gaiman-hayley-campbell\/prod9781781571392.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-45482\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/the-art-of-neil-gaiman-1.jpg?w=241\" alt=\"the-art-of-neil-gaiman\" width=\"220\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>The Art of Neil Gaiman<\/h1>\n<h2>by Hayley Campbell and Audrey Niffenegger<\/h2>\n<p><strong>With characters like Coraline and the Sandman to his name, Neil Gaiman is one of the best-loved authors in the world today; a creative force in comics, fiction, and the movies and TV, a serial award-winner, and a social media phenomenon whose every work is a guaranteed #1 bestseller.<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nHis passionate following of fans numbers millions, yet few know the story of how he became the world-wide star he is today, or the private side of the many creative collaborations that have consistently inspired others to produce some of their best work. <i>The Art of Neil Gaiman<\/i> changes this, told in Neil\u2019s own words and enriched with visuals from his own archive.<\/p>\n<p>Author Hayley Campbell brilliantly evokes the literary and comics scene of 1980s London, and places pop-culture milestones in the context of a busy, multi-stranded creative life \u2013 making sense of Gaiman\u2019s diverse career, relating it to his storytelling gi!s, his talent for being in the right place at the right time, and his passionate drive to &#8211; as he himself has put it \u201cMake Good Art\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-art-of-neil-gaiman-hayley-campbell\/prod9781781571392.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Grab a copy of <em>The Art of Neil Gaiman<\/em> here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Neil Gaiman 2012 Commencement Speech &quot;Make Good Art&quot;\" width=\"1250\" height=\"938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/plWexCID-kA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-art-of-neil-gaiman-hayley-campbell\/prod9781781571392.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Grab a copy of <em>The Art of Neil Gaiman<\/em> here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>The lucky winner of our <em>The Art of Neil Gaiman<\/em> FB giveaway is: <\/strong><strong>Charmaine Ohl!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Charmaine, email us at promos@booktopia.com.au with your details and we&#8217;ll get your prize out to you ASAP!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Don&#8217;t forget to follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Booktopia\/91043653859\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/booktopiabooks\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/booktopia\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> for more giveaways leading up to Christmas!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45457\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/50days-banner.jpg?w=468\" alt=\"50days-banner\" width=\"468\" height=\"135\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Art of Neil Gaiman by Hayley Campbell and Audrey Niffenegger With characters like Coraline and the Sandman to his name, Neil Gaiman is one of the best-loved authors in the world today; a creative force in comics, fiction, and the movies and TV, a serial award-winner, and a social media phenomenon whose every work is a guaranteed #1 bestseller. His passionate following of fans numbers millions, yet few know the story of how he became the world-wide star he is today, or the private side of the many creative collaborations that have consistently inspired others to produce some of their best work. The Art of Neil Gaiman changes this, told in Neil\u2019s own words and enriched with visuals from his own archive. Author Hayley Campbell brilliantly evokes the literary and comics scene of 1980s London, and places pop-culture milestones in the context of a busy, multi-stranded creative life \u2013 making sense of Gaiman\u2019s diverse career, relating it to his storytelling gi!s, his talent for being in the right place at the right time, and his passionate drive to &#8211; as he himself has put it \u201cMake Good Art\u201d. 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