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    NEIL GAIMAN’S CHIVALRY and TORI AMOS: LITTLE EARTHQUAKES – 6 Eisner Nominations!

    Neil Gaiman’s CHIVALRY, adapted and illustrated by Colleen with letters by Colleen and Todd Klein – and TORI AMOS: LITTLE EARTHQUAKES, an anthology of short story adaptations of the music of Tori Amos featuring works by Colleen, David Mack and others, as well as an alternate cover by Colleen – have both been nominated for the Best Adaptation from Another Medium Eisner Award. Neil Gaiman’s CHIVALRY also scored a lettering nomination for Todd Klein. TORI AMOS: LITTLE EARTHQUAKES was also nominated for Best Anthology, and Best Design with a Short Story nomination for Margaret Atwood and David Mack. Colleen waited 30 years for the chance to adapt CHIVALRY, so this…

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    Neil Gaiman’s CHIVALRY Makes Washington Post Best Graphic Novels of 2022 Top Ten list, Shortlisted for Excelsior Award

    We’re so happy to be included on this amazing list of Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2022 at the Washington Post! Story by Neil Gaiman, adaptation and art by Colleen Doran, published in the USA by Dark Horse Comics and by Headline Books in the UK. We’re also incredibly thrilled and honored that Chivalry is shortlisted for the Excelsior Award, to be decided by the children of hundreds of schools in the UK. What an honor to be included with so many other wonderful books. We hope you’ll check them out!

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    Neil Gaiman Writes. Colleen Doran Adapts.

    Written by Neil Gaiman. Art and Adaptation by Colleen Doran. Letters by Todd Klein (with Colleen Doran on Chivalry). Published by Dark Horse Comics in the USA and Headline Books in the UK. Distributed by Penguin/Random House. Available at all major comic book shops and all major bookstores. Target, Walmart, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, BooksAMillion, Hudson, IndieBound. Snow, Glass, Apples, and Troll Bridge: intended for adult readers. Chivalry: for all ages. Find a store at the Penguin/Random House website.

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    A Distant Soil Restoration

    UPDATED 5-5-22 Our printer went bankrupt and discarded our complete inventory of negatives of the art for my entire graphic novel series, nearly 1000 pages of material. While we do have a good deal of the art, restoring the lost pages, and the loss of the negatives has cost me over $20,000 in production work. This was nothing personal, they did this to a number of major publishers. But reprinting all the books and restoring all the art will cost well over $100,000. I am financing all future work on A DISTANT SOIL on my Patreon page. Please consider supporting! Patrons have exclusive access to work in progress, pages as…

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    Guardian Live Online with Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran

    From the Guardian UK Website: “Award-winning writer and illustrator duo Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran will introduce their new graphic novel, Chivalry. Chivalry is an adaptation of a short story by Neil Gaiman, in which an elderly widow, Mrs Whitaker, unknowingly buys the Holy Grail in a charity shop – an event that launches her into an epic world of adventure with a handsome young knight who goes by the name of Galaad. In a collaboration that brings to life illustrative styles from the Golden Age, and taking influence from the Illuminated Manuscripts, Chivalry is a charming and witty tale about taking risks, and finding friendship in unlikely places.” Gaiman…

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    Snow Glass Apples Wins Bram Stoker Award, Nominated for Two Ringo Awards, and Society of Illustrators Exhibit.

    I do most of my posting at my Patreon these days, so I completely forgot to add some cool news here. I am very happy to announce that in addition to the 2020 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium, Neil Gaiman’s Snow Glass Apples has received the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel from the Horror Writers Association. I grant this the Coolest Looking Award Ever Award. And here’s the Eisner. Nice Bookends! It’s surprisingly heavy. I was nominated for Best Penciler/Inker at the Eisners as well, and also received a nomination from the National Cartoonist Society for the Silver Reuben for Best Graphic…

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    Neil Gaiman’s SNOW, GLASS, APPLES Wins 2020 Eisner Award

    I’m very happy to announce that the adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Snow, Glass, Apples which I was honored to do for our publisher Dark Horse Comics has won the 2020 Eisner for Best Adaptation from Another Medium. I was also nominated for the Eisner for Best Penciler/Inker, but I’m extremely grateful for our Adaptation category win. So many great books and creators received nominations, and we are honored to be among them. You can read more about them here. I’m afraid I’ve had to cut back on my mail order operation due to my workload, but you can buy the book at all major bookstores, or ask for it at…

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    Calvin and Hobbes Cartoon Art Museum sketch, Fusain’s Liquid Charcoal, and Paint Flex

    A look at Colleen’s original art for the Calvin and Hobbes benefit for the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco. A talk about Fusain’s Liquid Charcoal, Thrifty Art Supply Shopping, Elaine Lee and Mike Kaluta’s “Starstruck”, and studio tips. Chakra Sketchbook Fusain’s Liquid Charcoal “Starstruck” Lock-Eat Jars Daniel Smith Watercolor SetCartoon Art Museum Colleen Doran’s Patreon