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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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    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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    A Distant Soil: Soulless

    I’ve been serializing my A Distant Soil novella Soulless at my Patreon, and here is one of the illustrations. I’m quite happy with how it is moving along, and very happy with the response! For now, I am concentrating on A Distant Soil, finishing a long list of commissions, and taking on the occasional pinup or cover. I am also planning several new graphic novel projects one of which is in contract right now. But I have a multi-month window just for A Distant Soil work and I am keeping my head clear for it. Tying up all the loose ends of this story is very complicated!

  • Prince Kovar

    Looking mighty dandy! This was a commission for a Patreon patron. I will only be accepting commissions from patrons for the year 2021 while I concentrate on finishing the final A Distant Soil graphic novel, and my other graphic novel projects. Two in the pipeline! Also, I have a short story coming in Sensational Wonder Woman #1, which I both wrote and drew! Available as a digital comic in January, and in print in March. Have a safe and happy holiday.

  • Star Wars: Dr Aphra

    Was thrilled to get to do this painting for Marvel Comics! Star Wars: Dr Aphra! You can get this variant cover from your local comic retailer. Here is the info! Snow Glass Apples by Neil Gaiman with art by me has gone into a second printing. It has sold out through Diamond Distributors, which services comic shops. It will not be in major bookstores until Tuesday, August 20. If you want a first print, be sure to be at your Barnes and Noble, or other mainstream bookstore to get it as soon as possible! I believe the second print will be available in a few weeks. People have asked if…

  • Valiant’s Doctor Mirage

    Was very excited to have the opportunity to do a cover for Valiant Comics’ DOCTOR MIRAGE series. Here’s the information at Diamond Previews. Please ask for it at your comic retailer! I wrote about having a health downturn on my Patreon which slowed my progress on work for the last month or two, but I’ve had my medication adjusted and should be on an upswing soon. I really want to build some momentum on A DISTANT SOIL. I haven’t been able to for awhile. On the plus side, I’ve agreed to do a project I have wanted to do for over two decades, and have returned to work on FINALITY…

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    Hokusai Manga Lecture

    Some years back, I lectured at the Smithsonian Institution on Hokusai and manga. Fred Schodt, author of Manga! Manga! kindly recommended me as Artist In Residence. My parents saved the poster and had it framed for me for Christmas. Imagine my surprise! Apparently, they saved other props from the event, but the framer lost them. Bad framer.