I read it up through the end (using the Alan Moore/Neil Gaiman loophole I gave myself for my No More DC policy). Wasn't terribly impressed by the final issue though.
Whatever happened to the still beating heart of a virgin? No one has any standards anymore.
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 08, 2006 6:26:44 am PDT #9768 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Polter-Cow - Sep 08, 2006 6:52:31 am PDT #9769 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, it's over? I guess that means I can start reading it all eventually.
Strega - Sep 08, 2006 7:19:19 am PDT #9770 of 10000
I did think this bit from that Popmatters piece was goofy:
Like a lot of Gaiman fans, I was outraged that DC would try to milk even more money out of Neil’s precious creations
Oh, please. Because I'm sure no Gaiman fan buys the reissues and spin-offs and statues and posters and action figures and stuffed animals and whatever else. I'm not thrilled that there's such a market for all that crap, but it's not DC I blame for that.
esse - Sep 08, 2006 7:22:18 am PDT #9771 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Yeah, that was a little wanky. I skimmed the first few paragraphs about how the author had to get over himself to read something that wasn't Pure Gaiman (TM), even though it was endorsed by Neil, which is why I started reading it. (Well, that and Fay thrusting it into my hands.) But it reminded me of why I liked the series so much, and I'm going to go back and re-read all of them. When I get things sorted out a little more.
§ ita § - Sep 08, 2006 7:23:35 am PDT #9772 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You will have to pry my Death stuffed toy out of my cold dead hands. Not to mention Morpheus, Daniel and Goldie.
And I so want Delirium.
Atropa - Sep 08, 2006 10:17:12 am PDT #9773 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I didn't buy any of the stuffed toys (tho' I kinda regret it now). However, I do have the Where's Neil When You Need Him tribute CD that Dancing Ferret released this summer.
Tom Scola - Sep 09, 2006 4:37:16 am PDT #9774 of 10000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
What Teppy wants for Christmas: [link]
Jon B. - Sep 09, 2006 4:42:38 am PDT #9775 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I love the MC Spidey dance!
Steph L. - Sep 09, 2006 9:09:10 am PDT #9776 of 10000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
What Teppy wants for Christmas: [link]
Awwwww. That's the cutest thing EVAR!
esse - Sep 09, 2006 9:14:55 am PDT #9777 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
- thread-hijacks* teppy! I'm glad your dad is okay. How are you?