tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post7971114697829154250..comments2024-03-28T22:15:25.617-07:00Comments on RAWIllumination.net: Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07810736442596736041noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-91563851218915754262010-10-22T13:32:11.524-07:002010-10-22T13:32:11.524-07:00I seem to recall Uncle Bob quoting on occasion tha...I seem to recall Uncle Bob quoting on occasion that no masterpiece is ever finished it is simply abandoned.<br /><br />As for deadlines I heard an interview with Geoffrey Perkins the Producer of the original Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy where he said that Douglas Adams 'often only finished writing the episode a couple of hours after the audience had gone home!'<br /><br />NonProphet!Vincent Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10606224695407615796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-64624502235019628172010-10-21T03:08:14.222-07:002010-10-21T03:08:14.222-07:00"While Sandman sold a ton of comics and made ..."While Sandman sold a ton of comics and made Mr. Gaiman a lot of money..."<br /><br />I think we're back where we started.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-39487903315794330572010-10-19T08:54:40.676-07:002010-10-19T08:54:40.676-07:00No. While Sandman sold a ton of comics and made M...No. While Sandman sold a ton of comics and made Mr. Gaiman a lot of money, multiple companies involved with the Historical Illuminatus series went out of business (through no fault of Bob's) and the series didn't sell that well. Just as Pound didn't finish the Cantos, Chaucer didnt' finish the Canterbury Tales and Spenser didn't finish the Faery Queen, Bob didn't finish this series. Instead he remained true "to himself, and to his Story, and to his continued reputation" and wrote what seemed best to him, according to his reason and intuition, etc.Eric Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312033917401203598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-59582507247175838742010-10-19T00:51:34.175-07:002010-10-19T00:51:34.175-07:00But presumably you would agree that there's a ...But presumably you would agree that there's a world of difference between Gaiman being late with a few issues "Sandman," and Gaiman abandoning "Sandman" around issue 60 to write "American Gods"? The former was mildly irritating; the latter would have been devastating, not just to his fans - those who considered Gaiman their bitch and otherwise - but to himself, and to his Story, and to his continued reputation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-26212511322602715562010-10-18T17:55:09.660-07:002010-10-18T17:55:09.660-07:00Cool post, and cool comments Bogus and Dr. Johnson...Cool post, and cool comments Bogus and Dr. Johnson.<br /><br />I remember my distress at the slowness of the last dozen issues of Sandman. I had become obsessed with the series, and I haunted the comic book stores waiting and waiting for the end of the series.Eric Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312033917401203598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-15992582816050744402010-10-18T01:19:21.881-07:002010-10-18T01:19:21.881-07:00I agree. Gaiman said more than everything I though...I agree. Gaiman said more than everything I thought I wanted to say to the person who criticized RAW for "selling out." <br /><br />When I think of the suffering - physical as well as mental - that RAW had to endure from 1998 (when Arlen's health problems became very serious)to 2007, I'm surpised he was able to do anything. In 2000 his PPS kicked in with a vengeance. He still made himself available to the Maybe Logic guys, all kinds of interviewers (including myself, and Eric Wagner, among many others), and put out the Encyclopedia, TSOG, and Email to the Universe. He continued to write introductions to other writers' works...and he gave his time to the Maybe Logic Academy courses, among other things. RAW was no one's bitch, that's for goddamned sure. <br /><br />How easy, how FATUOUS to suggest RAW sold out.michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526042582094867513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-55602269922735971882010-10-17T15:33:49.676-07:002010-10-17T15:33:49.676-07:00What an excellent post!
Thanks so much for that. ...What an excellent post!<br /><br />Thanks so much for that. I loved RAW and studied with him online, at the end, when writing books or even going on lecture dates had started to become difficult.<br /><br />I can only say I missed the fourth volume, too, but know that other things happened to intervene, and that (as a Writer) he was still very much available for social networking feedback, with ideas and encouragement and (unlike most 'gurus') kept pointing us outward from his own work to other things he loved - not just his own influences, but also modern connections, and even our own creative output.<br /><br />Neil Gaiman nails that whole thing in this brief but elegant response.Alias Bogushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10908752518788179717noreply@blogger.com