Sandman sale at Comixology

There's a new standalone Vertigo Comixology app, and right now all Sandman issues are 99 cents each in the app. (If you buy them in the app, you'll still be able to read them via the main Comixology website.) If you've never tried Sandman, Season of Mists #21-28 is one of the best comic book stories ever (and inspired this tattoo and necklace).




(Of course, I have the very cool hardcover and it's under $20 at Amazon.) Via.

*Previously: Morpheus wearing his helmet Dunny.

Link roundup

1. Neil Gaiman on Neverwhere (great book, lackluster tv show):

When the BBC made the series, I felt that what they’d done was rather off from what I’d written in the scripts, so I wrote the book as a sort of “This is what I meant” Director’s Cut.

Watch the BBC version afterwards by all means - there are some wonderful performances.

2.RPS:

If you don’t have a subscription to Star Wars: The Old But Mysteriously Similar To The New Republic but know someone who does, you could be in luck. Starting tomorrow is the Friends Trial, which means subs can invite in chums for a week of free play and access to everything the game contains up until level 15.


Which is a decent opportunity to sample the game without having to drop thirty big ones on a boxed copy first. If you do find it’s to your taste, apparently you’ll be offered a purchase of the full client at a discounted price – subscriptions will remain full-whack, however.

(I'd appreciate an invite, btw.)

3. New preorder at the BBTS: Hobbit figures (no pictures), the new TMNT (but only by the case), Dark Knight Rises Catwoman, Bane and Batman figures, and a new colorway of the Fat Tony the Tiger.

Illustration roundup

A glimpse at the upcoming Chu's Day by Neil Gaiman and Adam Rex. I believe the book has been specifically designed to be a hit in China. You can buy Adam's Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich for $8 at Amazon.



Cloud and rainbow by Kristin Tercek, who has art on sale here.



Batrider by Sam Wolfe Connelly, who has art on sale here.

Link roundup

1. "In describing LeBron James' season, 'great' might not even begin to do it justice. If the season ended today, his PER (player efficiency rating) of 32.6 would be the best in NBA history, surpassing Wilt Chamberlain’s 1961-62 and 1962-63 seasons."

2. A reader tells Neil Gaiman:

I bought my niece Coraline as a gift. When I next saw her, I asked what she thought of it. She got about half-way through, then got so scared she wrapped it up in a blanket and put it in a shoe box. Then put the shobox in an empty toybox, then filled the toybox, locked it, and put it up in the attic. Which was then locked. Just thought I'd share that.

3. My favorite song of the day is Fenech-Soler - Demons (Minnesota Remix). Via.

Link roundup

1. Destructoid looks at how Bioware writer Jennifer Hepler (she worked on Dragon Age and The Old Republic) has become enemy #1 to a group of video game players. Her Twitter account is very sad. (I actually like the idea of being able to skip combat the way you can skip dialog - - one of the first things I do when I'm considering buying an action game is to see if there's an invulnerability code. In fact, I would gladly buy expertly made video game playthroughs.)

2. A President's Day story by Neil Gaiman.

3. I haven't tried it yet, but Rock, Paper, Shotgun recommends browser game/Diablo clone Dungeon King.

4. Am I imagining it, or are there no Studio Ghibli films available at iTunes?