Carpe Noctem Interviews - Volume 1 by Carnell Thom & Carnell Thom

Author:Carnell, Thom & Carnell Thom [Thom, Carnell, & Catia, Carnell,]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horror
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Published: 2013-04-12T16:00:00+00:00

Lying Awake and Dreaming in a Storyteller’s Field Part 2 – Issue 14

Neil Gaiman continues to be one of the few writers whose work continues to amaze. His prose is a thing of beauty that never sacrifices a sense for story for the way words can roll off the tongue. Many know of his work on DC Vertigo’s captivating series Sandman, but now that the series has more or less ended, readers are becoming more and more aware of his other inspiring projects. In this our second part of a two-part interview, Neil discusses some of the writers he respects, the wonders of poetry, the ongoing legacy of the Sandman and his sister Death (along with people who show up at signings dressed like her), as well as his plans for the future.

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About a year ago, I interviewed Frank Miller and ran down a list of people and got his impression on their work. When your name came up, he said that he thought that you were a ‘very, very skilled writer’ and ‘Boy, does that guy use words well.’ I’m curious, having had something like that said about you, who do you consider to be some comic writers out there that are ‘using words well?’

Alan Moore. I think Alan at his best is better than any of us and Alan at his worst is better than most of us. So, if we’re talking comics, Alan is a genius.

I’m still unsure as to why he’s doing the kind of things he’s doing lately.

I wouldn’t want to speak for Alan. I think that he’s putting the kind of enormous effort that would go into something like Big Numbers or a Watchmen or whatever, that kind of level of effort and dedication is going into his fiction and, to some extent going into Supreme, but I also think that Alan is, these days, much more capable of dividing himself than he used to be. One of the things I admired about Alan’s work when I first came across it, was that he would take something like the Carebears and Alan would do a five page Carebears script and you’d look at it and, with all the force of this amazing mind doing this five page Carebears script and you’d say, “Wow, I never realized that the Carebears had this brilliant social commentary.” He isn’t necessarily doing that now with everything he does except, I think, Supreme is just marvelous. I’m really enjoying what he’s doing with that. Mike Carlin, the DC Superman editor said, “Well, that’s the best Superman comic that’s currently coming out.” Further than that, you’d have to talk to Alan. I loved his novel, Voice of the Fire, and I’m really looking forward to his next one which will probably come out sometime in the next century.

Is there anyone else?

I think Clive Barker is a beautiful writer. I love what Clive does with words particularly in his shorter fiction when he’s just like a miniaturist, every word sits there and resonates.

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