Neil Gaiman!

Tomorrow I will be going with a group of friends to hear Neil Gaiman speak at the University of Alabama!  For those of you who don't know, Neil Gaiman is one of the best writers of our day.  He does everything from comic books to screenplays to poetry to novels!  Some of his greater works include Sandman: Endless Nights (one of the few graphic novels to make the top twenty on the New York Times bestseller list) and Coraline (the children's novel that was recently adapted for the screen).  Sure, he's had his fair share of foibles, (anybody see that newest Beowulf film? He wrote it) but the things he has done for the graphic novel world as well as the literary world have made him a master.

Needless to say, I am extremely excited about hearing him speak, though perhaps not as excited as James, who claims to be Gaiman's number one fan.  (Of course James is coming with me.) I hope someone out there understands enough to share my elation!