collective-history:
Prose stylist nonpareil, he addressed the dichotomy of race, the loneliness of existence. Heart of Darkness became a paradigmatic work. It is hard to read today, but no less important. Conrad was born to a family of Polish nobles. He did quite a bit of gunrunning — see The Arrow of Gold. You’ve got to be batshit crazy to have an ambition, as a child, to visit Central Africa.
Side note: Heart of Darkness is one of my favorite books. It’s not THAT hard to read, and it’s creepy in a really human way. I recommend it
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Maurice Sendak.
(author, artist)
At his home studio. Rest in Peace.
(Thanks to: PortableTV / Buffalo News)
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Neil Gaiman
English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book.
Gaiman’s writing has won numerous awards, including Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker, as well as the 2009 Newbery Medal and 2010 Carnegie Medal in Literature. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work.
Neil Gaiman’stwitter / tumblr / blog
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Garth Ennis
Northern Irish comics writer, best known for the Vertigo series Preacher with artist Steve Dillon and his successful nine-year run on Marvel Comics’ Punisher franchise. He has collaborated with artists such as Steve Dillon and Glenn Fabry on Preacher, John McCrea on Hitman, and Carlos Ezquerra on both Preacher and Hitman.
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James Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) by poisontoothprints
“Have I shocked you by the dirty things I wrote to you? You think perhaps that my love is a filthy thing. It is, darling, at some moments. I dream of you in filthy poses sometimes. I imagine things so very dirty that I will not write them until I see how you write yourself. ”
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Grant Morrison
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knowledgefordummies:
- If it’s so hard to write it, get a writer to write it next time, they need jobs too.
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Warren Ellis by *Richard Pace
WARREN ELLIS is the award-winning creator of graphic novels such as Fell, Ministry Of Space, Planetary, and Transmetropolitan, and the author of the “underground classic” Crooked Little Vein
Being Planetary my favorite and in my opinion a must read if you like Comic Books.
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