Neil Gaiman's Telling Tales Series (books)

Neil Gaiman's Telling Tales Series

This collection offers a fascinating glimpse into the imaginative world of one of today's most distinctive storytellers. Readers can expect a diverse range of tales filled with magic, humor, and profound ideas that often explore the boundaries between reality and dreams. Each piece is a masterful work that plays with language and the fates of its characters. It's a literary experience appealing to fantasy lovers and those seeking fresh perspectives on the human condition.

Harlequin Valentine

Neil Gaiman

40 pages
2 hours of reading

In this modern retelling of a classic commedia dell' arte legend of tomfoolery and hopeless, fawning love, creators Neil Gaiman (Sandman) and John Bolton ( Batman) update the relation of Harlequin and Columbine. A buffoon burdened with a brimming heart, Harlequin chases his sensible, oblivious Columbine around the streets of a city, having given his heart freely. Consumed with love, the impulsive clown sees his heart dragged about town, with a charming surprise to bend the tale in a modern direction. Gaiman's writing is poetic and as loopy as the subject matter. Bolton's art, a combination of digitally enhanced photo-realism and dynamic painting provides sensational depth with bright characters over fittingly muted backgrounds. Those who have spent Valentine's Day alone know that the cold February holiday can be hard to swallow. Gaiman and Bolton want you to know that all it takes is a steak knife, a fork, and a bottle of quality ketchup.Contains an additional 8-page backup feature written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by John Bolton on the history of commedia dell' arte!

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