Neil Gaiman (b. 1960)

Notes:

To be confirmed against the Who's Who entry.

Name:

  • Neil Gaiman
  • Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: Neil Family name: Gaiman

Other Names:

  1. Neil Richard Gaiman Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: Neil Richard Family name: Gaiman
  2. Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman Type: Changed Name
    Given name: Neil Richard MacKinnon Family name: Gaiman
  3. Нийл Геймън
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Signatures:

  1. Neil Gaiman [generic]

Awards:

  1. Squiddy Award - Best Comics Writer of the 1990's
  2. 1988: Eagle Awards - Best Writer of American Comics
  3. 1990: Troféu HQ Mix - Roteirista estrangeiro (Best Foreign Writer)
  4. 1990: Squiddy Award - Favorite Writer
  5. 1991: Eisner Award - Best Writer
  6. 1991: Squiddy Award - Favorite Writer
  7. 1991: Inkpot Award - [no name]
  8. 1991: Harvey Award - Best Writer
  9. 1992: Squiddy Award - Favorite Writer
  10. 1992: Eisner Award - Best Writer
  11. 1992: Harvey Award - Best Writer
  12. 1992: Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards - Best Achievement by a Writer
  13. 1992: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Writer
  14. 1992: Troféu HQ Mix - Roteirista estrangeiro (Best Foreign Writer)
  15. 1993: Squiddy Award - Favorite Writer
  16. 1993: Troféu HQ Mix - Roteirista estrangeiro (Best Foreign Writer)
  17. 1993: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Writer
  18. 1993: Adamson Awards - Best International Comic-Strip [or Comic Book] Cartoonist
  19. 1993: Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards - Best Achievement by a Writer
  20. 1993: Eisner Award - Best Writer
  21. 1994: Thompsons - Best Achievement by a Writer
  22. 1994: Eisner Award - Best Writer
  23. 1994: Troféu HQ Mix - Roteirista estrangeiro (Best Foreign Writer)
  24. 1994: Premios Haxtur (Haxtur Awards) - Best Script
  25. 1994: Squiddy Award - Favorite Writer
  26. 1995: Premios Haxtur (Haxtur Awards) - Best Script
  27. 1995: Yellow Kid Award - Comic Illustrators and Authors
  28. 1995: Premios Haxtur (Haxtur Awards) - Finalist with the Most Votes
  29. 1995: Troféu HQ Mix - Roteirista estrangeiro (Best Foreign Writer)
  30. 1998: Max-und-Moritz-Preis - Bester internationaler Szenarist (Best International Writer)
  31. 2004: Eagle Awards - Roll of Honour
  32. 2006: Comic-Con Icon Award - [no name]
  33. 2007: Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award - [no name]
  34. 2007: Scream Awards - Comic-Con Icon Award
  35. 2016: Gran Guinigi Award - Miglior Sceneggiatore (Best Writer)
  36. 2019: Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame - [no name]
  37. 2021: Eisner Award - Hall of Fame - Voted In
  38. 2022: Harvey Award - Harvey Kurtzman Award Hall of Fame

Awards for Issues:

  1. 1988: Eagle Awards - Best Graphic Novel
    Violent Cases (1987 series)
  2. 1989: Squiddy Award - Favorite Single Issue of Any Series
    Sandman (1989 series) #3
  3. 1989: Squiddy Award - Favorite Single Issue of Any Series
    Sandman (1989 series) #4
  4. 1989: Squiddy Award - Favorite Single Issue of Any Series
    Sandman (1989 series) #6
  5. 1989: Squiddy Award - Favorite Single Issue of Any Series
    Sandman (1989 series) #8
  6. 1989: Squiddy Award - Favorite Single Issue of Any Series
    Sandman (1989 series) #9
  7. 1989: Squiddy Award - Favorite Single Issue of Any Series
    Sandman (1989 series) #16
  8. 1989: Squiddy Award - Favorite Single Issue of Any Series
    Sandman (1989 series) #13
  9. 1990: Squiddy Award - Favorite Reprint Volume
    The Sandman: The Doll's House (1990 series) #[2] [First Edition] [First Printing]
  10. 1991: Eisner Award - Best Graphic Album - Reprint
    The Sandman: The Doll's House (1990 series) #[2] [First Edition] [First Printing]
  11. 1991: World Fantasy Award - Best Short Fiction
    Sandman (1989 series) #19
  12. 1992: Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards - Best Anthology
    Miracleman: The Apocrypha (1992 series)
  13. 1992: Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards - Best American Publication of Foreign Material
    Signal to Noise (1992 series)
  14. 1992: Squiddy Award - Favorite Graphic Novel
    Signal to Noise (1992 series)
  15. 1992: Squiddy Award - Favorite Reprint Volume
    The Sandman: Season of Mists (1992 series) #[4]
  16. 1992: Squiddy Award - Favorite Reprint Volume
    The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes (1991 series) #[1] [First Printing]
  17. 1993: Eisner Award - Best Publication Design
    The Sandman: Season of Mists (1992 series) #[4]
  18. 1993: Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum Awards - Best Single Issue
    Sandman (1989 series) #50
  19. 1993: Squiddy Award - Favorite Single-Issue Story in a Series
    Sandman (1989 series) #50
  20. 1994: Thompsons - Best Graphic Novel
    The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch (1994 series)
  21. 1994: Squiddy Award - Graphic Novel or Book-Length Format
    The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch (1994 series)
  22. 1996: Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards - Favorite Original Graphic Novel or Album
    Sandman Midnight Theatre (1995 series)
  23. 2004: Bram Stoker Awards - Best Illustrated Narrative
    The Sandman: Endless Nights (2003 series)
  24. 2004: Eisner Award - Best Anthology
    The Sandman: Endless Nights (2003 series)
  25. 2005: Quill Award - Graphic Novel
    Marvel 1602 (2004 series)
  26. 2007: Eisner Award - Best Archival Collection / Project -- Comic Books
    The Absolute Sandman (2006 series) #1
  27. 2009: Harvey Award - Best Anthology
    Comic Book Tattoo (2008 series) #1
  28. 2009: Eisner Award - Best Anthology
    Comic Book Tattoo (2008 series) #1
  29. 2010: British Fantasy Awards - Comic/Graphic Novel
    Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? The Deluxe Edition (2009 series)
  30. 2016: Hugo Award - Best Graphic Story
    The Sandman: Overture (2017 series)
  31. 2019: Ringo Awards - Best Presentation in Design
    The Absolute Sandman: Overture (2018 series)
  32. 2020: Eisner Award - Best Adaptation from Another Medium
    Snow, Glass, Apples (2019 series)
  33. 2020: Ringo Awards - Best Original Graphic Novel
    Snow, Glass, Apples (2019 series)
  34. 2020: Bram Stoker Awards - Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel
    Snow, Glass, Apples (2019 series)
  35. 2023: Eisner Award - Best Adaptation from Another Medium
    Chivalry (2022 series)

Awards for Stories:

  1. 2004: Eisner Award - Best Short Story
    Death and Venice (Sandman) comic story, 24p

Relations:

  1. Parent of - Holly Gaiman (b. 1985)
  2. Spouse - Amanda Palmer (b. 1976)
    Notes: Since 2011

Art Influences:

Neil Gaiman (b. 1960) stated influences by:
  1. Harlan Ellison (b. 1934)
  2. Michael Moorcock (b. 1939)
Influences by Neil Gaiman (b. 1960) were stated by:
  1. Malcolm Bourne (b. 1962)
  2. Gian Danton (b. 1971)
  3. Brad Meltzer (b. 1970)
  4. Joe Pruett (b. 1966)
  5. Todd Severin (b. 1963)
  6. Paul Tobin (b. 1965)

Memberships:

  1. Comic Creators Guild [U.K.] Type: member

  2. Society of Strip Illustrators Type: member

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