I am really really jealous

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Jan 092009
 

I’ve mentioned many times here my love of Neil Gaiman’s work. Well, check out what happened to this other blog that apparently mentioned it more times than me. 😉

A little over a month ago I was privileged to be able to share with you an interview with artist Lisa Snellings. The last comment (currently) in that post was from someone named ‘Coraline’ that read, “Hi there! I’ve got a question for you – can you please email me at [email address removed]“. The link to Coraline’s name took me to a website featuring information on the forthcoming film of the same name based on the beloved contemporary children’s classic by author Neil Gaiman.

With great anticipation I sent off an email and quickly received a response from one of the members of the Coraline Team, the group of animators who worked with director Henry Selick to bring Neil Gaiman’s book to life.

I was informed that the Coraline Team would like to send me “something special. Something handcrafted. We only made 50 of these something specials, and we think yours will be right up your alley.”

— Stainless Steel Droppings » Blog Archive » An Unexpected Pleasure.

  4 Responses to “I am really really jealous”

  1. Morgan Ramsay says:
    January 9, 2009 at 4:22 pm

    Many other blogs also received similar items. And judging by the attached letter, I think you have to be a stranger to get one of these items. 😉

  2. Raph says:
    January 9, 2009 at 4:48 pm

    A stranger? I have never met either one of them, Gaiman or Selick. And I am strange. 🙂

  3. Carl V. says:
    January 9, 2009 at 5:34 pm

    Hey, thanks for the link. Not sure what the ‘stranger’ comment means. I would certainly consider myself ‘strange’ but not necessarily a ‘stranger’. LOL! I feel very privileged to have received one of these gifts and I love the effort that the makers put into choosing each blog to send them to. If you go to my site you can find the link to where they are posting all the blog posts featuring these boxes that people called and you can often tell that they really took time in choosing what to give to each person.

    I love being a Neil Gaiman fan. Not because of rare things like this, but because his books are such a joy to read.

  4. Arrakiv says:
    January 9, 2009 at 7:30 pm

    Heh, well keep trying Raph. 😉

    I have to agree on the general enjoyment of Gaiman’s work though!

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