Neil Gaiman: Comics, Court Cases, Cults & Conspiracies
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- How an investigation into the final chapter of a decades old court case illuminates Neil Gaiman's secret Scientology history and how he promoted the Church’s lies about a tragic suicide for one of his most acclaimed works ‘The Ocean At The End Of The Lane’.
The irony of Gaiman, is his story involving a nymph who is captured in the early 20th century and eventually sold to a writer. The writer exploits the nymph sexually and receives the magical gift of creativity and then goes on to pursue an otherwise mundane career choice. He then becomes a tour de force novelist whose every book is a number one best seller, but he's secretly living a very desperate lie.
The fact that he wrote this brilliant storyline shows his hubris....however, just like in the story, his life of lies is finally catching up to him. As a guy who grew up in the 80s and 90s, the more I find out about his actual life vs the image he has cultivated is beyond sickening. Here's a guy that really has talent, but is a twisted and horrible person.....the very thing his stories warn about....yeesh!
Not sure if you've seen but I'd check the latest trending news on Neil Gaiman. Not a surprise sadly....
Nope. I came across rumours of him being a creep, but nothing substantial; nothing worth putting in the video. It's strange the 'bulletproof' narcisism popular and powerful folks get; Gaiman denied to me stuff that actually happened and was proven to have happened. Fascinating to watch Comic's Media avoid the story (at least for now). I'd guess the floodgates are about to open.
@@comicssecrethistory3538 To be fair, Comic Book Resources have reported it but what I find strange is that outside of British tabloids on this side of the Atlantic, more respected newspapers here haven't reported it online as of the publishing of this comment - If it were another writer, I'm sure they'd be all over it. Check out the tortoise news podcast, where this originated. The first episode is locked but the other three are available if you just subscribe. Be warned - very graphic stuff and a very unpleasant listen.
He always came across like a more pedestrian version of Alan Moore to me in terms of his work. Sandman felt like a rewrite of Swamp Thing in goth clothes
And as a novelist he's the poor man's Clive Barker.
His work is great he's just an shitty person
McFarland must be rock hard right now, in light of recent allegations.
Anyone wanna tweet this to Gaiman?
No point, he's very well practiced in just denying absolute facts throughout his career. I did tweet him recently, long after the video was made, in response to something he tweeted; I 'think' it was about the "Gaiman Foundation" having given away all it's funding to comic charities. I pointed out this wasn't true; only a small fraction went to 'Comic Charities' & he responded that 'this' was untrue. Better off asking him as such a 'champion of free speech & anti-Censorship' why he NEVER condemned DC Axing Alan Moore's Scientology Strip :)
@@comicssecrethistory3538 any way I can contact you or you me?
Thank you for the great work you are doing! It takes a sharp, discerning mind and a lot of guts (both in rare supply) to do this.
Than you for the kind comments. It helps that I don't work in the comic industry; those are the folks screwed if they speak out about this.
Superb journalism. Thank you.
Why the minutes of black screen at the end?
Because I was terrible at using the software! Only 'learnt' it to put the videos together because no one else would take the info free gratis, without credit. Apologies for the various glitches across the episodes.
@@comicssecrethistory3538 have you ever considered making more videos?
@@allowableman2 Nope. Set out to do something and did it; show how Comic's media's narrative deliberately doesn't reflect the truth in some instances. I would have done another ep if I could have gotten an interview with Dave Gibbons; but we did communicate and I'm happy that he's happy as things stand. The awful Ed Piskor thing almost got me back; It's almost identical to what happened with Latour and Bennett, but Don Simpson is blogging brilliantly about that, so I'm happy to assist him behind the scenes collating facts/Chronology etc.
Just a heads up that from around 38:17 to the end of the video there is no additional audio or video
Cheers Jimmy; that's just another example of me being crap at CZcams! I promise there's no non-deliberate redactioning!
Is there a transcript of this Episode available?
No problem, send me your email and I'll dig it out and send in the next 24 hours.
I suppose the question I would ask about Spawn was whether or not Gaiman took the paycheck as work-for-hire (plus royalties i imagine). If so, there's no case, if Neil is a man of his word. If it wasn't work-for-hire, and there's no contract, then there's a legitimate beef (Actually, I know one of the four writers and can certainly ask him). The irony is of course duly noted. I was published by Image briefly in the mid 1990s and Jim Valentino was an outstanding fellow. As for the culture around the rest, which I have been aware of since the 1980s, it's reach is long and vengeful, it has always engaged in the financial exploitation of the weak minded, and I wouldn't be surprised if there are deep ties to other programs which it mimics such as the psychological experiments of MKUltra in the 1950s. Deeply disturbing to have any ties to it, especially ones as close as you espouse here. I can't imagine after all the studies I've done in childhood development if there were no subconscious influences.
I certainly won't endorse his works to friends and family anymore.
I was a big fan of Gaiman but he has shown himself to be a total scumbag. I had no idea regarding the scientology stuff though & that had lowered an already low opinion of him even more. He comes across a such a smug git.
Yup! And word is, it's going to get a lot worse. Working on a CSH 5 that looks in great detail at it now.
Well done.
So many comics SNAFU's to focus on. Mike Diana obscenity case, Tundra Publishing, Kirby vs Marvel for art, Kane vs Finger over Batman rights...
He was always overhyped. i have a guilty pleasure of liking the first couple sandmen, but anything else i read of his was far too flowery and lacking of any true substance
His characters are contrived. a problem stemming from over reliance's on archetypes. side characters are not developed
@@Rebellescum tolkien could do it with mastery, but this son of a murderer couldnt :) we need better heroes