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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ddvmor" data-source="post: 1817005" data-attributes="member: 10650">Gaimain is definitely a comics writer first and a prose writer second.  Neverwhere, his first novel, is a perfect example of this - his dialogue and imagery are absolutely fantastic, but his narrative is a little amateurish.  It improved somewhat in American Gods and hopefully we will see a further improvement in the sequel which is due out sometime next year, I think.  That said, I really enjoyed both books.  Coraline was brilliant.  The Wolves in the Walls is caool.  Possibly his best so far, although short, was Stardust.Most of his Sandman stuff was fantastic.  1602 was great.  His 2 earlier graphic novels, Violent Cases and Mr Punch (and I may be struck down by lightning for saying this) were a bit pants.Smoke and Mirrors...  there was some good and some not so good and some downright rubbish.  I got the impression that it was only rushed out there because Neverwhere and American Gods did well and they wanted another Gaiman book on the shelves.That said, he's a really nice bloke.  I met him earlier this year at a book reading of Wolves in the Walls, where he took great glee in reading a book written for 5 year olds to an audience composed entirely of grown ups.Come to think of it, I think he was mocking us...</blockquote>