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August 25, 2000Neil Gaiman Bids Farewell on Last Angel Tour
But now it's the end of an era: Gaiman has announced that his 2000 reading series will be THE LAST ANGEL TOUR. This October, Gaiman will give readings of his work on a cross-country tour from New York to Los Angeles in a massive benefit for the CBLDF:
Tickets can also be ordered online at Tickemaster. Tickets are available for $20, or $16 with a valid student ID. PREMIUM TICKETS, which include seating in the front rows and admittance to a private cocktail reception with Gaiman before the reading, cost $60. Comic Book Legal Defense Fund MEMBERS are welcome at the reception regardless of what level ticket they may purchase. Gaiman first attracted critical acclaim for his graphic novels and the long-running comic series "Sandman." In addition to his comics work, Gaiman is the author of the best-selling novels "Neverwhere" and "Stardust," and has seen his unique vision translated for film, television, and the stage. He is the recipient of the prestigious World Fantasy Award and is noted in "The Dictionary of Literary Biography" as "one of the top ten postmodern writers" in America. "I've been doing these tours since 1993," said Gaiman. "I've really enjoyed returning people to the days when an author would take his work to the public, when a literary reading was something exciting, fun, and theatrical. Dickens did it. Oscar Wilde did it. And, in a much lesser way, so have I. "I feel now like it's time to turn over the reins," he continued. "We always planned for the Guardian Angel Tours to come to a conclusion. The audience wants us to keep doing it, but at the end of the day, well, I think there has to be an end of the day. I'm finishing a new novel at the moment, and I'm working on a number of different movie and television projects. Finding two weeks a year to actually get out on the road is getting harder and harder." On THE LAST ANGEL TOUR, Gaiman will be giving dramatic readings from his shorter fiction and poetry, including stories from his collections "Angels & Visitations" and "Smoke & Mirrors." He will also be debuting new, unpublished works and giving fans an early look at his new novel, "American Gods." Each reading will be preceded by a private cocktail reception with the author for Premium Ticket holders and CBLDF Members, and followed by a question and answer session with the audience. The readings begin at 8 pm, with the private receptions starting at 6 PM "While this will be The Last Angel Tour, it certainly won't be the end of my work in support of the Legal Defense Fund," said Gaiman. "What they're doing is more important now than ever before, and I think we'll continue to work closely on new ways to raise money and awareness of the Fund's mission." "Neil is by far one of our strongest supporters," said CBLDF executive director Chris Oarr, "and I'm extremely glad that he has devoted so much of his time and celebrity to the Fund. No one better understands that comics are an important medium worthy of respect. Neil's own work is proof enough, but the fact that he's willing to go out and make that case personally in so many places across the country makes him a truly special advocate." The Last Angel Tour begins on Monday, October 16 with an evening at Chicago's Vic Theater (3145 North Sheffield). New York City is the next stop on the tour, with a reading on October 18 at St. Mark's Church (131 East 10th Street at 2nd Avenue). Portland's Aladdin Theater (3116 South East Street) hosts the tour on October 24. The tour concludes in Los Angeles on October 26 with a final performance at the Writer's Guild Theatre.
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NEIL
GAIMAN's GUARDIAN ANGEL TOURS have always been special occasions,
rare chances to spend an evening with a master storyteller. In small,
intimate theaters across the country, Gaiman has mesmerized audiences
with poems and tales of the macabre and the fantastic. And in the course
of these tours, Gaiman has raised more than $100,000 to support the nonprofit
COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND.