Fiddler's Green This Weekend

This weekend Fiddler's Green, a celebration of Neil Gaiman's
masterwork The Sandman will take place in Minneapolis. Gaiman and
guests of honor Karen Berger, Charles Vess, Todd Klein, Caitlin R.
Kiernan, and Jill Thompson will be conducing panel discussions and
mingling with the select group of fans and enthusiasts who come out to
the convention. Other events occurring will include an auction on
Saturday night, a masquerade, and art show. All proceeds from the
auction and profits from the weekend will benefit the CBLDF.

Tickets are still available for the event. Membership for the full
weekend is $120; Friday only $50; Saturday only $75, and Sunday only
is $50. All memberships will include a copy of the exclusive
Fiddler's Green Souvenir Book, which has a never before published,
full-color Dave McKean cover, originally made for a special sketchbook
for Neil Gaiman when he moved from England to the U.S, several of the
sketches in that gift book, drawn for Neil by Sandman artists and
other friends, and Neil Gaiman's full original script of Sandman #70
"The Wake: Chapter One". The Souvenir Book will also include
articles by and about, interviews with, and art by, the Fiddler's
Green Guests of Honor, as well as text and art contributions from many
Sandman creators and friends.

Major program items include a reading by Neil Gaiman, a panel on the
movie MirrorMask, a CBLDF benefit auction, a masquerade ball, an art
show and auction, program panels, autograph sessions (including
DreamHaven's Shoggoth's Old Peculiar limited edition chapbook release
party at Fiddler's Green with writer Neil Gaiman and illustrator Jouni
Koponen there to sign copies), and more.

Auction items include: a boxed limited edition of Adventures in the
Dream Trade; an author's preferred edition of American Gods; Original
pages from Jill Thompson's At Death's Door; A Neil Rat by Lisa
Snellings-Clark; The Endless' Doc Martens (boots) series by Maureen M.
McCarty just to name a few. Also included are paintings and sketches
by an astonishing collection of artists.

If you're in Minneapolis this weekend, you've got a perfect
opportunity to explore the magic of Neil Gaiman's Sandman at
Fiddler's Green!

For more information visit http://www.fiddlersgreencon.com