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With a new job starting in two weeks, I’m going to spend my last days of self-employment in sunny Costa Rica. While I’m gone, I’m sorry to say there won’t be any updates to gobblin.net. I will definitely get back to the writing once I return on March 12th — hope to see you again […]

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Coraline Trailer Debuts!Wow, this looks amazing. Very Mirrormask-esque — appropriate as both are Neil Gaiman.

Terry Brooks goes “manga.” Labyrinth isn’t the only 80’s fantasy world to get the manga treatment. I read the first Shannara trilogy back in the 5th grade. One time we had this book fair at school where you dress as characters […]

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Someone was asking about an animated Return to Labyrinth, which made me nostalgic for classic animated fantasy. You remember the usual suspects — Flight of Dragons, The Last Unicorn, Wizards… and then there was this nearly-forgotten gem. This is a clip from Faeries, a half hour animated adaptation of Brian Froud’s seminal fantasy art book. […]

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Now that we’ve completed the Jim Henson/Tokyopop panel at Wondercon, I”ll share the biggest news now.
In March of 2009 Tokyopop will be releasing the first (of a TBD number) of Labyrinth anthologies. These books will tell stories about favorite characters from the film such as Hoggle, Ludo, the Fierys and the Junk Lady, as well […]

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I can’t believe it — it’s time for Wondercon already! The convention season officially kicks off for me tomorrow, and I’m really looking forward to the show. It’s a great chance to talk to people about Return to Labyrinth, but also to catch up with industry friends from other publishers and developers.
Here’s the full details […]

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I mentioned in a recent comment that I was working on a “Jareth Chapter.” Well, on Wednesday I finished that chapter (phew!) but it still has to go through approvals (*fingers crossed*). I’m not going to comment on the specifics of that chapter because 1) until it wouldn’t be prudent until it’s been approved, and […]

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I don’t remember my first LEGO set — it was probably from the Space or Castle lines — but in the two and half decades that followed, I’ve had an intense on-again, off-again relationship with the perfect plastic bricks. Some of my fondest memories of my youth involve building modular space ships with out of […]

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