Gaiman teamed with Humble Bundle last year to offer a similar collection of rare and early work (see “'Neil Gaiman Rarities' Humble Bundle”). The Bundle raised $633,787.98 from 32,294 purchasers, with an average price of $19.63, and posted the highest overall average for any bundle on the platform.
On his journal, Gaiman wrote, “I've brought back the original Humble Bundle of Gaiman extreme and collectible rarities, and I have added some brand new bits, including audio stories. The Bundle supports the UN Refugee Agency, the CBLDF, and the Gaiman Foundation (which then, in its turn, supports other good causes).” New items include two ebooks: A Calendar of Tales with Paul Roman Martinez and Neverwear: A Portfolio of Stories, featuring art by Jim Lee, David Mack, Roman Dirge, and more.
The Bundle payment levels have changed slightly, there is no longer a ‘pay what you want’ minimum, nor is there a level for users who pay above the average price. Instead there are $1.00, $8.00, and $15.00 or more levels.
Customers can pay $1.00 or more for Adventures in the Dream Trade (essays, poems, lyrics, and original AMERICAN GODS blog),Gods & Tulips (controversial 1993 speech, an essay on running signings, and a speech on comics), Free Speeches (speeches by Neil, Frank Miller, and others), Being An Account of the Life and Death of the Emperor Heliogabolous (24 hour comic, written and drawn by Neil Gaiman), Ghastly Beyond Belief (Neil’s rare & never republished second book of oddball quotes), A Fall of Stardust with Charles Vess (new Stardust short story & poems, illustrated by Charles Vess), Sculpture Stories with Lisa Snellings(short fiction based on Snellings’ sculpture art),and Blood Monster with Marlene N. O’Connor (rare horror story from the legendary anthology Taboo).
Those who pay $8.00 or more will also receive Day of the Dead (fully annotated Babylon 5 script), An Honest Answer & Other Stories (collaboration with Bryan Talbot and Dave McKean), Feeders & Eaters with Mark Buckingham (collaborations with Mark Buckingham, including a comic about Alan Moore), Angels & Visitations (first collection of prose fiction, nonfiction, and poetry), Sweeney Todd & Other Stories with Michael Zulli (Neil’s lost, unfinished, never republished graphic novel with Michael Zulli), Neil Dreams with Rick Veitch(short comics of dreams by and about Neil, done by and with Rick Veitch), Message In A Milk Bottle (never before reprinted short story with brand new intro), Love, Fishie (poems by Neil & Maddy Gaiman, limited edition of 100), Neverwear: A Portfolio of Stories (collects Gaiman’s sought out and in many cases sold out story & art editions, featuring art by Jim Lee, David Mack, Roman Dirge, Molly Crabapple, Chris Riddell, Olivia, Jouni Koponen, Camilla D’Errico, and more), and the two controversial UK comics anthologies Outrageous Tales From The Old Testament, and Seven Deadly Sins, which also feature contributions from Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, Dave McKean, Bryan Talbot and more. Also included in this tier is Neil Gaiman: Live at the Aladdin, which captures an unforgettable performance from Neil Gaiman’s 2001 Last Angel tour, and includes dramatic readings from his short fiction and poetry, including stories from his collections Angels & Visitations and Smoke and Mirrors.
Customers who pay $15.00 or more will receive all of the above plus Duran Duran (Neil’s first and rarest book!), A Little Gold Book of Ghastly Stuff (out of print and collectible book of short fiction, essays, and poems), A Calendar of Tales (a brand-new 55 page ebook with art by Paul Roman Martinez), Warning: Contains Language (Gaiman’s first audio performance disc from 1995, featuring dramatic readings of stories and poems accompanied by music from Dave McKean and the Flash Girls), and Neil Gaiman: Speaking in Tongues (dramatic readings from 2004 including the 41 minute tour-de-force “The Facts In The Case of the Departure of Miss Finch”).
The Neil Gaiman Book Bundle (linked here in hopes that readers will be generous to the CBLDF) will be available from now until Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 11 am PST.
