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This is a brilliant response. And yeah, it should be obvious. It's like the dumb question "are video games art?" B***h, are you blind, deaf, and stupid? But I'm sure idiots asked the same question when television was new back in the day.
As an aside, I'm writing a blockbuster of a progressive mental health novel. If I get fan art and fan fiction, I'm going to be flattered as hell.
A take of his on audio books:
https://journal.neilgaiman.com/2005/05/looking-or-listening.asp?m=1
He has quite a few W takes that I have seen.
My favorite absolute boss take from him was reassuring an author that only had two people show up to a signing -
Chelsea Banning, Author : Only 2 people came to my author signing yesterday, so I was pretty bummed about it. Especially as 37 people responded "going" to the event. Kind of upset, honestly, and a little embarrassed.
Neil Gaiman : Terry Pratchett and I did a signing in Manhattan for Good Omens that nobody came to at all. So you are two up on us.
Link here, which was in reply to this tweet - but because twitter has apparently busted context in links from offsite, it's easier to just copy the tweets wholesale here.