Neil Gaiman and Henry Jenkins, part 2

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Bestselling author, screenwriter and comics luminary Neil Gaiman, interviewed by Henry Jenkins as part of the Julius Schwartz Memorial Lecture. The lecture was hosted by the Comparative Media Studies program at MIT, and was founded to honor the memory of longtime DC Comics editor Julius "Julie" Schwartz, whose contributions to our culture include co-founding the first science fiction fanzine in 1932, the first science fiction literary agency in 1934, and the first World Science Fiction Convention in 1939. Schwartz went on to launch a career in comics that would last for well over 42 years, during which time he helped launch the Silver Age of Comics, introduced the idea of parallel universes, and had a hand in the reinvention of such characters as Batman, Superman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman and the Atom.

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[ExcaliburofLight]

Neil Gaiman pumping millions of dollars into Scientology is everyone's business. Scientology is NOT a religion, it is a dangerous cult that kills people and exploits them. Gaiman is an idiot.

[ExcaliburofLight]

The facts are Neil Gaiman just donated another $500,000.00 to Scientology in 2010 through his business partner Mary Gaiman who received a "Gold Humanitarian Award." Gaiman uderwrites Scientology and that is a problem for everyone.

[emmetgirl]

@ExcaliburofLight if he is a scientologist, he's sure not trying to spread the gospel through his work. in fact, i'd say that if he is one, he's a Terrible scientologist, because he makes people think about way too many possibilities to be attracted to the simplistic, boring vision of any kind of culty thing, religiously.

so i doubt it's true, but if it is, it's none of our business 'til he writes or speaks about it publicly.

[Daverat]

And so... what? We should hate him because of his religion? if people want to join wonky churches, who are we to stop them? I've met the guy a few times and he's not talking about Xenu or passing out pamphlets.