Violent Cases

Violent Cases, cover art by Dave McKean

Page count| 48 pages
Publisher|

* Escape Books (1987)
* Titan Books (1991)
* Dark Horse (2002)

Creative team
Writer| Neil Gaiman
Artist| Dave McKean
Original publication
Date of publication| 1987
ISBN| 1569716064

Violent Cases is a short graphic novel written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Dave McKean. It was McKean's first published work in comics. Though drawn by McKean in shades of blue, brown, and grey, when it was first published by Escape Books in 1987, it was printed in black-and-white. Later editions have been printed in colour.

A narrator, who is drawn to look like Gaiman, tells of how, as a small child in Portsmouth, he was taken by his father to be treated by an osteopath who was once employed by Al Capone. The nature of the narrator's relationship with his father, the tales the osteopath told, and the disturbing events that followed, are partially obscured by the narrator's imperfect recollection, since he was not old enough to understand those properly at the time.

The book won the 1988 Mekon Award for "Best British Work", presented by the Society of Strip Illustration. It was nominated for the 1992 Harvey Award for "Best Graphic Album: Previous Released Material".[1]

## Further reading[edit]

Both The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch and The Ocean at the End of the Lane are also set around Portsmouth and employs elements from Gaiman's childhood. The three works can be seen as a loose trilogy.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ 1992 Harvey Award Nominees and Winners, Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved Dec. 11, 2020.
2. ^ Gaiman, Neil. "Hello, Neil! I seem to remember, around the time". Tumblr.

## External links[edit]

* Edward Carey: Examining Gaiman's Violent Cases with Peter Sanderson \- Comic Book Resources, February 7, 2007.
* Violent Cases at ComicBookDB

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Neil Gaiman bibliography

Novels|

* Good Omens
* Neverwhere
* Stardust
* The Sandman: The Dream Hunters
* American Gods
* Coraline
* Anansi Boys
* InterWorld
* Odd and the Frost Giants
* The Graveyard Book
* The Silver Dream
* The Ocean at the End of the Lane
* Eternity's Wheel

Short story
collections|

* Angels and Visitations
* Smoke and Mirrors
* Fragile Things
* M Is for Magic
* A Little Gold Book of Ghastly Stuff
* Trigger Warning

Picture books|

* The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish
* The Wolves in the Walls
* Blueberry Girl
* Crazy Hair

Short fiction|

* "Murder Mysteries"
* "We Can Get Them for You Wholesale"
* "Snow, Glass, Apples"
* "How to Talk to Girls at Parties"
* "A Study in Emerald"
* "I, Cthulhu"

Comic books and
graphic novels|

* Violent Cases
* Black Orchid
* character
* The Sandman
* Signal to Noise
* Marvelman
* The Books of Magic
* The Last Temptation
* Angela
* Death: The High Cost of Living
* The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch
* Sandman Midnight Theatre
* Lady Justice
* Mr. Hero the Newmatic Man
* Death: The Time of Your Life
* Midnight Days
* "Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame"
* The Sandman: Endless Nights
* Marvel 1602
* Eternals
* "Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?"

Screenplays and
adaptations|

* Neverwhere
* Babylon 5
* "Day of the Dead"
* A Short Film About John Bolton
* MirrorMask
* Stardust
* Beowulf
* Coraline
* Doctor Who
* "The Doctor's Wife"
* "Nightmare in Silver"
* Lucifer (TV series)
* American Gods (TV series)
* How to Talk to Girls at Parties
* Good Omens (TV series)
* The Sandman (TV series)
* Anansi Boys (TV series)
* Dead Boy Detectives (TV series)

Miscellaneous|

* Ghastly Beyond Belief
* Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion
* The Sandman: Book of Dreams
* A Walking Tour of the Shambles
* Two Plays for Voices
* Kirby: King of Comics (introduction)
* Neverwhere (radio play)
* 8in8 (lyrics)
* Where's Neil When You Need Him?
* InterWorld series
* Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
* Norse Mythology

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