Neil Gaiman Is Awesome, And He Loves Buttons

 

I love Neil Gaiman.  He's an amazing writer whose works include such great things like the comic book series The Sandman as well as full novels like American Gods, Neverwhere and Stardust.

 

He also writes children's books and just won the prestigous Newbery Award for his latest work entitled The Graveyard Book.

 

In the above video, he's promoting the upcoming release of the movie version of his story Coraline.  Even though it's basically just an ad for the movie, I can't help but find myself drawn in to just watch Mr. Gaiman talk as he explains his love for buttons and how he wonders how some people can actually be afraid of them.

 

Koumpounophobia is the irrational fear of buttons.  It is suffered by a small group of people across the world, and they would probably do well to not go see Neil Gaiman's new movie where people in a parallell world have buttons for eyes.

 

Thanks go to Geek-tastic contributor Christina for pointing out this awesome trailer/commercial to me.