for the rest of the year, Neverwear is giving the proceeds to any sale of this limited edition print, CONJUNCTIONS, a poem written by Neil Gaiman when he was first falling in love with Amanda Palmer, to Amanda’s friend Anthony, who is dealing with health issues.
I also have a few available that have signed by Neil.
read more on the link below the photo.
This is really cool. I hadn’t known Cat was doing this. (Neverwear is entirely her company, by the way.)
we reprinted the CATS DON’T NEED NAMES tee in charcoal grey-
(designed by miss Olga Nunes)
we have a limited amount of these, they will sell out just like the white version.
more info on the website! (click photo)
grateful. [trigger warning]
Sitting in the treehouse this morning, drinking tea with Neil-bee honey in it.
I didn’t really know how many people would see my post yesterday,
Was very lucky to have such a supporter in NG.
so many people are revealing to me their secret stories, steeped in societal shame, fearful of judgment, some have buried their past so far, now i know what Neil means by trigger alert. I read them all. I cried.
In my case, I was hurt by someone I didn’t know, had never seen, but the resulting shame was no less. The mental debates: “why couldn’t I fight?” “why did he pick me?” and even more confusing, “why would I get pregnant?”
I didn’t have a boyfriend at the time, wasn’t on any birth control, and was given the morning-after pill with a heavy dose of disapproval. The police were sure they had the guy and I knew they didn’t. He wasn’t in that line-up and they were very annoyed with me for not pinning it on the guy they liked. I will never forget that person’s face. He wasn’t there.
Yesterday I sat and made my comic book glass candy bars all afternoon, stopping every so often to read some more stories, notes of love and encouragement.
Modern therapy. It works.
My family came out in support, in such a way—so very grateful. People had known vaguely something “bad” had happened but never read it in my words. I was in San Diego, at the time and was very far away from my family on the east coast. I had a shattered kneecap, from a motorcycle accident, so I was already a wounded bird. Just a dumb kid, thinking she could do it all.
Each one of your stories was a puzzle piece back into my chipped-away spirit.
“He jests at scars that never felt a wound…” –WS.
That politicians are making this a debate, I am fearful for the future of our country. I can’t say voting will solve anything, i wish, i hope, but….it’s our right and our duty.
I was able to terminate my pregnancy, that mythical unicorn-story of pregnancy rape, to hear some tell it, and even back then, I had to go through counseling/group and I couldn’t face what really happened, even then, people cast a unbelieving eye.
So I lied. I told them what they were more comfortable hearing—conjured a fake boyfriend and played the too-young age card. I didn’t want to say, well the morning-after pill may just have made a monster mash out of the already-damaged DNA blend. As humans, we do put ourselves through the ringer, don’t we?
I was the lucky one to have heartfelt men in my life, my Dad, my brothers—and i would never ever retreat into a “men-are-bad” world. Men are one of the best inventions in the world. I adore them. Drew, my amazing Wookie-tall, Game of Thrones-looking husband, has saved me a million times, and he is the one that holds me when I wake up in the night, scared. He’s a roadie too, so we spend time apart and each time is a jewel-new meeting.
Now it’s time for me to give more back to these people reaching out, those who don’t have a light at the end of their tunnels yet.
I have always sent money to them, but now am going to go and volunteer with RAINN, Tori Amos’s survivor network.
It’s time.
I don’t know that tumblr is meant for this type of thing, but i guess i could only do it here, it felt safe.
for that i thank you all, loves.
so much.
I repost this, because Cat is the bees’ knees (She’s on Tumblr as Neverwear). I love that she puts extra work into making people happy.
(And here is the link to the almost sold-out print in question.)
This made me the happiest girl alive today. I ordered “I Will Write In Words Of Fire” for my fiance as our engagement gift. Cat told Neil, who sent us an autographed congrats with our print.
My life is complete :)
Kitty AKA Cat Mihos runs Neverwear out of her home in LA, when she is not on the road being a den mother for Rob Zombie, Lady Gaga et al. I tell her to keep what would be my share of the royalties and put them back into growing her business, and instead she donates them to the CBLDF and suchlike charities and does good with them. She’s one of the nicest people in the whole world. In her spare time she’s a movie producer and she makes art. I met her when she was den mothering for Tori Amos, and she taught my daughter to bowl with lemons.
I have the coolest friends.
here are the thank-yous for the patient people, waiting a week longer than expected for their David Mack/Neil Gaiman silkscreen team-up. See my living room? WAR ROOM!
more information in the Kitty post clicky-bit here:
http://kittysneverwear.blogspot.com/2012/05/fire-print-update-mca-you-bright.html
I am starting to get used to the short hair.
Is this how short sensible hair happens? One day you just start getting used to it?
Not that mine’s sensible yet. But you know what I mean.
Olivia already has the print up for sale on her site. Here’s a better image of it.
Neverwear
People are asking where they can get and how they can get the Olivia print I posted a photo of this morning.
It’s the most impressive of all the Neverwear art prints so far. I was amazed. (So heavy. Such a gorgeous image. So beautifully printed.)
I do not know when Kitty (who runs, and is, Neverwear) will be releasing it, but I’d keep an eye on the Neverwear website, as I suspect this one will sell out very fast.
Kitty (aka Cat Mihos, who is on Tumblr as Neverwear) has all sorts of cool things on the site, including t-shirts. Here’s a photo of me wearing the “I believe…” speech t-shirt, from American Gods.
Coupon code for Neverwear.net
Cat Mihos, owner and manager and queen of the Neil Gaiman merchandise store at Neverwear.net is making a magical discount happen until Dec 25th. 
Things like the Scary Trousers tee shirt.
It’s $5 off anything she has on her site - limited edition prints, tee shirts, mouse pads, the lot — just enter the code
nice-kitty
at the end.
And, for the curious, here’s a HUGE image version of the Conjunctions print. Big enough that you can nearly read the text.
You can order the actual print from Cat Mihos’s NEVERWEAR website here.
(Cat is wonderful, and has all sorts of cool stuff, including T-shirts, a mousepad, and strange copper and glass magnetic comics panels. Look around at http://neverwear.net/).
