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I didn't like people rewriting my dialogue. I didn't like the fact that we'd start a comic with the Joker, and by the time we inked it, he would have turned into the Scarecrow.

Neil Gaiman

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Neil Gaiman
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: November 10
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