What's funny is I've been a Kim Newman fan for years since finding out about Anno Dracula in my early Wold Newton days and rushing to find a second hand copy. He is amazing and it's funny to think he isn't a phenomenon, because I "hear of him everywhere", and I've always thought of him as huge. He manages to write what I want to read pretty consistently and really seems to enjoy his source material as well. He may be ironic, but not condescending towards it.
Greg
 

Oh, I don't mean to suggest that Newman isn't read. He has a healthy fan base in the US, I've found. I just think that he should be a superstar!
 

Who you calling "good folks"? :)