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...Sandman: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman and various (Vertigo; 1994) This particular volume of Neil Gaiman's extremely popular "Sandman" series best exemplifies why it crosses boundaries of genre and gender appeal. When handed the keys to hell, Morpheus, the king of Dreams, contends with his immortal siblings - including punky sister Death - as well as characters from mythology, literature and history...
...books that sold marginally as comics sell better as graphic novels." Additionally, there have been an increasing number of "original graphic novels," as Purpura calls them, which never appeared in serialized form. The most impressive example of these is DC comics' October release of "Sandman: Endless Nights," by Neil Gaiman, which reached number 20 on the New York Times bestseller list...
...cave, happily eating bark soup and marshmallows. For younger readers comic strip artist Patrick McDonnell, of "Mutts," turns in a charming confection about the moon's rather silly fear of the dark. Other contributions include the ghoulish tale of a children's graveyard party, written by Neil Gaiman ("Sandman: Endless Nights") and drawn by Gahan Wilson, a long-time "Playboy" and "New Yorker" cartoonist known for his grotesqueries. While the all-ages target of "Little Lit" means that some pieces are more difficult and other very simple, none of the works can be called un-intelligent or boring...
...TIME.comix: At this past Eisner Awards ceremony in San Diego, Neil Gaiman (author of the new book "The Sandman: Endless Knights"), gave a keynote speech that painted a rosy picture of the state of the comics medium. Afterwards you bounded on to the stage and said, "We're almost at the top of the mountain!" Can you elaborate...
...annual Eisner Awards were handed out. Having been a judge who helped choose the nominees (see TIME.comix coverage) I got a front-seat, complete with complimentary chips and guac. Eisner himself handed out the awards, bounding up and down the stage in spite of being 86 years old. Neil Gaiman (best known for his "Sandman" series) opened the ceremony with a keynote speech. His "State of the Comics Nation," as he called it, was generally sunny. "I don't think we're doing that badly at all," he said. He felt that comix had graduated from a public image...