Books 1-10

This gives a short review of books 1-10.

The Sandman was a monthly comic book written by Neil Gaiman, published in 75 issues of 32 pages apiece, from 1989 to 1996. It’s now in print as a series of graphic albums.

Ever since its debut in 1989, Neil Gaiman’s ambitious comic book series “The Sandman” has inspired readers to argue for the artistic merits of its medium. Comic books aren’t just for kids anymore, the...

Thirty years ago—in November 1988—the novel as an art-form sputtered out and died. And a man named Neil Gaiman killed it. None of that is true, of course. At least, none of it is true in the sense of being the actual particulars, the genuine facts on the ground. Novels didn't cease to be written. Novelists didn't forget that book-length fiction was one of the central devices by which modern times tried to explain itself to itself. Publishers didn't fold up their businesses and steal away into the night. There's a lot of ruin in an art-form, and the novel, with its sneer of cold command, yet gazes out on the world of art it claims to dominate.

David Barnett: Despite the dangers of reviving stories that have definitively ended, this is a thrilling resurrection

While The Sandman had plenty of literary aspirations, it was always a horror comic at heart.