Books That Saved My Life

Focus Features has a great article here titled Neil Gaiman: How Comics Saved This Writer’s Life.  It’s a nicely-written and fairly comprehensive biography about the cult favorite turned bestselling author. Here’s a little excerpt in reference to Gaiman’s remarkable graphic novel series Sandman:

Sandman ran for seven years and was an incredible success. It was (and still is) the only ever comic to win the World Fantasy Award and was called “a comic book for intellectuals” by the late Norman Mailer. The series was repackaged in ten volumes, and subsequently appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. Despite its cerebral nature, it had massive appeal and by the end of its 75-issue run in 1996 was outselling DC’s flagship franchise, Superman. Even more startling was its audience: Moving beyond the traditional teen fanboy base, Sandman was picked up by women and college educated twentysomethings. (Plans to bring Sandman to the screen with Pulp Fiction co-writer Roger Avary attached, have so far stalled in development.)…

For even more Gaiman madness check out his regularly updated author blog, or the newly released book Prince of Stories, which delves deep into Neil Gaiman’s intricate mythologies, easter-eggs, inside jokes–the “history and impact of the complete works of Neil Gaiman in film, fiction, music, comic books, and beyond”(Powells.com).