Teenager Sexton Furnival is contemplating suicide when he is befriended by death. Death herself is being hunted by evil forces which prey on her new vulnerability now that she is human. Meanwhile, Mad Hettie threatens to kill Death's suicidal friend if Death won't help her find her heart.

The renowned author of Understanding Comics takes a fascinating look at how the computer age has revolutionized comics, charting 12 different revolutions in how comics are created, read, and perceived. Black-and-white art throughout.

This work concludes the Sandman series. Morpheus is dead. As his family and friends gather to mourn him, a new Lord of the Dreaming begins to rebuild his realm. The volume ends with The Tempest , a flashback to a moment in Morpheus' past, concerning a bargain made with William Shakespeare.

This collection of tales tells of travellers caught in the vortex of a reality storm . These wayfarers come from throughout time, myth and dreams to converge upon a mysterious inn, there to share stories of the places they have been and things they have seen, beside a flickering fire.

Neil Gaiman's enormously successful Sandman series won millions of fans as well as remarkable critical acclaim, and introduced the Endless - Dream, Destiny, Death, Desire, Delirium, Despair and Destruction - a family of beings representing various aspects of the human experience and psyche. Now, Gaiman returns to the ethereal world he created, presenting new tales of the Endless, illustrated by ..

A look at the history, meaning, and art of comics and cartooning. Using comics to examine the medium itself, the author takes the form of a cartoon character and explains the structure, meaning, and appeal of comics, and provides a running analysis of comics as art, literature, and communication.