The first Death miniseries features a reluctant antihero by the name of Sexton—who is an antihero in the traditional sense of having no particularly spectacular qualities, not an antihero in the sense of, say, the Punisher—and a young Goth girl named Didi, who believes that she is the personification of death. Because she is. She’s Death in mortal form, which, according to Gaiman’s own Sandman mythology, occurs once every 100 years. So that’s that.

The mini-series shared the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Limited Comic-Book Series for 1993 with Frank Miller's Daredevil: The Man Without Fear. [5] For their work in the mini-series, Neil Gaiman and Karen Berger received Eisner Award in 1994 as Best Writer and Best Editor. [6] Plot [ edit ]It is nothing short of criminal that I call myself a comic reader and yet have never read any of Gaiman’s Sandman books. I actually have the first volume at home ready to read, but thanks to my involvement with a comic book discussion group, this one ended up being my introduction to the Sandman universe, instead. Gaiman's take, as he started in issue 8 of The Sandman, is a young, attractive, perky Death in this fresh interpretation of the concept. For it was said in Sandman #21: 'One day in every century, Death takes on mortal flesh, better to comprehend what the lives she takes must feel like, to taste the bitter tang of mortality.' Didi manages to eat from street vendors, run into a number of people including a megalomaniac known only as "The Eremite" (not overtly stated, but implied to be an alternative future version of Mister E, after his return from the end of time at Death's hands in the original Books of Magic miniseries), and a British woman named Mad Hettie who is looking for her heart. [1]

The macabre depressing singer was interesting, but only because i was wondering if neil gaiman was the one actually writing her songs. Death is always smiling, and it’s not a creepy malicious grin, she is genuily happy with her role in the balance of the universe and she likes to meet people and experience new things.

Last time I saw him he told me this joke: "What's the difference between a lawyer and a herring? (...) One's wet and slimy and it stinks - and the other's one's a herring!" Five minutes ago I was standing (...) with a really pretty sharp broken bottle pressed into the side of my face. The bottle was held by another crazy person, only this one smelled like a storm-drain. Neil Gaiman, the author, certainly made an epic run while writing The Sandman but once he introduced “Death”, one of the sisters of “Dream”, she became the most popular character in the series, easily even more popular than Morpheus himself. If you know someone really well it’s hard to be mad at them for very long... ...I know everybody really well. Preludes and Nocturnes • The Doll's House • Dream Country • Season of Mists • A Game of You • Fables and Reflections • Brief Lives • Worlds' End • The Kindly Ones • The Wake