Sandman

Image: DC ComicsWhen people think of Stan Lee, they think of Marvel. Thanks to his cameos in many of the biggest movie blockbusters of all time, they likely always will. But there was a time when Stan the Man didn’t work for Marvel, and created his own projects hoping to replicate his success. The most shocking one was, undoubtedly, when Lee collaborated with DC Comics—Marvel’s eternal rival—to reinterpret DC’s biggest superheroes through his own lens. The result was a series called “Just Imagine,” and now DC’s bringing…

Image: NetflixI first read Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series when I was in high school–about five years after the initial run of the comics had ended. This meant omnibus editions, which were the only thing I could find at my library anyway. The series immediately sucked me in with its blend of serialized short stories emblematic of single-creator runs and larger narrative arcs that you can really dig into with collected editions. Spread throughout The Sandman’s episodic stories is the theme that the world is sometimes…

Adam Sandler has been in the entertainment industry since 1987, and his slapstick comedy continues to amuse people everywhere. Adam, also known as Sandman and The King of Comedy, made his film debut with Going Overboard in 1989 but found recognition after his appearance on Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1995. Since then, Adam has gone on to appear in numerous Hollywood films, and his multiple collaborations with Netflix since 2016 have brought him further acclaim and popularity. As the actor celebrates his 56th…

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Before The Sandman ever premiered on Netflix, the choice of professional Handsome Menace Boyd Holbrook for the role of the Corinthian — the teeth-for-eyes nightmare who invented serial killers — all but guaranteed a fandom attachment to him. And just in time, there’s a book precisely for the beautiful, precious people making gifsets and writing Corinthian/Reader fic in second-person perspective: Nightmare Country by James Tynion IV and Lisandro Estherren. Actually, it’s more than just in time. The book is five issues…

A v good John Constantine cosplayScreenshot: The CWLast Friday, Rolling Stone released a feature on Neil Gaiman, an impressively extensive interview that covered the author’s storied career, starting in the ‘80s, when a then-26-year-old Gaiman began writing The Sandman for Vertigo comics. During the interview, he related how he succeeded in an attempt to tank a Jon Peters adaptation of the comic. What wasn’t mentioned in the article was that The Sandman was also optioned by Eric Kripke as a network television adaption. I…

| The history between Todd McFarlane and Neil Gaiman is a rather strained one. Todd McFarlane hired Neil Gaiman to draw an issue of Sandman, as well as the spin-off mini-series Angela, in which he introduced characters such as Angela, Cogliostro, Medieval Spawn, Anahita, Kuan Yin, Saranyu, Surielle, Callindra, Metatron, Rafael and Smut. The legal cases that followed that would also involve the rights to Miracleman, ended up with Neil Gaiman owning Angela – who he then sold to Marvel Comics. And Smut, created by Gaiman…

Photo: Jeff Spicer / Stringer (Getty Images)As The Sandman enjoys an astounding success on Netflix, Neil Gaiman has done an exceptionally in-depth interview with Rolling Stone, where he describes the arduous and sometimes underhanded methods it took to get the adaption made to his specifications. “I spent 30-something years battling bad versions of Sandman,” he said. Gaiman describes an incident in 1996 when Pulp Fiction co-writer Roger Avary was slated to direct an adaption. Avary apparently wanted to pursue a…

Apart from John Dee's looks and status as a DC supervillain, there's one significant difference between the comic book version and the show one. In the comics, Dee gets a ride from a friendly driver called Rosemary who, thanks to Dee's penchant for always telling the truth, soon finds out what a dangerous person she's riding with. Regardless, she ends up helping Dee ... only for the villain to ruthlessly shoot her after they're at the destination. The Netflix version of Rosemary ("Ted Lasso" star Sarah…

Image: NetflixCreator Neil Gaiman sounds a little peevish that Netflix hasn’t renewed The Sandman TV series for another season yet. The bloodbath at HBO Max continues, including Bruce Timm and J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Batman animated series. Plus, showrunner Erik Kripke teases the first episode of the fourth season of The Boys. Watch out for spoilers!Planet of the ApesDeadline reports It’s Owen Teague has been cast as “the lead primate” in Wes Ball’s upcoming entry in the Planet of the Apes franchise. DriftwoodHBO Max has…