Neil Gaiman's Sandman turns 20

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Neil Gaiman's graphic masterpiece, Sandman, celebrated its 20th anniversary earlier this week after it's first issue hit the stands back in November 1988. The 10 year series legitimized comics as a serious medium that The Preacher, Y the Last Man, Ex Machina, Transmetropolitan, Fell, Fables, 100 Bullets, Hawiian Dick, Hellboy, and many others have continued.

To promote the anniversary, Gaiman put on a reading of the series, with all the proceeds going to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

If you have never read 'The Lord of Dreams' before, I suggest you start with Season of Mist as that's where the series really seemed gain steam. The earlier ones are still very good, but as Neil was still treating it as a horror/fantasy comic, they might scare you off before you really start to like them.