Happy Birthday Neil Gaiman! He started out as a journalist and one of his early graphic novels was Violent Cases with artist Dave McKean. Then he wrote Don’t Panic: The Official Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Companion (1988) based on the Douglas Adams’ books. His first work for DC Comics was the limited series, Black Orchid (1988-1989), with art by Dave McKean. Afterwards, Gaiman was presented with his own spin on old comics character, The Sandman, it was a series that elevated comic books to literary heights. Sandman #8 (1989) introduced Morpheus’ sister, Death. Sandman #19 (1990), “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, with art by Charles Vess, won the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction. Then, he co-wrote with Terry Pratchett Good Omens (1990), which was turned into an Amazon Prime and BBC series. Next, Gaiman worked with Dave McKean on graphic novels; Signal to Noise (1992) and The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch (1994).
He wrote for television with the BBC Two series Neverwhere (1996) with a novelization in the same year. Gaiman wrote the fantasy limited series Stardust (1997) with art by Charles Vess. He wrote the novel in 1999 and it was later turned to a film in 2007. Gaiman wrote another novel, American Gods, in 2001. This was also turned into a television series on Starz that started in 2017. In 2002, he wrote the novel, Coraline, it was made into a brilliant Laika animated film in 2009. Gauman wrote the screenplay for MirrorMask (2005) directed by Dave McKean. How to Talk to Girls at Parties was a short story written by Gaiman in 2006 and this was adapted into a film in 2018. He co-wrote the screenplay for the animated film, Beowulf (2007). In 2011, Gaiman wrote the script for “The Doctor’s Wife” episode of Doctor Who. He returned to the Dreaming with The Sandman: Overture (2013-2015), a limited series with art by J.H. Williams III. Almost all of Neil Gaiman's works are being brought to film and television, but Sandman for some reason. One of his recent books is Norse Mythology which was published in 2017. Happy Birthday Neil Gaiman!
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