For more than two decades, attempts to turn Neil Gaiman’s epic comic-book series into a film failed. But Netflix’s new adaptation of “The Sandman” is magnificent
a time when newspaper articles about Neil Gaiman would start with a long-winded explanation of who this odd English chap was, and why readers ought to consider picking up “The Sandman”, his epic comic-book series.
Over 75 issues from 1988 to 1996 the graphic novel—as comic books intended for adults came to be called—immersed readers in a finely textured, intricately plotted universe in which the supernatural existed alongside the corporeal. The first six episodes of Netflix’s show follow the initial eight-issue story arc of the comics, in which Dream is captured by humans in an occult ritual and held captive for 70 years before escaping and recouping his crumbling kingdom.
It has been worth the wait. The show is remarkably faithful to the original graphic novel, to the extent of devoting an entire hour-long episode to the comic’s most horrifying early set piece. “The Sandman” drifted away from horror and settled more comfortably in the realm of magic realism in later issues, and no doubt the show will do the same.
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