By hook or by crook, by fair means or foul, I blocked and stopped so many bad ‘Sandman’ movies,' Gaiman told Variety during an interview. The Sandman First Look Netflix Netflix 25.9M subscribers Subscribe 103K Share 4.4M views 1 year ago The Lord of Dreams has been summoned, and captured, by mortal men. 'Why would we do this? And why would we do this now? Especially for me, after three decades of stopping bad ‘Sandman’ adaptations from happening. In fact, Gaiman has struggled to craft a Sandman adaptation over the past two decades, as he felt that if the series was going to be placed on the screen it had to be done right. Upon escaping after decades of imprisonment by a mortal wizard, Dream, the personification of dreams, sets about to reclaim his lost equipment. Eventually, the Netflix series would be made - but with Gaiman in a major creative role. tried to get an adaptation of The Sandman off the ground, to the point where the comic was deemed 'unfilmable' by its fans.

This is a surprise, if not a welcome one, for fans of the comic.

Not only does it earn a place among the best adaptations of Gaiman's work, but it also manages to capture the visual look of the comic while making smart updates to the source material. The scope of 'The Sandman' is vast, as it incorporates myth and fantasy to create an interconnected story with equally great one-off tales, bringing historical figures into the mix to make things even more intriguing.The Sandman is not just a success for Netflix, but also for co-creator/executive producer Neil Gaiman.

After all, 'The Sandman' is not just Morpheus' story, as the comics deftly weave a world surrounding the titular character that is dense and interesting in its own right. While it remains to be seen whether the Netflix series is able to capture the dizzying, visceral nature of the comics, the show needs to progress the story organically while setting up key characters convincingly. Around the world, different people suffer after effects of the Sandmans imprisonment. Burgess keeps his ethereal presence consigned to the mystic ward on the floor, while his cultists erect a crystal dome over the ward to contain the Dream Kings corporeal form. Its artists include Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Jill Thompson. I feel like that actually translated beautifully onto the screen.' This is actually Morpheus - the Lord of Dreams. The Sandman is a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics. 'I think that sensibility of, we can go anywhere, that sensibility of, you do not know where the next episode is going to take, you don't even know the genre of the next episode and whatever the next episode is, you're not prepared for it. Per Gaiman, this aspect of the comics has been faithfully depicted in the Netflix adaptation, as the episodic nature of the series helped capture the varying tones and genre-hybridity of the comics:

The Sandman by Neil Gaiman