Neil Gaiman

the 1990’s, the time when Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman comics were being published, the majority of DC Comics’ readership consisted of boys aged 16 and younger (Craig, 1992). The occasional suggestive scene and the more frequent disturbing depictions of demons, dreams, and delusions warrant the attachment of the advisory label, although another consideration could have been the complex storytelling of Gaiman’s that may have been lost on many of the young readers. Neil Gaiman has collected thoughts…

In Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman illustrates that all humans are fallible to temptation and that true maturity comes not from age, but from mental strength. In Ocean at the End of the Lane, Gaiman uses Ursula Monkton (the housekeeper/evil spirit) to symbolize human greed. She gives the sister half a crown and seduces the father, creating an idyllic scene with “[his] father with [his] sister holding on to his neck, and ……[Ursula Monkton’s] arms filled with yellow and white flowers.”…

In the retelling of Snow White called “Snow, Glass, Apples” by Neil Gaiman, the author reversed the good and evil characters of the story. The stepmother queen is now the heroine and Snow White is now this evil bloodsucking vampire. The story is in 1st person being narrated by the Queen who is afraid of Snow White which shows in the quote “I had been frozen by her, owned and dominated.” (Gaiman). The sad part of this story is how it all comes back to this quote at the end with the stepmother…

The title of the book I read was The Graveyard Book. The author of the book was Neil Gaiman. The setting of the book was in graveyard. The time of when the book was set was toward the end of the 20th beginning of the 21st century. The main character is Nobody Owens, along with his “foster parents” Mr. & Mrs. Owens, and his mentor, teacher, and protector, Silas. The book began with a horror feel. In the beginning of the book there was a guy referred to throughout the book as, The Man Jack, who…

Neil Gaiman bought multiple folklore gods to life in his novel American Gods. Each of these Gods and goddesses were bought to light through the main character Shadow. Gaiman took these classic folklore gods and added his own twist to their story that deemed fit for his novel. After researching multiple gods there were two that stood out the most. These two folklore gods played their own important role in American Gods. Hinzelmann and Mad Sweeney are two gods that are interesting both in and out…

As a reader evaluating the character of Abel from Neil Gaiman’s Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes (1988), a feature that I primarily notice is his archetypical representation as a victimized figure who is particularly “susceptible to physical harm” (OED). The reflection of this characterization is initially apparent through the use of the gutters on page three. On this page, the gutters seemingly appear to encompass the panels with blood. Thereby, this visual icon of the gutter’s “bleed” by lead…

consistent, and always listening. This is the case for our friend Lettie Hempstock’s pond in Neil Gaiman’s novel “The Ocean at the End of the Lane” Lettie takes great pride in her pond; to her, it’s an ocean. Not many others see it that way though. Our unnamed boy acknowledges how much this pond means to Lettie by saying, “Together, Lettie and I walked down to her ocean, by which I mean, the pond.” (Gaiman p.148) While the boy may not have personally seen the vastness and importance of the…

surprised about how even after a decade of being away from his father and having no contact with him he still disliked him. Charlie gets much misfortune in this and that is linked to his “bad luck” he talks about in the beginning of the book and Neil Gaiman only shows us that…

Capax. At the end of chapter two and beginning of chapter three, his fifteen-thousand-year life came to a quick end as he was crushed by a building being demolished (Gaiman 2). With images of his lifeless body under large blocks of cement, the reader sees the image of Death herself as Bernard realizes his life has come to an end (Gaiman 2). These images stimulate a fear that many individuals have towards death with the fear of realizing death and the end. The second unexpected death to occur is…

archetype, and put them in their expected story, but then to give them human qualities. In this way authors uses archetypes to illuminate the humanness of their characters. In two of his comics, The Sleeper and the Spindle, and The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman uses common…