Lucifer

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 Godlike beings guiding the dreams, desires and deaths of mankind mingle with Satan, Shakespeare, Barbie and serial killers in the mythological and pop-cultural hodgepodge of "The Sandman." Not unlike a reverie, the 10-part adaptation of Neil Gaiman's seminal comic book series brooks no borders. The Netflix fantasy drama goes to hell and back - just one of several world-hopping adventures taken up by the gloomy and self-serious immortal we're saddled with as the protagonist. Then again, if the only power I were granted as a supernatural being was the ability to manipulate dreams - while my siblings spend their days ending lives or creating new ones - I might turn out to be quite the grump, too. Gaiman's staggeringly popular comic series, which debuted in 1989, is sprawling, diffuse and exactingly concise; the deity-esque Dream's (Tom Sturridge) descent into Lucifer's (Gwendoline … [Read more...] about ‘The Sandman’ suggests some comic books are better left off-screen

Click here to read the full article. In an episode of Netflix’s new drama The Sandman , two characters discuss a shared fondness for the works of William Shakespeare. One of them objects to a recent King Lear production that drastically altered the story, while the other assures him, “The great stories will always return to their original forms.” The latter sentiment is the key to understanding both the assets and challenges of making a TV series out of a comic book long held as one of the medium’s greatest, but also one of its most unadaptable. More from Rolling Stone George Pérez, Influential and Dynamic Comic Book Artist, Dead at 67 Neal Adams, Legendary Comic Book Artist Who Revitalized 'Batman,' Dead at 80 Stephen Sondheim's Death: Stars Pay Tribute to Broadway Legend Written by Neil Gaiman and drawn by a rotating series of artists, The Sandman , which ran from 1989 to 1996, posits that there is a family of cosmic beings more powerful than any … [Read more...] about ‘The Sandman’: Neil Gaiman’s Twisted Dark Fantasy Is Finally Brought (Almost) to Life