Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age
graphic-novel · First published 2024
Author guide
Neil Gaiman Books in Order
Neil Gaiman is an English author whose work spans novels, short stories, graphic novels, comics, illustrated children's books, poetry, nonfiction, scripts, and drama. He is best known for The Sandman, Good Omens, Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane. His work frequently combines mythology, folklore, dark fantasy, humor, and literary experimentation.
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Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
Neverwhere
An accessible standalone novel that introduces Gaiman's urban-fantasy voice.
Coraline
A concise, self-contained dark-fantasy novel suitable for readers of many ages.
The Sandman
The foundational comics series and the clearest entry to Gaiman's mythic storytelling.
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions
A broad first short-fiction collection spanning his early prose, horror, fantasy, and humor.
Good Omens
A witty collaborative fantasy novel and an approachable introduction to his comic sensibility.
Read in order
Books by series
graphic-novel-series · complete
The Sandman
Gaiman's original Sandman comics and closely related standalone graphic and prose works.
- 1 The Sandman
Book 1 · graphic-series · 1989
Hailed by the Los Angeles Times Magazine as “the greatest epic in the history of comic books”, The Sandman changed the game with its dark, literary world of fantasy and horror - creating a global, cultural phenomenon in the process. At…
- 2 Sandman Midnight Theatre
Book 2 · graphic-novel · 1995 Optional
A one-shot comic book in which two DC comics characters called the Sandman — Dream and Wesley Dodds — encounter each other.
- 3 The Sandman: The Dream Hunters
Book 3 · illustrated-novella · 1999
Neil Gaiman's seminal series, THE SANDMAN, celebrates its 30th anniversary with an all-new edition of THE SANDMAN VOL. 1: PRELUDES & NOCTURNES!New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman's transcendent series THE SANDMAN is often…
- 4 The Sandman: Endless Nights
Book 4 · graphic-novel · 2003
Presents a collection of seven graphic stories that feature the character known as "The Sandman" who rules over humans as they sleep. Reprint.
- 5 The Sandman: Overture
Book 5 · graphic-novel · 2013
Winner of the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story Twenty-five years since The Sandman first changed the landscape of modern comics, Neil Gaiman's legendary series is back in a deluxe edition! The Sandman: Overture heralds New York…
graphic-novel-series · complete
Death
Sandman spin-off graphic novels centered on Death of the Endless.
- 1 Death: The High Cost of Living
Book 1 · graphic-novel · 1993
Written by Neil Gaiman; Art by Chris Bachalo, Mark Buckingham, and Dave McKean From the pages of Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN comes the young, pale, perky, and genuinely likable Death. One day in every century, Death walks the Earth to better…
- 2 Death: The Time of Your Life
Book 2 · graphic-novel · 1996
Death incarnate, as defined by master storyteller Neil Gaiman (THE SANDMAN), is a genuinely likeable young girl with a fondness for ankhs who truly cares about people. It's small wonder then that when a rising star of the music world…
graphic-novel-series · complete
The Books of Magic
Gaiman's original four-issue graphic miniseries introducing Timothy Hunter.
- 1 The Books of Magic
Book 1 · graphic-novel-series · 1990
Tim Hunter, destined to become Earth's greatest sorcerer, defends the realm of Faerie from the deadly manticore while trying to maintain a normal childhood life. Is his real father the one-armed drunk in the front room or is he the man…
novel-series · complete
InterWorld
A science-fiction and fantasy trilogy created by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves and completed with Mallory Reaves.
- 1 InterWorld
Book 1 · novel · 2007
Joey Harker isn't a hero.In fact, he's the kind of guy who gets lost in his own house.But then one day, Joey gets really lost. He walks straight out of his world and into another dimension.Joey's walk between the worlds makes him prey to…
- 2 The Silver Dream
Book 2 · novel · 2013
- 3 Eternity's Wheel
Book 3 · novel · 2015
It has been two years since Joseph Harker first Walked between dimensions, met the alternate forms of himself, and formed a team to protect the Altiverse in the struggle between the vicious forces of magic and science--and now, injured,…
picture-book-series · complete
Chu
A series of picture books about Chu, a young panda whose sneezes have extraordinary consequences.
- 1 Chu's Day
Book 1 · picture-book · 2013
- 2 Chu's First Day of School
Book 2 · picture-book · 2014
- 3 Chu's Day at the Beach
Book 3 · picture-book · 2016
"Chu the panda goes to the beach!"-- Accompanying his family on a visit to the beach, Chu the little panda looks forward to playing in the sand and wading in the water while wondering how his colossal sneezes will impact the day.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (46)
- Duran Duran: The First Four Years of the Fab Five
nonfiction · 1984
- Violent Cases
graphic-novel · 1987
"Before The Sandman, there was Violent Cases, the first teaming of multi award-winning writer Neil Gaiman and innovative artist Dave McKean. Now, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of this seminal work, Violent Cases is being re-issued in…
- Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion
nonfiction · 1988
'It's all absolutely devastatingly true -- except the bits that are lies' **Douglas Adams** *Don't Panic* celebrates the life of an ape-descended human called Douglas Adams who, in a field in Innsbruck in 1971, had an idea. This is also…
- Black Orchid
graphic-novel · 1988
Both human and flower, the heroine, Black Orchid, undertakes a hazardous journey to uncover her true origins, providing a moving ecological parable for our times.
- Good Omens
novel · 1990
- Signal to Noise
graphic-novel · 1992
A film director is dying of cancer. His greatest film would have told the story of a European village as the last hour of 999 AD approached—bringing Armageddon. Now that story will never be told. But he’s still working it out in his head,…
- The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch
graphic-novel · 1994
- The Last Temptation
graphic-novel · 1994
- Neverwhere
novel · 1996
Richard Mayhew is a young man with a good heart and an ordinary life, which is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. His small act of kindness propels him into a world he never dreamed…
- Stardust
novel · 1999
Tristran thorn promised to bring back a fallen star. So he sets out on a journey to fulfill the request of his beloved, the hauntingly beautiful Victoria Forester—and stumbles into the enchanted realm that lies beyond the wall of his…
- Only the End of the World Again
graphic-novella · 2000
"From the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula award-winning, and New York Times bestselling writer Neil Gaiman (American Gods), this fantasy story blends the worlds of H.P. Lovecraft and Roger Zelazny. This new edition of…
- American Gods
novel · 2001
Released from prison, Shadow finds his world turned upside down. His wife has been killed; a stranger offers him a job and Shadow, with nothing to lose, accepts. But a storm is coming. Beneath the placid surface of everyday life, a war is…
- A Walking Tour of the Shambles
illustrated-novella · 2002
A tour of a fictional haunted neighborhood in Chicago, in the tradition of Edward Gorey or Charles Addams. Illustrated.
- Coraline
novel · 2002
"When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They…
- Murder Mysteries
graphic-novella · 2002
- Marvel 1602
graphic-novel · 2003
Marvel 1602 is an eight-issue comic book limited series published in 2003 by Marvel Comics. The limited series was written by Neil Gaiman, penciled by Andy Kubert, and digitally painted by Richard Isanove; Scott McKowen illustrated the…
- Melinda
illustrated-novella · 2005
- Anansi Boys
novel · 2005
Fat Charlie Nancy’s normal life ended the moment his father dropped dead on a Florida karaoke stage. Charlie didn’t know his dad was a god. And he never knew he had a brother. Now brother Spider is on his doorstep—about to make Fat…
- MirrorMask, Children's Edition
illustrated-novella · 2005
- Creatures of the Night
graphic-novella · 2004
From the New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman comes this collection, featuring two magical and disturbing stories lushly adapted to comics by veteran painter Michael Zulli (The Last Temptation). Rewritten by Gaiman for this…
- Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere
graphic-novel · 2007
The comics adaptation of Neil Gaiman's acclaimed novel follows the adventures of an ordinary Londoner who stops to help an enigmatic girl and is drawn into a battle to save a strange underworld kingdom--London Below--from destruction.
- The Graveyard Book
novel · 2008
Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a perfectly normal boy. Well, he would be perfectly normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of…
- Coraline: The Graphic Novel
graphic-novel · 2008
- The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch
graphic-novella · 2008
Come, come and hear of the strange and terrible tale of Miss Finch, an exacting woman befallen by mystery and abduction deep under the streets of London! New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman delivers another stunning hardcover…
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane
novel · 2013
A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he encountered a most remarkable girl, Lettie…
- Fortunately, the Milk
illustrated-novella · 2013
A little boy and his little sister awake one morning, milkless. Their mother is away on business, their father is buried in the paper, and their Toastios are dry. What are young siblings to do? They impress upon their father that his tea…
- Hansel and Gretel
illustrated-novella · 2014
Two abandoned children come upon a gingerbread cottage inhabited by a cruel witch who wants to eat them.
- The Sleeper and the Spindle
novella · 2014
The bestselling, award-bedecked Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell are reunited in this irresistible fairytale reboot, with vibrant red ink adding lustre to an amazingly beautiful book. Weaving together hints of Snow White and Sleeping Beauty…
- The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains
illustrated-novella · 2014
"Beautifully illustrated by renowned artist Eddie Campbell, this is a four-color edition of Neil Gaiman's award-winning novelette "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains" -- a haunting story of family, the otherworld, and retribution"--
- How the Marquis Got His Coat Back
illustrated-novella · 2015
The coat. It was elegant. It was beautiful. It was so close that he could have reached out and touched it. And it was unquestionably his ...
- Free Country: A Tale of The Children's Crusade
graphic-novel · 2013
- The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction
nonfiction-collection · 2016
An enthralling collection of nonfiction essays on a myriad of topics—from art and artists to dreams, myths, and memories—observed in #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman’s probing, amusing, and distinctive style. An…
- The Monarch of the Glen
illustrated-novella · 2016
He was not sure what he had been looking for. He only knew that he had not found it. Shadow Moon has been away from America for nearly two years. His nights are broken with dangerous dreams. Sometimes he almost believes he doesn''t care…
- Black Dog: A Tale of the Scottish Borders
novella · 2016
- Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World
illustrated-nonfiction · 2018
"Drawn from Gaiman's trove of published speeches, poems, and creative manifestos, Art Matters is an embodiment of this remarkable multi-media artist's vision--an exploration of how reading, imagining, and creating can transform the world…
- Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire
graphic-novel · 2017
A celebrated send-up of gothic literature, beautifully adapted into a dark, brooding, and oddly comical graphic novel. Somewhere in the night, a raven caws, an author's pen scratches, and thunder claps. The author wants to write fiction:…
- How to Talk to Girls at Parties
graphic-novel · 2018
"Enn is a fifteen-year-old boy who just doesn't understand girls, while his friend Vic seems to have them all figured out. Both teenagers are in for the shock of their young lives, however, when they crash a local party only to discover…
- A Study in Emerald
graphic-novel · 2018
"This supernatural mystery set in the world of Sherlock Holmes and Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos features a brilliant detective and his partner as they try to solve a horrific murder. The complex investigation takes the Baker Street…
- American Gods: Shadows
graphic-novel · 2018
AMERICAN GODS by international bestseller, and creator of Sandman, Neil Gaiman is an award-winning epic novel, highly acclaimed major TV series starring Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane and Gillian Anderson and now, for the first time, adapted…
- American Gods: My Ainsel
graphic-novel · 2019
AMERICAN GODS by international bestseller, and creator of Sandman, Neil Gaiman is an award-winning epic novel, highly acclaimed major TV series starring Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane and Gillian Anderson and now, for the first time, adapted…
- American Gods: The Moment of the Storm
graphic-novel · 2020
- The Case of Death and Honey
illustrated-novella · 2021
- Norse Mythology Volume 1
graphic-novel · 2021
V. 1: "Collects issues 1-6 of the Dark Horse comic adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology"--
- Norse Mythology Volume 2
graphic-novel · 2022
- Norse Mythology Volume 3
graphic-novel · 2023
#1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman and Eisner Award–winning comics legend P. Craig Russell breathe new life into the ancient Norse stories in this comic-book adaptation of the hit novel Norse Mythology. In this third volume,…
- Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age
graphic-novel · 2024
Short fiction (6)
- Angels & Visitations
short-story-and-poetry-collection · 1993
- Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions
short-story-collection · 1998
"En las manos maestras de Neil Gaiman, la magia es mucho más que un mero juego de engaños. La destreza y el poder de invención de este gran fabulador transforman el entorno cotidiano en un mundo hechizado por sucesos sombríos y extraños,…
- Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
short-story-collection · 2006
This is a duplicate. Please update your lists. See https://openlibrary.org/works/OL679359W.
- A Calendar of Tales
short-story-collection · 2013
- Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
short-story-and-poetry-collection · 2015
From one of the most critically acclaimed and beloved storytellers of our time comes a major new collection of stories and verse "We each have our little triggers . . . things that wait for us in the dark corridors of our lives." So says…
- The Problem of Susan and Other Stories
graphic-story-collection · 2019
From Hugo, Eisner, Newbery, Harvey, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula award-winning author Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell (The Sandman, The Giver), Scott Hampton (American Gods), and Paul Chadwick (Concrete) comes a graphic…
Essays and speeches (2)
- Adventures in the Dream Trade
essay-collection · 2002
- Make Good Art
speech-book · 2013
In May 2012, bestselling author Neil Gaiman delivered the commencement address at Philadelphia's University of the Arts, in which he shared his thoughts about creativity, bravery, and strength. He encouraged the fledgling painters,…
Poetry (4)
- Blueberry Girl
illustrated-poem · 2009
Rhyming text expresses a prayer for a girl to be protected from such dangers as nightmares at age three or false friends at fifteen, and to be granted clearness of sight and other favors.
- Instructions
illustrated-poem · 2010
This advice for travelling through a fairytale landscape might just save you from being eaten by wolves or being lost for ever, but it is also a charming metaphor for living courageously and taking risks.
- Words of Fire
poetry-collection · 2022
- What You Need to Be Warm
illustrated-poem · 2023
In 2019, in response to a refugee crisis, Neil Gaiman asked his Twitter followers: What reminds you of warmth? Over 1,000 responses later, Neil used the replies from across the world to inspire him to write a poem in aid of the United…
Plays (2)
- Beowulf: The Script Book
screenplay · 2007
- MirrorMask: The Illustrated Film Script
screenplay · 2005
Other (15)
- The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish
illustrated-book · 1997
- The Wolves in the Walls
illustrated-book · 2003
Lucy is sure there are wolves living in the walls of her house, although others in her family disagree, and when the wolves come out, the adventure begins.
- Ancient Emperor
chapbook · 2003
- MirrorMask
illustrated-film-book · 2005
While most kids long to run away and join the circus, Helena dreams of running away to join the real world. Until the day she wakes up to find herself in a strange new place populated by mysterious creatures a dreamworld where she is…
- The Dangerous Alphabet
illustrated-book · 2008
As two children and their pet gazelle sneak out of the house in search of treasure, they come across a world beneath the city that is inhabited with monsters and pirates.
- Crazy Hair
illustrated-book · 2009
Bonnie encounters all sorts of exotic animals and marvelous things inside a man's crazy hair.
- The Bed Song
photobook-with-text · 2014
- Norse Mythology
mythology · 2017
Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. Now he turns his attention back to the source, presenting a bravura rendition of the great northern tales. In Norse Mythology,…
- Cinnamon
illustrated-book · 2017
The parents of pearl-eyed princess Cinnamon offer a reward to anyone who can help their daughter speak, a plea answered by an exotic tiger who arrives at the palace, armed with knowledge of the world.
- Pirate Stew
illustrated-book · 2020
Meet LONG JOHN McRON, SHIP'S COOK . . . and the most unusual babysitter you've ever seen. Long John has a whole crew of wild pirates in tow, and--for one boy and his sister--he's about to transform a perfectly ordinary evening into a…
- The Alchemy of MirrorMask
film-book · 2005
- Day of the Dead
television-script-book · 1998
- The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book
script-book · 2014
Neil Gaiman’s complete original scripts for the highly anticipated six-episode original series, adapted from the classic novel he wrote with Terry Pratchett. First published nearly thirty years ago, the novel Good Omens has sold more than…
- Who Killed Amanda Palmer
photobook-with-short-stories · 2009
Bogen indeholder sangtekster og en fotoserie, som knytter sig til cd'en af samme navn. Indeholder desuden små korte historier af Neil Gaiman.
- A Little Gold Book of Ghastly Stuff
chapbook · 2011
Frequently asked questions about Neil Gaiman
Who is Neil Gaiman, and what is he known for?
Neil Gaiman is an English author whose career spans journalism, comics, novels, short fiction, poetry, film, and drama. He is especially associated with modern comics and genre-crossing storytelling for readers of all ages.
How did Neil Gaiman begin his writing career?
He began as a journalist in England. His first books were a Duran Duran biography and a companion to Douglas Adams’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, after which he moved into comics and began collaborating with artist Dave McKean.
What influenced Neil Gaiman’s writing?
As a child, Gaiman read authors including C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Edgar Allan Poe, Ursula K. Le Guin, and G.K. Chesterton. He also credits libraries and librarians with nurturing his lifelong love of reading and stories.
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What awards has Neil Gaiman won?
His honors include the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal; he became the first author to win both medals for the same book. He has also won Hugo and Nebula awards, among many other international honors.
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What is Neil Gaiman’s legacy in comics and fantasy?
Gaiman is credited with helping shape modern comics, and The Sandman became the first comic to receive a literary award when it won the 1991 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story. His work is noted for crossing genres and reaching audiences of all ages.
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