From career breakthroughs to professional milestones, explore how Neil Gaiman made an impact.
Neil Gaiman is a prolific English author known for his diverse body of work spanning short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. He gained prominence with the comic series *The Sandman* and authored acclaimed novels such as *Good Omens* (co-written), *Stardust*, *American Gods*, *Coraline*, *Anansi Boys*, *The Graveyard Book*, and *The Ocean at the End of the Lane*. Gaiman has also been involved in the television adaptations of *Good Omens* and *The Sandman*, further solidifying his impact on popular culture.
In May 1984, Neil Gaiman's first professional short story, "Featherquest", was published in Imagine magazine.
In 1984, Neil Gaiman wrote his first book, a biography of the band Duran Duran, and co-edited Ghastly Beyond Belief with Kim Newman.
In 1986-87 Neil Gaiman created some of his first published comic strips called Future Shocks, for 2000 AD.
In February 1987, DC Comics hired Neil Gaiman after being impressed with his work, and he wrote the limited series Black Orchid.
In 1987, Neil Gaiman ended his journalism career because British newspapers regularly publish untruths as fact.
In January 1989, The Sandman series began. It tells the tale of Dream, also known as Morpheus.
In 1989, Neil Gaiman produced two stories for DC's Secret Origins series: a Poison Ivy tale and a Riddler story.
In 1989, Neil Gaiman's comic series, The Sandman, began its run. The series tells the tale of Dream, an anthropomorphic personification.
In 1990, Good Omens, Neil Gaiman's first novel in collaboration with Terry Pratchett, was published. It marked Gaiman's entry into novel writing.
In 1990, Neil Gaiman wrote The Books of Magic, a four-part mini-series providing a tour of the mythological and magical parts of the DC Universe.
In 1990, Neil Gaiman's first novel, Good Omens, was published in collaboration with Terry Pratchett.
In 1993, Neil Gaiman was contracted by Todd McFarlane to write a single issue of *Spawn* for Image Comics, marking his involvement in the new title.
In 1993, the limited series Death: The High Cost of Living launched DC's Vertigo line. Death, the older sister of Dream, was introduced in The Sandman and became a popular character.
In March 1996, The Sandman series concluded after 75 issues. The series became one of DC's top selling titles.
In 1996, Neil Gaiman and Ed Kramer co-edited The Sandman: Book of Dreams, a fiction anthology featuring stories and contributions by several authors and artists.
In 1996, Neil Gaiman wrote the BBC dark fantasy television series *Neverwhere*, showcasing his talent in television writing.
In 1996, Neil Gaiman's novelisation of his teleplay for the BBC mini-series Neverwhere was published as his first solo novel.
In March 1996, Neil Gaiman's comic series, The Sandman, concluded its run. The series, which began in 1989, became one of DC's top-selling titles.
In 1998, Seeing Ear Theatre performed two of Gaiman's audio theatre plays which were published in the collection *Smoke and Mirrors*. The plays were "Snow, Glass, Apples", Gaiman's retelling of Snow White, and "Murder Mysteries", a story of heaven before the Fall.
In 1999, Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel Stardust was first printed. The novel was influenced by Victorian fairytales and culture.
In 1986-87 Neil Gaiman created some of his first published comic strips called Future Shocks, and in 2000 these strips were published for 2000 AD.
In 2000, a story originally written by Neil Gaiman for Action Comics Weekly in 1989 was published as Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame.
In February 2001, after Neil Gaiman finished writing American Gods, his publishers launched a promotional website featuring a weblog where he described the process of revising, publishing, and promoting the novel. This later evolved into the Official Neil Gaiman Website.
In 2001, Neil Gaiman's American Gods was released and became a best-selling, award-winning novel.
In 2002, Neil Gaiman published "Coraline", adding another significant work to his bibliography.
In 2002, Neil Gaiman published *Coraline*, a dark fairy tale and his first venture into children's books. This marked a career milestone for Gaiman.
From November 2003 to June 2004, Neil Gaiman's Marvel 1602, an eight-issue limited series with art by Andy Kubert and Richard Isanove, was published.
In 2003, Neil Gaiman wrote *Marvel 1602* to help fund Marvels and Miracles, LLC, which was created to sort out the legal rights surrounding Marvelman. All of Gaiman's profits for the original issues of the series were donated to Marvels and Miracles.
From November 2003 to June 2004, Neil Gaiman's Marvel 1602, an eight-issue limited series with art by Andy Kubert and Richard Isanove, was published, and the series ended in June 2004.
In 2005, Neil Gaiman's novel Anansi Boys was published, debuting at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list.
From August 2006 to March 2007, Neil Gaiman's The Eternals, a seven-issue limited series drawn by John Romita Jr., was published.
From August 2006 to March 2007, Neil Gaiman's The Eternals, a seven-issue limited series drawn by John Romita Jr., was published, with the series ending in March 2007.
In August 2007, the film adaptation of Neil Gaiman's *Stardust* premiered, starring Charlie Cox, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes and Mark Strong, and directed by Matthew Vaughn.
In 2007, Neil Gaiman announced that the feature film adaptation of *Death: The High Cost of Living* would finally begin production after ten years in development, with Gaiman writing and directing for Warner Independent.
On 5 October 2008, Neil Gaiman read his poem "Blueberry Girl", written for Tori Amos's daughter Tash, aloud to an audience at the Sundance Kabuki Theater in San Francisco during his book reading tour for The Graveyard Book.
In 2008, Neil Gaiman joined Twitter.
In 2008, Neil Gaiman published The Graveyard Book, further solidifying his reputation as a prominent author.
In 2008, Neil Gaiman released *The Graveyard Book*, a young adult novel influenced by Rudyard Kipling's *The Jungle Book* and H. P. Lovecraft’s *The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath*. The book follows the adventures of a boy named Bod raised in a graveyard after his family's murder.
On 6 February 2009, the stop-motion version of Neil Gaiman's *Coraline* was released, directed by Henry Selick and featuring the voices of Dakota Fanning and Teri Hatcher.
In March 2009, "Blueberry Girl", a poem by Neil Gaiman, was published as a book.
In 2009, Neil Gaiman wrote a two-part Batman story for DC Comics titled "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?"
In 2009, it was announced that Neil Gaiman's Newbery Medal-winning book, *The Graveyard Book*, would be made into a movie, with Ron Howard as the director, marking a significant milestone for the book.
In August 2010, shooting began for the *Doctor Who* episode written by Neil Gaiman, during Matt Smith's second series as the Doctor. The original title was "The House of Nothing."
In December 2010, Neil Gaiman and Paul Cornell co-wrote Action Comics #894, which featured an appearance by Death.
In 2010, Neil Gaiman won the Carnegie Medal. He remarked that "it had to be the most important literary award there ever was."
In 2011, Terry Pratchett commented that while Good Omens was a collaborative effort, he did a larger portion of the writing and editing.
In March 2013, a six-part radio play of Neil Gaiman's *Neverwhere* was broadcast, adapted by Dirk Maggs for BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra, featuring James McAvoy, Natalie Dormer, Benedict Cumberbatch, Christopher Lee, Bernard Cribbens, and Johnny Vegas.
On 11 May 2013, Neil Gaiman's *Doctor Who* episode titled "Nightmare in Silver" was broadcast, marking his return to the Whoniverse.
In October 2013, DC Comics released The Sandman: Overture with art by J. H. Williams III.
In 2013, IGN named Neil Gaiman as one of "The Best Tweeters in Comics", praising his posts as "sublime".
In 2013, Neil Gaiman released The Ocean at the End of the Lane, adding to his collection of novels.
In 2013, Neil Gaiman was named co-chair of the newly formed advisory board for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, an organization he supports and has served on the board of directors for.
In September 2014, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett joined forces with BBC Radio 4 to make the first-ever dramatisation of their co-penned novel *Good Omens*. The dramatization was broadcast in December in five half-hour episodes and culminated in an hour-long final apocalyptic showdown.
In 2015, Neil Gaiman delivered a 100-minute lecture for the Long Now Foundation entitled *How Stories Last* about the nature of storytelling and how stories persist in human culture.
In 2015, Starz greenlit a series adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel *American Gods*. Bryan Fuller and Michael Green were the writers and showrunners for the series.
In September 2016, Neil Gaiman announced that he had been working for some years on retellings of Norse mythology, signaling a new project in his career.
In 2016, Neil Gaiman appeared in the video "What They Took With Them" from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, helping to raise awareness about the issue of global refugees.
In February 2017, Neil Gaiman's *Norse Mythology* was released, marking the culmination of his work on retellings of Norse myths.
On 8 August 2018, The Sandman Universe, a line of comic books published by Vertigo, was launched under Neil Gaiman's oversight.
In 2020, Neil Gaiman returned to the Whoniverse for the web series *Doctor Who: Lockdown*, writing the mini-episode "Rory's Story" which featured Arthur Darvill reprising his role of Rory Williams.
In 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Neil Gaiman expressed his support for Ukraine by announcing on Twitter that he would not renew contracts with Russian publishers and encouraged donations to Ukrainian refugees.
In 2023, Neil Gaiman voiced Gef in the black comedy film *Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose*, one of the film's titular characters. This marked his voice acting role in the film.
In 2023, Neil Gaiman, along with over 100 other public figures, signed an open letter addressed to Russian president Vladimir Putin, calling for the release of Russian prisoner Alexei Navalny.
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