The October 3 issue of Entertainment Weekly features the five-page article "The Best Comic Book Ever Returns," on Neil Gaiman and The Sandman: Endless Nights, in which Scott Brown writes, "Gaiman probably could have started a church on his Sandman following."
The article features a full-page photo of Gaiman, along with quotes from him, Alan Moore, Michael Chabon, and Tori Amos. In addition, the sidebar "This Way in to the World of Neil Gaiman" recommends The Sandman: Season Of Mists as the ideal starting point for new Sandman readers.
This issue goes on sale in some metropolitan areas on Friday, September 26, and reaches newsstands in other areas on Monday, September 29.
Salon.com has posted a story on Neil Gaiman and The Sandman: Endless Nights at http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/09/25/gaiman/. In it, Laura Miller writes, "The appearance of Endless Nights should be the occasion for confirmed prose junkies - Gaiman aficionados and novices alike - to make a foray, however brief, off the reservation. Trust me, it's well worth the trip."
CNN.com has posted the story "The Return of the Sandman" at http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/books/09/24/sandman.revisited.ap/index.html, which includes quotes from Neil Gaiman and VP - Executive Editor Karen Berger, who says, "SANDMAN has been the key book that really got VERTIGO noticed, and not only VERTIGO but literary comics in general."