In 1989, a comic book hit the shelves that would change the way fans, critics, and even the indifferent, would view the industry. Its title was Sandman, its hero Morpheus. At the height of its popularity, sales of Sandman rivaled, and frequently...

Sandman (a.k.a. Flint Marko; born William Baker) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe, traditionally an adversary of Spider-Man. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #4 (Sept....

A motley family of new wave gods is convening a wake in the afterworld. There is Death, decked out with chic black booties and ankhs aplenty. Her sister Despair looks like a sumo wrestler. Glum brother Destiny is blind. Spacey kid sister Delirium is...

First published in 1995 in Toronto, Mr. Sandman is Canadian author Barbara Gowdy's third novel (Falling Angels and Through the Green Valley both appeared in the US in 1988). Gowdy also published a collection of short stories, We So Seldom Look on Love,...

A young patient sauntered into a medical clinic Friday morning and got prompt treatment _ a tranquilizer dart and a quick trip back to the wilds.But again, this patient was the four-legged kind: a young black bear who was probably hungry from a winter of...

A young patient sauntered into a medical clinic Friday morning and got prompt treatment _ a tranquilizer dart and a quick trip back to the wilds. But again, this patient was the four-legged kind: a young black bear who was probably hungry from a winter...