Today is the birthday of writer Neil Gaiman, born in Portchester, England in 1960.
Gaiman began his career as a comic book writer and in 1987 penned one of the best titles when he took a failed DC Comics character known as the Sandman, revamping the history and very being of the character, and turning it into an award-winning comic book.
He then went on to become a best-selling author of such novels as “American Gods”, “Anansi Boys”, “Neverwhere”, “The Graveyard Book” and “The Ocean at the End of the Lane”, among others.