Neil Gaiman's acclaimed graphic novel series The Sandman influenced goths with characters like the dark, brooding Dream and his sister Death.

1996 ), which features George Alec Effinger's short " Seven Nights in Slumberland " ( where Nemo interacts with Neil Gaiman's characters The Endless ).

The first all stop motion 3D feature is Coraline ( 2009 ), based on Neil Gaiman's best-selling novel and directed by Henry Selick.

Gilliam has several projects in various states of development, including an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's and Terry Pratchett's comic fantasy novel Good Omens.

In Neil Gaiman's award winning novel American Gods, thunderbirds feature prominently.

The band was recruited to provide original songs for the Henry Selick-directed movie of Neil Gaiman's children's book Coraline, but were dropped because their music was not " creepy " enough.

Mead is mentioned many times in Neil Gaiman's 2001 novel, American Gods ; it is referred to as the drink of the gods.

The plot of Neil Gaiman's story Neverwhere broadly mirrors the Tannhauser myth.

In Neil Gaiman's early short story The Case of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds, the Humpty Dumpty story is turned into a film noir-style hardboiled crime story, involving also Cock Robin, the Queen of Hearts, Little Bo Peep, Old Mother Hubbard and other characters from popular nursery rhymes.

These include Thursday's fictions by Richard James Allen and Neil Gaiman's novel American Gods.

These include Emma Bull's and Will Shetterly's Liavek, Robert Asprin's Thieves ' World, Neil Gaiman's Sandman and Terri Windling's Borderland Series.

* Stated in the acknowlegments as the inspiration for the setting of Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book.

Livia appears in Neil Gaiman's comic " Distant Mirrors-August " collected in The Sandman: Fables and Reflections.

In Fables and Reflections, the seventh volume of Neil Gaiman's comic series The Sandman, the maenads feature in the story Orpheus, in which they gruesomely murder the titular character after he refuses to cavort with them ( echoing the events of the actual Greek myth of Orpheus ).

Ishtar is also a love interest for Destruction of The Endless in Neil Gaiman's Sandman comic book series.

* Untitled Sandman Project ( 2013 ): Neil Gaiman announced via video in the San Diego Comic Con 2012 that he and JH Williams III would collaborate to produce the story that was previously hinted in Gaiman's introduction to Season of Mists and in Brief Lives of Dream's adventure prior to Preludes and Nocturnes which had exhausted him so much that it made Burgess ' actions capable of capturing him.

In March 2011 it was announced via Neil Gaiman's web blog that while he and DC liked Eric Kripke and his approach, it didn't feel quite right.

He is one of the Endless in Neil Gaiman's comic book series, The Sandman.

Destruction is one of the Endless, fictional characters from Neil Gaiman's comic book series The Sandman.

In Neil Gaiman's book Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion it is pointed out that essentially the same idea was used by the English humourist Paul Jennings in an article Ware, Wye, Watford, published in the late 1950s.

Despair is one of the Endless, fictional characters from Neil Gaiman's comic book series, The Sandman.

Neil Gaiman's influential graphic novel series The Sandman includes several examples of this device.

* In Neil Gaiman's Hugo Award winning short story " A Study in Emerald ", the Moriarty and Holmes of an alternate history reverse roles.

In Neil Gaiman's American Gods, Leucotios appears in the main character's dream of forgotten gods.

He has a small appearance in Neil Gaiman's novel American Gods, and implied to be Elvis.

A pivotal book on Hart was written by Neil MacCormick in 1981 ( second edition due in 2007 ), which further refined and offered some important criticisms that led MacCormick to develop his own theory ( the best example of which is his recently published Institutions of Law, 2007 ).

Writing in The New York Times in 1994, Neil Strauss referred to " Forever Changes " as " a cocktail of lush strings and innocent pop ballads, ( it ) remains one of the best pop albums of the 60's and has influenced many current bands.

It employed top comedy writers ( Nat Hiken, brothers Danny and Neil Simon, Leo Fuld, Aaron Ruben ), and Berle later recalled this series as " the best radio show I ever did ... a hell of a funny variety show ".

Many consider it his best work ; critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine calls Hot August Night " the ultimate Neil Diamond record ... shows Diamond the icon in full glory ".

The album debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard chart, and has received generally positive reviews ; Earliwine describes the album as " inarguably Neil Diamond's best set of songs in a long, long time ".

White is an example, along with Jerome K. Jerome, Compton Mackenzie and Neil Munro, of a serious writer who became best remembered for a comical work.

Commander Neil Nelson of the St. Paul Police Department, an expert in taped interrogation, has described taped interrogation in Minnesota as the " best thing ever rammed down our throats.

Thankfully, always on hand to provide support is Susan's grandmother, Nana ( Nancy Marchand ); her co-workers ; acerbic best friend Marcy ( Maggie Wheeler ), and Neil ( David Krumholtz ), who has a crush on Susan.

Adams ( Tom Carroll ) and Neil Atwater ( Eddie Robinson ), best friends and scientific geniuses ; Bobby " Saja " De Castro ( Alex Tanaka ); Saja's sister Sophia Eva McCormick Decastro ( Mira Sorvino ), Sandy Swan ( Kristen Mahon ) and Owen Fowler ( Evan Ferrante ), the talented musicians ; Jimmy Clayton ( Devin Doherty ) and Callie Walker ( Stacey Moseley ), the auto mechanics ; Glory Booth ( Carisa Dahlbo ), Garrett's younger sister and J. T.

Neil Postman ( March 8, 1931 – October 5, 2003 ) was an American author, media theorist and cultural critic, who is best known by the general public for his 1985 book about television, Amusing Ourselves to Death.

He became famous for his line-drive jump shots, and teamed with center Neil Johnston to form the best offensive one-two punch in the NBA at the time, leading the Warriors to the 1956 NBA title.

Outstanding directors such as Derek Goldby, Denise Coffey, and Neil Munro ( who became Resident Director in the company ) were hired, and the acting ensemble was carefully cultivated until it was widely recognized to be one of the best in the world.

Popular Democratic incumbent Neil Goldschmidt withdrew after Frohnmayer's campaign manager, Donna Zajonc, said "... you've got to believe that the best family will win " at a news conference, which was then reported by Jeff Mapes in The Oregonian.

On American Idol, he impressed viewers with his performances of the Leon Russell / Bonnie Bramlett song " Superstar " ( best known as a hit for The Carpenters ) and the Peabo Bryson / Regina Belle duet " A Whole New World "; during his time on the show, Studdard received praise from music legends such as Lionel Richie, Neil Sedaka, Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, Luther Vandross, and Gladys Knight.

Ash's best known role was playing Neil Morrissey's romantic interest Deborah ( Debs ) in the situation comedy Men Behaving Badly.

For Barry Richards, Ravi Shastri and Neil Fairbrother, he remains the best batsman they ever witnessed.

Dustin Neil Diamond ( born January 7, 1977 ) is an American actor, musician, director, and stand-up comedian best known for his role as Samuel " Screech " Powers in the television shows Saved by the Bell, Good Morning, Miss Bliss, Saved by the Bell: The College Years and Saved by the Bell: The New Class.

The town's best known residents are the Finn brothers, Tim and Neil, whose musical careers have stretched from Split Enz through the internationally successful Crowded House to their current solo and collaborative works.

Neil won the American Association of Sunday and Feature editors award for best general commentary column in 2007.

It was at the Finals where Perry had his best run in a ranking event during the 2011 / 2012 season as he beat Fergal O ' Brien and Graeme Dott, before being defeated by Neil Robertson 1 – 4 in the quarter-finals.

Amongst the new signings was South African, Neil de Kock, a player who was to be influential in what was to be the club's best season since 2000.

He is best known for playing for other artists ( most notably Billy Idol, Michael Jackson, and Vince Neil ) and less so for his solo efforts ( Atomic Playboys and Flamenco A Go-Go ), collaborations ( Bozzio Levin Stevens, a. k. a. Black Light Syndrome ), and as an in-demand session guitarist.

" Reviewer Neil H. Jones stated that this film showed " Henriksen at his best.

In 2007, he made his Broadway debut with a starring role as Wilbur Turnblad in the Tony winning best musical " Hairspray " at the Neil Simon Theater.