Neil Gaiman really is quite wonderful - "Sandman" #1 also online free! The brilliant & bizarre graphic novel
Sandman is available online for free!
Facing some criticism about his decision to offer readers the chance to
American Gods online for free, Neil Gaiman has responded:
"I like giving stuff away. I think it's sensible. I like that you can read Sandman #1 on the DC Comics site, for example. (It's at http://www.dccomics.com/media/excerpts/1696_1.pdf. (Although for reasons known only to DC, they have put the last two pages of the story in the wrong order.) We've got five short stories up at http://www.neilgaiman.com/p/Cool%20Stuff/Short%20Stories, and I just realised on poking around that I've put more essays and things up over the years on this blog than have ever made it into the essays section, and a lot more audio than ever made it to the rather threadbare audio section (although there's lots of free audio now up at http://www.last.fm/music/Neil+Gaiman)" (see the original discussion, where Neil addresses the criticisms at
official_gaiman.)
So thank you Neil, for telling us about the other brilliant stuff you've offered readers for free.