Also a stand-alone
comic book (but so much more) written by
Neil Gaiman and illustrated by
Dave Mckean. This team is remarkable; singlehandedly they have changed the comic book
industry forever and many people who once would never have considered reading
comics under the traditional
stereotype now consider "
graphic novels" a valid
art form.
Check out
Signal to
Noise, or other collaboratives by these two, such as The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy Of
Mr. Punch,
Violent Cases, and the
Sandman series, you'll see what I mean.