Neil Gaiman

Early Life

Neil Richard Gaiman came from a background of Polish Jews from the Netherlands in 1916.  H is grandfather eventually settled in Hampshire City of Portsmouth on the south coast of England and established a chain of grocery stores .

He was educated at several Church of England schools where he studied both standard school topics and religion classes.

In the early 1980's, Gaiman pursued journalism, conducting interviews and writing reviews, as a means to learn about the world and to make connections that he hoped would later assist him in getting published. 
 

Comics

Creations and Co-Creations

Neil Gaiman has created many characters for various companies, here is a chronological list of some of them:

1- In January of 1989, Neil Gaiman created the Endless for his series, The Sandman.

2- His first member of the Endless, Dream, was created that same month (with the help of Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg) for the same first issue of Sandman.

3- In August of the same year, he and Mike Dringenberg created Death of the Endless, whose first appearance was in the eighth issue of Sandman.

4 - Two months later in October of 1989, Neil and Mike again created more Endless, Desire and Despair.

5 - More than a year later in December of 1990, for the 21st issue of Sandman, he and Mike Dringenberg created Delirium.

6 - The final member of the Endless Gaiman created was Destruction, in November 1991 with Bryan Talbot, and he first appeared in The Sandman Special, issue one.