You may not be surprised to learn that most people in the comic business grew up reading comic books. However, you might be interested in knowing what they were reading. Here’s a look at “Famous Fanmail”!
Neil Gaiman‘s importance to the comics community is hard to overstate. He had a significant (yet unfinished) storyline that closed out Eclipse Comics’ Miracleman series. He created Angela and other characters for Todd McFarlane’s Spawn series. And, of course, there’s his well-regarded Sandman series, which has sold out multiple printings! He got a letter published in issue Captain Confederacy #4 (cover date: 1986), which you can read below.
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