Thread by @standupmackan

I just want to thank @neilhimself for making the #Sandman adaptation (and writing the original work, of course).

Here’s my deal. (A 🧵 thread. Sorry.)

I was a teen back when Sandman was published as an ordinary comic. Truth be told, it blew me away to such a degree that I got a small side gig after school, to be able to afford the Sandman issues when they came out. I live in Sweden and the import comics were not cheap.

But I bought the comics for several years at my local comic book store. And loved it.

It also made me fall in love with the art form of comics in a broader way. So much so that it became a life goal for me to one day create comics.

Fast forward to ten years ago - I was a comic book collector and connoisseur when disaster hit and I turned blind.

And one of the few things nowadays, that I miss seeing and experiencing, is comics.

Not least the art and writing of the Sandman universe.

When Hellblazer was made into a series, my first year being blind, I was ecstatic!

Sadly, only one season ever got made and today it can’t even be found on the streaming services.

Now, the Sandman is here.

And it is not only the best comic book adaptation made. It is not only the best accessible comic book project made. It is the best screen content made in a decade, full stop.

But even more than this - for@me it is healing.

I haven’t been able to read comics in more than a decade. But evocative storytelling of Sandman has lent itself particularly well to descriptive audio, as well.

It has made me re-connect to my beloved comics. And being the sensitive sod that I am, I have cried at my computer.

Cried with pure joy.

Thank you, thank you, thank you @neilhimself

You might think that you “just” made a screen adaptation. But what you did was making Sandman accessible. Also to this old, blind super fan.

You. Rock.

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