There’s not much time to linger over scenes or dialogue because the plot pretty much hurtles forward at a breakneck speed from when hapless Richard Mayhew picks up wounded Door on a rainy London street to the story’s conclusion. The dialogue definitely isn’t the same (a quick comparison of scenes with the novel confirms that), and yes, scenes aren’t necessarily quite in order, but Carey and Fabry still manage to capture the essence of Gaiman’s quirky fantasy, the memorable characters and his marvelous London Below, in a condensed format. His hope is that fans of the original will appreciate the decisions that were made and the final result.Īnd by and large, they probably will. In his introduction, Carey remarks on the difficulty of adapting a novel to comic format, noting that some scenes have been moved around, some cut, dialogue changed to accommodate both, and the omission of a character. Gaiman did serve as consultant for the project. That honor has gone to Mike Carey, writer for the Vertigo series Lucifer and Crossing Midnight, with Glenn Fabry ( Preacher, Hellblazer) providing the artwork. Over a decade after the original televised mini-series and the novel it spawned, Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere has found new life in comic form - but not scripted by Gaiman himself.

Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere by Mike Carey