Supernatural: Writing for Longevity

An essay about Supernatural and its impressive 15-year longevity and its endearing legacy to fans like me.

It was 1986, when best-selling author and scribe of fantasy and mischief Neil Gaiman received a telephone call from Karen Berger — then editor of his Black Orchard series at Vertigo. She informed Gaiman of her concern with the novelty of both the characters Gaiman and artist Dave McKean were…