Neil Gaiman: in addition to the 10 volumes of Sandman, there's also Sandman: Dream Hunters, done with Yoshitaka Amano, which works just fine as a stand-alone. (Unlike the other Sandman books, which are comics, this one's an illustrated novel.)
Other comics: Bill Willingham's Fables is very good (fairytale characters flee the land of stories and hide in New York). Phil & Kaja Foglio's Girl Genius (http://studiofoglio.com/girlgenius.html) is more Mad Science than fantasy, but still likely to appeal to someone who likes fantasy, and it always raises a smile.
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Neil Gaiman: in addition to the 10 volumes of Sandman, there's also Sandman: Dream Hunters, done with Yoshitaka Amano, which works just fine as a stand-alone. (Unlike the other Sandman books, which are comics, this one's an illustrated novel.)
Other comics: Bill Willingham's Fables is very good (fairytale characters flee the land of stories and hide in New York).
Phil & Kaja Foglio's Girl Genius (http://studiofoglio.com/girlgenius.html) is more Mad Science than fantasy, but still likely to appeal to someone who likes fantasy, and it always raises a smile.