Now, you've got your Watchmen and your Jimmy Corrigans which will forever get the GOAT nods for the way they utilize the medium- great stories told in a way that only comics can tell them.
But goddamn, Sandman, particularly the single stand alone issues, amaze me with how fantastic a story you can tell in the confines of just 22 or so pages. I just finished up the 'Ramadan' issue and wow. Just wow.