"Shadows"
*Shadow meets with the proprietors of Ibis and Jacquel Funeral Parlor. Mr. Ibis offers Shadow work--as long as he is not squeamish. Shadow reluctantly agrees, and Mr. Jacquel assures him that in their line of work, the dead stay dead . . . but is this morbid guarantee enough to tempt Shadow's guilty conscious over the edge? *Source: darkhorse.com
Story written by Neil Gaiman, script and layouts by P. Craig Russell, illustration by Scott Hampton, lettering by Rick Parker, and cover by Glenn Fabry and Adam Brown