if any one but Gaiman wrote it, hell would freeze over and etc etc.

Gaiman wrote Coraline, which took 5 years to get onto the big screen, unfortunatly i havent been able to read it yet.

some movies actuley do the comics justice, look at hellboy, sure it was a great comic, but there wasnt realy a main plot beside rasputin appearing every now and then to get his ass kicked.