Originally posted by Kris Blaze
Are you ****ing kidding me? How can Sandman and Lucifer -not- be canon to DC? That's just, off. Especially for Sandman, considering all of the appearances DC characters had in his series and vice versa.
Sandman seems to be, but no comic, even the other Vertigo titles, have ever acknowledged anything from Lucifer character that didn't appear in the pages of Sandman. Especially not DC.
Sandman was originally written as part of the DCU, they didn't build the Vertigo label until later down the line, and now all the trades say "Vertigo" on them.
Lucifer however, is completely self contained.