As the imprint's initial ongoing series came to their ends, new series were launched to replace them, with varying degrees of success. "The Sandman" was replaced following its completion by "The Dreaming" (1996–2001) and "The Sandman Presents", which featured stories about the characters from Neil Gaiman's series, written by other creators. Other long-running series have been "The Invisibles" by Grant Morrison and various artists (1994–2000); "Preacher" by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon (1995–2000); "Transmetropolitan" by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson (1997–2002); "100 Bullets" by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso (1999–2009); "Lucifer" by Mike Carey, Peter Gross, and Ryan Kelly (2000–2006); "" by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra (2002–2008); "DMZ" by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli (2005–2012); and "Fables" by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, and various other artists (2002–2015), which launched spin-offs including "Jack of Fables" by Willingham, Lilah Sturges (credited as "Matthew Sturges"), and various artists (2006–2011), and "Fairest" by Willingham and various artists (2012–2015).