An elaboration on Sirius's w/u above
Stardust is, at least in two incarnations, a comic book written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Charles Vess. The book was originally released in serial form as four comics in 1998. It deviated from standard comic form -- more accurately, it was an illustrated novel. The presentation was that of prose text supplemented by Vess' art rather than a series of illustrated panels. It was later collected into a hardbound edition along with bonus concept sketches by Vess. Gaiman later released a novelization of the story, filling in some of the gaps that were left by the loss of the art, and adding more detail in other places.
The story tells first of Dunstan Thorn of the town of Wall, and of his dalliance with one of the Fairie. The main part of the story concerns several quests to recover a fallen star.
Dunstan's son Tristran takes up the quest to prove his love for a local girl. The witch-queen Lilim seeks the star to regain her lost youth. The Lords of Stormhold seek the star to determine who will be the successor to their recently deceased father.
Addendum: in 1998, Vess' wife was in a car accident. Several artists joined together and in 1999, released "A Fall Of Stardust", a collection of their interpretations of Gaiman's world of Wall and Faerie, as a benefit to raise money for her recovery.