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I assume this Jill Thompson variant on material found within Neil Gaiman's epic Sandman saga was created as a handy entry point for reluctant readers. I further assume that it is capable of doing exactly that. As someone who (embarrassingly recently) has read Sandman itself, I found the material familiar and pleasant. As far as someone who hasn't, I can't really begin to say. Would I've been able to grasp what made Sandman so special, back in 2003, when At Death's Door was originally published? Thompson's take is particularly playful. Since it features Death as the lead character, whom Gaiman himself depicted as surprisingly engaging, I think anyone who did use it as an entry point would eventually figure out they weren't bamboozled. I'm still surprised that Death hasn't gone on to a bigger legacy in the comics. I also think that problem of adapting Sandman into a movie (series) could be solved by doing it a little like this.

So maybe that answers my question, about how well At Death's Door serves as an entry point. Probably pretty well.