Mr Sandman Has Brought Me A Dream
It was officially announced on the 12th of July that Neil Gaiman would write a prequel to The Sandman series to honor its 25th anniversary!
This is easily one of the biggest comics news this year, that may even beat Before Watchmen. It certainly makes me more exited because unlike Before Watchmen, which is being handled by different creators. This new comics will be written by the man who created, who made it great and who took comics that one step up into being a respectable medium.
Sandman is one of my favorite comics of all time (I've been planing a review for it, for a long time). I had always heard great things about it and whatever I would see of it I was drawn in with great artwork. To my surprise for my 19th birthday I got Sandman Absolute vol 1, It was a great gift I loved every glorious issue. The following Christmas I got the second volume, which was also great and that's where my reading has stopped (at issue 39), but I do plan to complete my collection.
The story will tell the tale of Dream, before he gets captured in the first issue. I had never given it any thought but after it being highlighted to me I am curious why he was captured so easily. The only details that Gaiman has released is that this prequel story will tell the tale of the battle he had to face way out in space. So far there is no announced title for the story or how many issues it will be.
Personally my hopes are that its more than one issue so the story can be properly flushed out, if not then at least a graphic novel or something with more pages than the average comic book. Dave McKean must do the cover art, its a staple, if this is a real Sandman then McKean has to do the cover. I will not except another. My akibat hope is that this will temp Gaiman to come back and write more comics, I don't mean self contained story lines like Eternal's or 1602, I mean a real ongoing comic that he's created, maybe I'm just being selfish but tell me that you don't want the same thing.
J.H. Williams III has also been announced as the artist, one of the great things about Sandman is that its easy for other artists to come in and deliver their own twist. Williams is a great artist, from what I've seen of his Batwoman art he's a top notch talent and a brilliant choice for Sandman. Karen Berger also is back as Editor, great, shes responsible for some of the best comics so knowing that shes editing this one as well makes me even more happy.
Sandman 25th Anniversary will be released November 2013, to coincide with the 25th Anniversary (naturally). Only one piece of artwork has been released so far and its very interesting, I'm shacking to the marrow with anticipation. I have a year to finish reading the rest of Neil Gaiman's Sandman...try and stop me!
*J.H. Williams art for Sandman
This is easily one of the biggest comics news this year, that may even beat Before Watchmen. It certainly makes me more exited because unlike Before Watchmen, which is being handled by different creators. This new comics will be written by the man who created, who made it great and who took comics that one step up into being a respectable medium.
Sandman is one of my favorite comics of all time (I've been planing a review for it, for a long time). I had always heard great things about it and whatever I would see of it I was drawn in with great artwork. To my surprise for my 19th birthday I got Sandman Absolute vol 1, It was a great gift I loved every glorious issue. The following Christmas I got the second volume, which was also great and that's where my reading has stopped (at issue 39), but I do plan to complete my collection.
The story will tell the tale of Dream, before he gets captured in the first issue. I had never given it any thought but after it being highlighted to me I am curious why he was captured so easily. The only details that Gaiman has released is that this prequel story will tell the tale of the battle he had to face way out in space. So far there is no announced title for the story or how many issues it will be.
Personally my hopes are that its more than one issue so the story can be properly flushed out, if not then at least a graphic novel or something with more pages than the average comic book. Dave McKean must do the cover art, its a staple, if this is a real Sandman then McKean has to do the cover. I will not except another. My akibat hope is that this will temp Gaiman to come back and write more comics, I don't mean self contained story lines like Eternal's or 1602, I mean a real ongoing comic that he's created, maybe I'm just being selfish but tell me that you don't want the same thing.
J.H. Williams III has also been announced as the artist, one of the great things about Sandman is that its easy for other artists to come in and deliver their own twist. Williams is a great artist, from what I've seen of his Batwoman art he's a top notch talent and a brilliant choice for Sandman. Karen Berger also is back as Editor, great, shes responsible for some of the best comics so knowing that shes editing this one as well makes me even more happy.
Sandman 25th Anniversary will be released November 2013, to coincide with the 25th Anniversary (naturally). Only one piece of artwork has been released so far and its very interesting, I'm shacking to the marrow with anticipation. I have a year to finish reading the rest of Neil Gaiman's Sandman...try and stop me!
*J.H. Williams art for Sandman
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