Neil Gaiman Reintroduces ‘The Sandman’


Neil Gaiman changed the way we look at comic books. Now Gaiman is planning to revisit his series that put his name on the map, and changed the concepts for comic books. Gaiman is revisiting his hit series The Sandman, which is DC’s Vertigo imprint, and will be re releasing it sometime during the fall.

The Sandman series is known as one of the most cherished achievements in graphic novel storytelling. Gaiman weaved in important themes such as life and death, fairy tales, and ancient mythology, into a narrative that is still loved today.

Amazon gives an official synopsis for PRELUDES & NOCTURNES (issues 1-8):

“An occultist attempting to capture Death to bargain for eternal life traps her younger brother Dream instead. After his seventy-year imprisonment and eventual escape, Dream, also known as Morpheus, goes on a quest for his lost objects of power. On his arduous journey Morpheus encounters Lucifer, John Constantine, and an all-powerful madman. This book also includes the story “The Sound of Her Wings,” which introduces us to the pragmatic and perky goth girl Death.”

Even though Neil Gaiman is planning to relaunch The Sandman, don’t think for a second that he has no original material left in him. Since his popularity, Gaiman tweets regularly, and has written a dozen books, one being Coraline, which was a popular but dark children’s story. The book was eventually adapted into a film by Tim Burton.

In speaking with Rolling Stone magazine, Neil Gaiman gave an insight on why he wanted to introduce the graphic novel that put him on the map.

“Well, one pretty obvious question that nobody actually asked when the comic book came out was basically why was the Sandman so easy to catch. he’s caught by a little bunch of half-fake wizards pretending to do Aleister Crowley-esque black magic in their basement. They catch him and they don’t really even know what to do with him. But how did he get caught so easily? Why was he dressed for war? I didn’t get to tell anybody the story of what had happened.”

Since The Sandman‘s release it has received a wide reception. Entertainment Weekly called it 100 best reads from 1983 to 2008, and novelist Norman Mailer described the graphic novel as “a comic strip for intellectuals.”

Are you excited to revisit The Sandman?

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