‘Sandman’ Celebrating 20th
This year marks the 20th anniversary for The Sandman, Neil Gaiman’s famed comic book series from Vertigo. And, no surprise, the DC imprint is putting out a bunch of Sandman material to celebrate.
We’ve already seen the anniversary poster (see below), and a few other projects and events were just announced.
The fourth volume of The Absolute Sandman, collecting the last 19 issues, comes out in November. The Sandman: Dream Hunters also comes out that moth, a four-part mini series with art from P. Craig Russell. And Vertigo is releasing a tarot deck set featuring Dave McKean’s covers from the series.
There will also be a CBLDF and DC Comics tribute and auction in New York on Nov. 8 at an undetermined location, and Chip Kidd of Pantheon will interview Gaiman at the 92nd Street Y in New York City on Nov. 9.
For a list of characters in the poster, check out New York magazine’s Vulture blog, which originally posted the image.
Seriously, it looks great. A deserving piece for an amazing anniversary for one of the best series of all time.
When I saw the sales figures on Sandman #1, I thought there was no way this book was going to make it. Remember, that was 20 years ago when there were far more comics shops around; today, those numbers don't look as bad. Anyway, I was intrigued by the effort, and I hoped we'd get at least a year or two out of it.Damn, I'm glad it quickly found its audience. When it comes to the good stuff, word-of-mouth really helps. Congrats to Neil, Karen and everybody involved all these years.
"The Sandman: Dream Hunters also comes out that moth"I'm getting this wonderful mental image of a moth entering a second cocoon and emerging as a beautiful, leather-bound book.