If there are two things that I learned from working in a comic shop, it's that 1) there's always going to be ONE guy who is way too particular about how he wants his comics handled (no creases or blemishes, never opened, only touched on the sides with fingertips, placed into a current-sized comic bag with board "shiny side down" with opening at the bottom, NEVER taped shut, immediately placed inside a small brown paper bag, and placed delicately under the counter away from all other books and all sunlight) and 2) just about everyone has read and loves Neil Gaiman's Sandman.
Well good news, Sandman-fans... Gaiman is back at it.
One of the few graphic novels ever to be on the New York Times Best Seller list and lauded by critics the world over, THE SANDMAN is credited with changing the path of storytelling in the comic book industry. Gaiman will pick up his pen for the first time in more than 10 years since ending the series to continue a story that he feels still has yet to be told.
“When I finished writing THE SANDMAN, there was one tale still untold. The story of what had happened to Morpheus to allow him to be so easily captured in THE SANDMAN #1, and why he was returned from far away, exhausted beyond imagining, and dressed for war. It was a story that we discussed telling for Sandman’s 20th anniversary… but the time got away from us. And now, with Sandman’s 25th anniversary year coming up, I’m delighted, and nervous, that that story is finally going to be told,” said Gaiman.
DC Entertainment Co-Publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio added, “As accomplished as Neil Gaiman is in other media—whether it be novels, film and even music—he still has an incredible passion and love for comics. It’s exciting to have him back. J.H. Williams will be the perfect complement to Neil’s writing. He has a history of creating art that pushes the boundaries of the medium.”
Each issue will be released day-and-date digitally as well as a physical comic, and is set to release sometime in 2013 with art by J. H. Williams III.
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