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Absolute Sandman Overture
  • Published: 3 July 2018
  • ISBN: 9781401280475
  • Imprint: DC Comics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $300.00
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Absolute Sandman Overture

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OVERTURE
noun
1. A piece of orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio, often containing the main themes of the work or quotations from the work that is to come.
2. Approaches made with the aim of opening negotiations or establishing a relationship.
3. The first part of an event. The very beginning of something.

OVERTURE
noun
1. A piece of orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio, often containing the main themes of the work or quotations from the work that is to come.
2. Approaches made with the aim of opening negotiations or establishing a relationship.
3. The first part of an event. The very beginning of something.

The gateway story to the ground-breaking and New York Times best-selling Sandman series by multi award-winning author Neil Gaiman is collected here in an Absolute over-sized edition. Collects The Sandman: Overture #1-6.
  • Published: 3 July 2018
  • ISBN: 9781401280475
  • Imprint: DC Comics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $300.00
Categories:

About the author

Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman is the creator of The Sandman comic book series and the bestselling author of the novels Neverwhere (1995), Stardust (1999), the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning American Gods (2001), Coraline (2002), Anansi Boys (2005), The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2013), Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett, 1990) and a retelling of the Norse myths: Norse Mythology (2017). His short story collections include Smoke and Mirrors (1998) and Fragile Things (2006). His screenwriting credits include the original BBC TV series of Neverwhere (1996), Dave McKean’s first feature film, Mirrormask (2005), two Doctor Who episodes, and Good Omens (2019).

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Good Omens
The Sandman Book Four
The Sandman Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections 30th Anniversary Edition
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The Sandman Book Three
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Praise for Absolute Sandman Overture

Winner of the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story

Praise for Neil Gaiman's The Sandman:

"The greatest epic in the history of comic books" --Los Angeles Times Magazine

"One of the few comics that segued from the comics crowd, entering the intellectual and art worlds, winning over a large non-comics-reading audience..." --Hollywood Reporter

"The Sandman is a modern myth, as well as a precis on why the stories we tell matter so much." --Playboy

"The landmark comic-book series that actually made Death seem ... cool." --Entertainment Weekly