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Sat Aug 23, 2008 — by Van Jensen
'Sandman' Celebrating 20th
Vertigo announces anniversary celebration
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.
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Comments (3)
TinyRoads (8:15 PM on Sun Aug 24, 2008)
Seriously, it looks great. A deserving piece for an amazing anniversary for one of the best series of all time.
Mike Gold (8:42 PM on Sun Aug 24, 2008)
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.
Blake Stacey (2:07 PM on Mon Aug 25, 2008)
"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.