The Sandman Volume 2

From the #1 New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman!One of the most popular and critically acclaimed graphic novels of all time, Neil Gaiman's award-winning masterpiece The Sandman set the standard for mature, lyrical fantasy in the modern comics era. Illustrated by talented artists, the series is a rich blend of modern and ancient mythology in which contemporary fiction, historical drama, and legend are seamlessly interwoven.From the #1 New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman!One of the most popular and critically acclaimed graphic novels of all time, Neil Gaiman's award-winning masterpiece The Sandman set the standard for mature, lyrical fantasy in the modern comics era. Illustrated by talented artists, the series is a rich blend of modern and ancient mythology in which contemporary fiction, historical drama, and legend are seamlessly interwoven.Featuring a brand-new cover and collecting issues #9-16 of the original run of The Sandman, The Doll's House follows a young woman named Rose Walker as she discovers the singular nature of her identity. Rose's journey is watched closely by the King of Dreams, for whom she becomes both an intriguing mystery and a deadly threat.

“"The greatest epic in the history of comic books"-- The 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..."-- The 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”

“The greatest epic in the history of comic books.” —The Los Angeles Times Magazine
 
“A singularly literate comic rife with subtext, humor, runaway archetypes and a healthy dose of perversity.” — The San Francisco Examiner
 
“Intricately layered stories that combine folk tales, myths, religion, modern-day street stories and an ironic sense of humor.”  — USA Today

Neil Gaiman is theNew York Timesbestselling author of the Newbery Medal-winningThe Graveyard BookandCoraline, the basis for the hit movie. His other books includeAnansi Boys, Neverwhere, American Gods,andStardust,(winner of the American Library Association's Alex Award as one of 2000's top novels for young adults) as well as the short story collections M Is for Magic and Smoke and Mirrors. He is also the author ofThe Wolves in the WallsandThe Day I Traded My Dad for Two Goldfish, both written for children. Among his many awards are the Eisner, the Hugo, the Nebula, the World Fantasy, and the Bram Stoker. Originally from England, he now lives in the United States.Mike Dringenberg was born in Laon, France, and currently resides in Bountiful, Utah. His early comics work appeared in Eclipse's Enchanter, Alien Worlds, Total Eclipse, and Vortex's Kelvin Mace. When not drawing or painting, Mike swears he can be found "wandering through the desert kicking coyotes" and "watching the sun rise in the west."

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