sandman overture Archives

Yesterday, JH Williams III posted to TwitterX, "Announcing an announcement is soon…" and he didn't just stop with one.

Last night, Neil Gaiman and DC Comics did their thing with a Sandman Overture live conversation with for an hour and a half with Neil and Junot Díaz, presented by Jim Lee You can watch the whole thing here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1kzdP3OlBgVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Neil Gaiman in Conversation with Junot Díaz (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1kzdP3OlBg) He talks about[...]

Looking for something to do this evening? With the release of Sandman Overture, Neil Gaiman is going to be joining DC All-Access live this evening at 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT to talk about his mangum opus with novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz There will also be an introduction to the evening[...]

Cursed Pirate Girl are on the move again, mostly because there's finally been a new issue solicited! DC finally figured out how to get 6 titles in the Top Ten again: wait until a week when Marvel is releasing almost nothing, then reschedule two of your top-tier books for release that same week! Add a few[...]

It's not part of the Local Comic Shop Day events after Black Friday, DC Comics have restricted themselves to a Dave Johnson exclusive Dark Knight III

There is an apocryphal story that a Marvel executive once described their comic book Sleepwalker as "Sandman done right." But reading the final, wonderful, issue of Sandman Overture by Neil Gaiman and JH Williams, I was struck how much it reminded me of the recent Secret Wars series from Marvel. Just, a more pacifist version[...]

Again, thanks to a friendly retailer or two, some very semi-spoilery teases for a few comic books coming out tomorrow... 1. Aquaman #44 will most likely

In one week, we have the final issue of Sandman Overture. And, yes, for real this time, the final issue of Neil Gaiman's Sandman, with JH Williams saying farewell, and tying into that very first issue, Sandman #1, with Dream captured and held against his will for decades… There's also the launch of Colder: Toss The Bones, From Under Mountains, Steam Wars: First[...]

Twilight Children by Darwyn Cooke and Gilbert Hernandez is launched on October 14th from DC/Vertigo. But those who buy Sandman Overture #6 by Neil Gaiman and JH Williams III in digital form, two weeks early, will et the whole comic for free – in black & white. You know what? I think I will. "As a huge fan of[...]

James Jean's variant cover to Sandman Overture #6, out at the end of the month…. We ran a sketch version of this before, but here is the finished article James Jean's variant cover to Sandman Overture #6, out at the end of the month…. We ran a sketch version of this before, but here is[...]

By Alex Wilson During Phoenix Comic Con I had a chance to film some amazing artists and time lapse your extraordinary talent and hopefully give a bit of

Sandman Overture could so easily have been a coasting job Taking in the sights, once more round the mulberry bush, job done, bring home half a million dollars. Yet repeatedly, issue after issue, it has found new ways of using the comic book pages to find new ways of telling stories, portraying reality and engaging the[...]

Accelerators Momentum, Oh Killstrike, Sword Of Sorrows: Vampirella/Jennifer Blood and Carpe Noctem… And in two weeks? Fight Club 2! A new Sandman Overture! And the launches of Old Man Logan, CBLDF Presents Elephantmen, Material, Sons Of The Devil, Inferno, Infinity Gauntlet, Inhumans Attilan Rising, MODOK Assassin, Secret Wars 2099, Secret Wars Journal and Where Monsters Dwell… So, what are you[...]

At the retailer roadshow in Orando with DC Comics, retailers were told the latest on Neil Gaiman and JH Williams III's Sandman Overture, which has been running at a rate well behind DC's initial projections. With four issues out in eighteen months. However retailers were told that Sandman Overture will be out in May. And that pretty much the primary[...]

By Rich Johnston, Hannah Means-Shannon, and Christine Marie Why 11? Building on our inaugural Bleeding Cool "best of" lists last year, we encourage you,

I think it's going to be one of those days. But in today's long-awaited Sandman Overture #4, telling the story of how Dream was captured and imprisoned in Sandman #1 all those years ago, travelling from a far distant galaxy, we see his journey But we also see his conversation with someone else In the first[...]

Oh, and Sandman Overture #4 is really out That's about all I have to say about it, because I'm going to reread 1-3 before diving into four. Marvel's Axis #8 has the best Spidey/Carnage moment ever in it! This book is getting better and better each issue Sure, the first few were all plot driven, but[...]

DC Comics has announced that they will have six exclusive cover for the New York Comic Con which runs October 9th - 12th. You can pick up the exclusive

Sandman Overture #3 is released today, by Neil Gaiman and JH Williams III, continuing the story of Dream and Dream Cat wandering reality together, towards their fate, revealed in Sandman #1. And it's a total geekfest. So very, very pretty We get the planet Tharn from Legion Of Superheroes, and the Hecate from Sandman – and DC[...]

Well last night we dove into the stellar artwork of J.H. Williams III ( Sandman: Overture, Promethea, Bat Woman) for the new Blondie album, Ghosts of

When I got an e-mail last January while traveling in the UK from Cliff Galbraith, one of the co-founders of Asbury Park Comic Con asking me if I would be

Not all good news for Marvel though, Ghost Rider and Iron Patriot launches didn't chart, and neither did Bryan Hitch's Real Heroes. That's right folks, Sandman and The Wake outsold all other DC comics this week, in this chart. Superior Spider-Man #30 Sandman Overture #2 Walking Dead #124 Guardians Of The Galaxy #13 Uncanny Avengers #18.NOW Avengers #27 New Avengers #16.NOW Amazing X-Men #5 Silver Surfer #1 The Wake[...]

DC Comics lists Sandman Overture #3 for publication in a month's time, the 30th of April But I don't think anyone believes that, do you? Not even DC Comics. The armies of the night are gathering The universe is beginning its final dance Morpheus, far from home, walks the path of madness, accompanied only by himself. Neil[...]

Maxx’s Super Awesome Comic Review Show returns to Bleeding Cool, recorded at the one and only Astro-Zombies Comic Shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, hosted

It’s been a struggle this winter to make it to the shop on a regular basis with snowstorms well-timed for Wednesdays and general lurginess sweeping the

And it was worth every second, Sandman Overture #2 is published today, and it is as beautiful and wondrous a comic book as issue 1 last year Any excuse to read that first issue should be taken and here it is. For those of you wishing for nostalgia we have the Daniel Dream meeting Mad Hettie We[...]

Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes: Hey Fandom, it's me, Aaron, with a stack of New Comics Now! I'm back from the DC Roadshow and

By David Dissanayake, This past Saturday, the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco began displaying J.H. Williams III’s original art from Sandman: Overture

DC Comics has released the two exclusive covers they'll be offering up at Emerald City Comicon March 28th through the 30th. The will be available at the

It was originally solicited to come out in December, two months after issue 1. But Sandman Overture #2 by Neil Gaiman and JH Williams III was late and was resolicited to come out in February. Then it slipped into the first week of March. Now it has slipped into the last week of March 26th of March 2014. It[...]