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Last month, I told you how DC Comics was creating a new Vertigo promotion for the launch of new titles, giving retailers discount if they ordered the launch titles at certain percentages to Sandman Overture #5. Well they are doing the exact same discounts for the launches of Jacked, Red Thorn, Slash & Burn and Unfollow. And again if they[...]

The Sandman Overture hardcover takes the top spot, followed by the Star Wars first two collections and the latest Walking Dead collection When it gets to the singles though, it's a Secret Wars/Star Wars mix, with the new Figment series breaking through. Cyborg and Godzilla In Hell are second issues boosted by the performance of the[...]

DC Comics/Vertigo take the front cover of next week's Diamond Previews catalogue, for the final issue of Sandman Overture by Neil Gaiman, JH Williams III and Dave Stewart which will lead directly into the original Sandman #1 And they'll probably be able to get the hardcover out for this Christmas – even DC they[...]

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[...]

Which includes A Terry Dodson designer action figure line based on his work on Teen Titans Earth One. The Batman Animated Batmobile for $99.95. The Roxy Rocket deluxe action figure, with a new Animated deluxe line being treated as a slow burn project, with emphasis on quality control. There's the Jae Lee designer series of figures based on his Superman/Batman/Wonder[...]

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[...]

really big. How big? It will be an entire series in and of itself. Because, announced at the DC Comics retailer meetings yesterday in Burbank, Fables #150 will also be Fables Volume 22 of the trade paperback collection line. One issue, taking up a whole trade paperback sized publication. Where do they think they are, France? Also announced at the meeting[...]

Well, if you like free DC Collectibles stuff then this may be of interest to you. So the important part… what are they giving away? DC Comics Bombshells: Hawkgirl Statue Wonder Woman: Art of War: Wonder Woman by Cliff Chiang Statue DC Comics Designer Series 3: Batgirl and Zero Year Batman Action Figures DC Comics Super Villains: Deathstroke Bust by[...]

And Absolute Sandman Vol 4 HC goes to a second print too Big books doing big business…   Consider this an irregular feature looking at comic books that have gone to second prints or more Now, it is worth remembering that some publishers plan second prints automatically, whether they are needed or not and will often just[...]

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[...]

His haunting covers for Sandman, as well as his new covers for Sandman: Overture push the boundaries on comic cover art, and his graphic novels with Neil Gaiman including Violent Cases and Mr Punch, as well as his self-written and illustrated graphic novel Cages continue to influence the direction of visual narrative His newly collected[...]

Winterbottom was a critical hit, receiving overwhelmingly positive scores from most outlets, and Neil Gaiman wrote Sandman.  Do I need to sit here and give you a rundown on Neil Gaiman's accomplishments? He's Neil Gaiman! Taking place in a haunted manor in the 1920's a family named, "The Budds" have moved in and made the spooky domicile their[...]

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[...]

I was amazed to learn that Brooker still cuts the biggest royalty checks each year for his inking work on Sandman, and that's for a character he has absolutely no ownership on whatsoever Even more amazed that it once took John Wagner 18 months to have a script approved back in the day I can't[...]

Some friends tried to get me to read Sandman at school in England, and I snubbed them—by then I was very concerned to be taken "seriously" as a lit major My academic studies were in heroes and hero worship in Celtic and Germanic literature by the time I was a grad student, and so once[...]

While its countercultural star has never shone as brightly in the firmament, it connected perfectly with the alternative '90s ethos in a way that a film like Nightmare Before Christmas would the following year, providing a new cornucopia of fantasy for the younger Cure fans and the older Goths who were by this time deep[...]

That he used the line "Sandman done right" to describe nineties Marvel comic Sleepwalker by Bod Budiansky.. Sandman is now regarded as a classic of comic book literature and worlds away from anything Marvel Comics has ever published Sleepwalker, a quirky comic soon cancelled, is seen as an example of Marvel publishing excess in the nineties[...]

And it's to one of their previous editions that they are returning with Frank Miller's Ronin, now recreated to resemble Miller's original art. Joining Ronin is Miller's other DC classic, The Dark Knight Returns. As well as Kelly Jones' Batman, Neil Gaiman's Sandman, Neal Adams' Green Arrow/Green Lantern and Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's Killing Joke –[...]

But the Annotated Sandman Vol 3 is currently listed on Amazon for $19.71, compared to the $49.99 cover price. That's 61% off. Published in October 2014, this is far cheaper than even comic stores and bookstores will be able to buy the volume from DC and Diamond Comic Distrubutors for. Which means, while it is at this price, comic stores[...]

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[...]

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[...]

Williams III's original art from Sandman: Overture as part of the museum's ongoing Grains Of Sand: 25 Years of Sandman original art exhibition  I sat down with The inimitable Mr Williams before his gallery opening and got the inside scoop on what's been going on with him and Neil Gaiman inside The Dreaming. But before we[...]

This Saturday, the  Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco will have special guest JH Williams III popping by to their Sandman exhibition for a presentation from 7pm to 9pm This is the print of his work being made available exclusively to attendees Tickets can be bought here Including dinner with JH if you're feeling better. Williams[...]

Without further ado, I give you the Essential Eight Comic Books for the Comic Book Curious (in no particular order). American Vampire It used to be that whenever people found out I liked comic books a lot of them wanted to talk about Sandman Neil Gaiman's epic story about Dream and the other Endless went out past[...]

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[...]

Ahead of the Final Order Cut-Off date of February 3rd for Sandman Overture #2, DC Comics are encouraging retailers to up their orders with the promise of metallic ink! The 1:100 variant cover by JH Williams III will have a special metallic bronze ink on the cover. While the 1:200 variant cover by Dave McKean with a[...]

I'm sorry, it's the topless Cylon that just gets me. Welcome to Eileen Stagg's 2014 Cosplay Calendar, featuring burlesque cosplay, which includes some

The first celebrates the work of Dave McKean, celebrated artist of, amongst many other things, the covers to Sandman. Dave McKean: A Retrospective shows off work across his career in a variety of media, and will be exhibited at the Tunbridge Wells Museum & Art Gallery, in Tunbridge Wells, UK from 24th January until the end[...]

And they were very right… The Sandman: Arabian Nights statue c 1994 inspired by P Craig Russell's art on issue #50 The first collected edition of Young Avengers by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie I hate to admit that I haven't read it yet (though I've been collecting them and not reading them yet to avoid spoilers),[...]

Neil Gaiman was asked about the two month delay on Sandman Overture #2 we mentioned yesterday He replied; Sure I understand your disappointment and sympathise We're both really sorry about the delay It's unprofessional, and is mostly due to the giant signing tour I was on from June, and me not getting script written on the[...]