The Sandman Vol. 5: A Game of You 30th Anniversary Edition

by Dick Giordano (Illustrator), Dick Giordano (Illustrator), Dick Giordano (Illustrator), Neil Gaiman (Author), Shawn McManus (Illustrator)

New
Illustrated
2019
$15.21

Volume five of New York Times best selling author Neil Gaiman's acclaimed creation The Sandman collects one of the series' most beloved storylines. Take an apartment house, add in a drag queen, a lesbian couple, some talking animals, a talking severed head, a confused heroine and the deadly Cuckoo. Stir vigorously with a hurricane and Morpheus himself and you get this fifth instalment of The Sandman series. This story stars Barbie, who first makes an appearance in The Doll's House and now finds herself a princess in a vivid dreamworld. Collects The Sandman #32-37.

Synopsis

Volume five of New York Times best selling author Neil Gaiman's acclaimed creation The Sandman collects one of the series' most beloved storylines. Take an apartment house, add in a drag queen, a lesbian couple, some talking animals, a talking severed head, a confused heroine and the deadly Cuckoo. Stir vigorously with a hurricane and Morpheus himself and you get this fifth instalment of The Sandman series. This story stars Barbie, who first makes an appearance in The Doll's House and now finds herself a princess in a vivid dreamworld. Collects The Sandman #32-37.

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 792
Edition: Anniversary
Publisher: Vertigo
Published: 05 Mar 2019
ISBN 10: 1401288073
ISBN 13: 9781401288075
Book Overview: The fifth installment of Neil Gaiman's seminal, New York Times best-selling series, The Sandman Vol. 5- A Game of You, celebrates its 30th anniversary with an all-new edition, featuring a new cover from artist Dave McKean!

Media Reviews

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

Author Bio

Creator of The Sandman and one of comics' most accomplished writers, Neil Gaiman is also the New York Times best-selling author of the novels Anansi Boys, American Gods, Stardust and Coraline, as well as the short story collections M Is for Magic and Smoke and Mirrors and the multimedia creation Neverwhere. He also co-wrote the Jim Henson Productions film MirrorMask with longtime collaborator Dave McKean, illustrator of the Gaiman-written graphic novels Mr. Punch, Violent Cases and Black Orchid. Among his many awards are the Hugo, the Nebula, the Eisner, the Harvey, the Bram Stoker and the World Fantasy Award. Originally from England, Gaiman now lives in the United States.