Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers HC - Hardcover

Gaiman, Neil

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1401250661 ISBN 13: 9781401250669

Publisher: DC Comics, 2014

Synopsis

• An amazing collection of dark and arresting imagery, Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers presents the haunting artwork of this critically acclaimed and award-winning epic. Through these dynamic pieces, Dave McKean reflected the mesmerizing mythology, adult nature, and imaginative storytelling that made the story of Morpheus, the King of Dreams, such a groundbreaking series. Featuring an exclusive The Sandman tale, this collection also includes insightful and revealing cover commentaries by author Neil Gaiman.

About this title

About the Author:

Dave McKean has illustrated several award-winning comics, including the best-selling BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM (written by Grant Morrison), MR. PUNCH, Signal to Noise and Violent Cases (all written by Neil Gaiman), Slow Chocolate Autopsy (written by Iain Sinclair) and his own Cages. His collected short stories Pictures That [Tick] won the Victoria & Albert Museum Book of the Year Award, and his short film N[eon] won overall first prize at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival. McKean has illustrated, photographed and designed over 150 CD covers and hundreds of comic and book covers, including the entire SANDMAN series. He has worked on print and film projects with John Cale, Stephen King, the Rolling Stones, Lars Von Trier and SF Said, and created ad campaigns for Kodak, Nike, BMW Mini and Smirnoff, among others. McKean also runs the jazz label Feral with top sax player Iain Ballamy, and has contributed production designs to the second and third Harry Potter films. Most recently, he directed the Jim Henson Productions film MirrorMask, which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman. McKean lives in England's Kent countryside.

About this edition

• Publisher: DC Comics
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1401250661
• ISBN 13: 9781401250669
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208