The sandman 12, The dream hunters /
"A humble young monk and a magical, shape-changing fox find themselves romantically drawn together. As their love blooms, the fox learns of a devilish plot by a group of demons and a Japanese emperor to steal the monk's life. With the aid of Morpheus, the fox must use all of her cunning and creative...
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| Format: | Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel |
| Language: | English |
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Burbank, CA :
DC Vertigo,
[2019]
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| Edition: | 30th anniversary edition. |
| Series: | Gaiman, Neil. Sandman library ;
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| Summary: | "A humble young monk and a magical, shape-changing fox find themselves romantically drawn together. As their love blooms, the fox learns of a devilish plot by a group of demons and a Japanese emperor to steal the monk's life. With the aid of Morpheus, the fox must use all of her cunning and creative thinking to foil this evil scheme and save the man whom she loves in The Sandman: Dream Hunters, a graphic novel adaptation--featuring the artwork of P. Craig Russell--of New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman's original prose novella of the same name illustrated by Yoshitako Amano. 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 an exemplary selection of the medium's most gifted artists, the series is a rich blend of modern and ancient mythology in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven"-- |
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| Item Description: | "Adapted by P. Craig Russell from the multi-award-winning illustrated novella The Sandman: The Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman and Yoshitaka Amano" "Originally published as The Sandman: The Dream Hunters 1-4."--Title page verso. "Sandman based on characters created by Gaiman, Kieth, and Dringenberg" |
| Physical Description: | 125 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781401294236 1401294235 156389629X |
| Author Notes: | He writes both children and adult books. His adult books include The Ocean at the End of the Lane, which won a British National Book Awards, and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for 2014; Stardust, which won the Mythopoeic Award as best novel for adults in 1999; American Gods, which won the Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, SFX, and Locus awards; Anansi Boys; Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances; and The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction, which is a New York Times Bestseller. His children's books include The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish; Coraline, which won the Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla, the BSFA, the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Bram Stoker awards; The Wolves in the Walls; Odd and the Frost Giants; The Graveyard Book, which won the Newbery Award in 2009 and The Sandman: Overture which won the 2016 Hugo Awards Best Graphic Story. (Bowker Author Biography) |
