Before the beginning was the night. And the night was without boundaries and the night was without end. The trouble with prequels is that they often serve little purpose beyond filling in the blanks and taking characters from Point A to Point B. This is by no means the case with Overture. This series is by far the most ambitious of Gaiman's various Sandman continuations. Rather than the short vignettes of Endless Nights or the quiet, mournful tale of unlikely lovers in The Dream Hunters, Overture spans the multiverse and pits Morpheus against a challenge as massive and all-encompassing as anything seen in the original series. THE SANDMAN: OVERTURE heralds New York Times best-selling writer Neil Gaiman's return to the art form that made him famous, ably abetted by artistic luminary JH Williams III (BATWOMAN, PROMETHEA), whose lush, widescreen images provide an epic scope to The Sandman's origin story. From the birth of a galaxy to the moment that Morpheus is captured, THE SANDMAN: OVERTURE will feature cameo appearances by fan-favorite characters such as The Corinthian, Merv Pumpkinhead and, of course, the Dream King's siblings: Death, Desire, Despair, Delirium, Destruction and Destiny. Publication history [ edit ] The Sandman was advertised as "a horror-edged fantasy set in the DC Universe" in most of DC's comics dated Holiday 1988. Creation [ edit ] And while it sounds complex, and it is trippy at times, Gaiman’s written it in an accessible way that you can follow and make sense of. The ending especially is kinda brilliant as Gaiman almost defines Dream as the most powerful being of the Endless. After all, what can you achieve in dreams - everything? And Morpheus controls all the dreams everywhere…

Gaiman, Neil; Wagner, Matt( w), Kristiansen, Teddy( p),Kristiansen, Teddy( i). Sandman Midnight Theatre,no.1(September 1995). The Sandman Deluxe Edition Book Five, collecting The Sandman #70-75, The Sandman: The Dream Hunters #1–4, Sandman: Endless Nights (New Edition), Sandman: Dream Hunters 30th Anniversary Edition (Prose Version), and Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers. Published February 2022.I wasn’t surprised to find him, but I think that while I can understand why is here due being an “overture”, I don’t think that it was necessary.

Always Save the Girl: Morpheus reveals that he did this with the first Vortex, unwilling to take an innocent life to save thousands. This almost led to The End of the World as We Know It and having to kill the Vortex when its powers drove it half-mad. Do you know that feeling you get when you listen to your favourite album or piece of music and you’re just wiped out? You sit there. You think. You imagine. You dream. It’s cathartic. It’s purifying and cleansing; it’s almost liberating. Do you know what I mean? This piece of profoundness; this thing of beautiful art was that and more. It’s taken two years for Neil Gaiman and his art team to complete the six issue limited series prequel, The Sandman: Overture, but they finally did it! It’s easy to see why it took them so long when the results are so utterly impressive - high quality work takes time but it’s always worth the wait. I wouldn’t have said a prequel was entirely necessary to The Sandman, but having read Overture, it now seems not just necessary but vital. The way Morpheus is written, it doesn’t seem possible that a being so powerful could be captured so easily, like he is in Preludes and Nocturnes, by a dilettante magician. Overture answers the question: how did Morpheus become so weak to be in that position? It’s also a great story too!Expansive and atmospheric, jammed with brainy, contemplative moments and dry humor…. Gaiman’s vivid, wild imagination is grounded in Williams’ and Stewart’s beautiful, captivating artwork…. Sandman fans will surely be elated not only by the return to the story but also by the stunning, gorgeous artwork, which outshines the original.”­­­— Booklist (starred review) So far, you only have read my complains of that my expectations weren’t to be found in this overture, so you may wonder why such good rating of 4 stars… Elder, Robert K. (2007). "Gods and Other Monsters: A Sandman Exit Interview and Philosophical Omnibus". In Schweitzer, Darrell (ed.). The Neil Gaiman Reader: Essays and Explorations. Holicong, PA: Wildside Press. ISBN 978-0-8095-5625-0. Andreeva, Nellie (September 16, 2014). "Fox Nabs DC Entertainment Lucifer Drama From Tom Kapinos As Put Pilot". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on November 8, 2015 . Retrieved September 16, 2014.

Realizing that the source of the madness was his mishandling of a past Vortex, he embarks on a journey accompanied by a cat that seems to be another aspect of Dream. Over the course of their journey, they meet the three fates and an orphaned alien girl named Hope. After telling a story to pass the night, he confirms that his mission isn't to save the universe, as he has accepted it's too late for that. Instead, they journey to the domain of his father Time who refuses his request for aid, saying that he has already given him too much. As he leaves, he asks his father bitterly if he has spoken to his mother Night recently. Emerging out of his father's domain, he appears at the gate of the "City of Stars" and is granted entrance after a heated exchange with other stars. Entering the prison of the mad star, he tells the story of how his refusal to kill a vortex led to the madness spreading to an entire solar system. After having destroyed the entire planet, he spared the sun, reasoning that he had done enough killing on that day. Finishing his tale, he attempts to destroy the mad star but fails. Daniels, Les (1995). "The Sandman's Coming: A New Approach to Making Myths". DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes. New York, New York: Bulfinch Press. p.206. ISBN 0-8212-2076-4. The solution to the crisis the universe faces is based on A Dream of a Thousand Cats, in which it is said that the reality that exists now was because a thousand humans dreamed of one where humans, not cats, were the ultimate rulers. It's also the first appearance of Dream of Cats. God in Human Form: Glory of the First Circle talks to Dream wearing the form of a regular old man. However Dream also called him "Shekinah", which is a reference to the Abrahamic God of The Bible. "Shekinah Glory" is a Hebrew-based phrase referring to the presence of God, such as the pillar of fire in the Book of Exodus.

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World Fantasy Award Winners and Nominees". World Fantasy Convention. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013 . Retrieved January 26, 2006. Ramos, Dino-Ray (January 28, 2021). "Neil Gaiman's 'The Sandman' Casts Tom Sturridge, Gwendoline Christie, Vivienne Acheampong, Boyd Holbrook, Charles Dance, Asim Chaudhry And Sanjeev Bhaskar". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 28, 2021. Giles, Jeff (October 5, 2007). "Neil Gaiman Talks Sandman, Good Omens Adaptations". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on December 16, 2013. Wood, Gerard (September 9, 2010). "Neil Gaiman's The Sandman escapes development Hell?". Science Fiction World. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013 . Retrieved April 20, 2011. The first Dream was the Dream of the "first created things: those that sleep in the space beneath space."