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The Sandman (DC Comics Modern Age)
''The Sandman'' is a American comic book, comic book written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics. Its artists include Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Jill Thompson, Shawn McManus, Marc Hempel, Bryan Talbot, and Michael Zulli, with lettering by Todd Klein and covers by Dave McKean. The original series ran for 75 issues from January 1989 to March 1996. Beginning with issue No. 47, it was placed under DC's Vertigo Comics, Vertigo Imprint (trade name), imprint, and following Vertigo's retirement in 2020, reprints have been published under DC's DC Black Label, Black Label imprint. The main character of ''The Sandman'' is Dream (character), Dream, also known as Morpheus and other names, who is one of the seven Endless (comics), Endless. The other Endless are Destiny (DC Comics), Destiny, Death (DC Comics), Death, Desire (DC Comics), Desire, Despair (DC Comics), Despair, Delirium (comics), Delirium (formerly Delight), and Destruction (DC Comics), Destruction (also known as 'The Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave McKean
David McKean (born 29 December 1963) is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician. His work incorporates drawing, painting, photography, collage, found objects, digital art, and sculpture. McKean's projects include illustrating books by authors such as Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Heston Blumenthal, Ray Bradbury and Stephen King, and directed three feature films. Career Comics McKean first showed his work to editors at Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and Continuity Comics when visiting New York City in 1986. McKean met writer Neil Gaiman and the pair collaborated on a short graphic novel of disturbing childhood memories, ''Violent Cases'', published in 1987. This was followed in 1988 by a '' Black Orchid'' miniseries and '' Hellblazer'' covers for DC Comics. In 1989, he illustrated the Batman graphic novel, '' Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth'', with writer Grant Morrison. Comics historian Les D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colleen Doran
Colleen Doran is an American writer-artist and cartoonist. She illustrated hundreds of comics, graphic novels, books and magazines, including the autobiographical graphic novel of Marvel Comics editor and writer Stan Lee entitled ''Amazing Fantastic Incredible Stan Lee'', which became a ''New York Times'' bestseller. She adapted and did the art for the short story "Troll Bridge" by Neil Gaiman, which also became a ''New York Times'' bestseller. Her books have received Eisner, Harvey, Bram Stoker, and International Horror Guild Awards. Her 2019 graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's short story ''Snow, Glass, Apples'', won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel. It won the 2020 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium, and Colleen Doran was also nominated for the Eisner for Best Penciller/Inker. ''Neil Gaiman's Snow, Glass, Apples'' was also nominated for the Reuben Award from the National Cartoonists Society for Best Graphic Novel. It w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teddy Kristiansen
Teddy Kristiansen (born 29 July 1964) is a Danish comic book artist, known for his work in mystery, horror, and dark, suspense-filled comics. He drew one chapter of " The Kindly Ones" story arc in Neil Gaiman's '' The Sandman'' series. In 2005, Kristiansen won an Eisner Award for Best Comics Painter for his work on the Superman Graphic Novel '' It's a Bird...''. Kristiansen was also featured in DC's 8th issue of ''Solo''. Published works *'' Superman og Fredsbomben'', Interpresse (Copenhagen, Denmark, 1990) **Superman in Europa, Baldakijn Boeken (Amsterdam/Bussum, Netherlands, 1990) **Supermann i Norge, Semic (Oslo, Norway, 1990) **Stålmannen i Stockholm, Carlsen Comics (Stockholm, Sweden, 1990) **Teräsmies: Supersankari Helsingissä!, Semic (Helsinki, Finland, 1990) **Superman y la Bomba de la Paz, Ediciones Zinco (Barcelona, Spain, 1991) **Superman e Il Pacificatore, Corto Maltese Magazine #102, Vol. 10 #3, Rizzoli Milano Libri Edizioni (Milan, Italy, March 1992) *'' House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Ormston
Dean Ormston is a British born comic book artist. His most notable work has been for the British comic '' 2000 AD'' and for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint. Biography Ormston was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England and earned a degree in art and illustration at Leeds University sometime around the mid-1980s. For the following few years he spent his time between playing the drums in various bands, some of which released singles and compilation album tracks (The Silent Scream, The second Coming, This Colossal Youth) and working part-time in a Sheffield comic-book shop with fellow budding artists Nick Percival, Greg Staples and filmmaker Lee Ford. Sometime in 1990 he moved into working full-time as an artist working mainly for ''Judge Dredd Megazine''. Ormston's dark, thick paints were seen in action on the ''Judge Dredd'' strip on numerous occasions, most notably in the ''Judgement Day'' and ''Raptaur'' storylines. For the ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' Ormston also created, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Dillon
Glyn Dillon (born 1971About: Glyn Dillon , SelfMadeHero) is a British costume designer, as well as a comics and film storyboard and artist, best known for his work on the Star Wars films '''' and '''', as well as his 2012 graphic novel '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Hempel
Marc Hempel (born May 25, 1957) is an American cartoonist/comics artist best known for his work on '' The Sandman'' with Neil Gaiman. Biography Writer and artist Marc Hempel grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago and now lives in Baltimore. He received a B.F.A. in Painting from Northern Illinois University in 1980. He and Mark Wheatley co-created the titles ''Breathtaker'', '' Blood of the Innocent'', and ''Mars''. In 1994–1995, he collaborated with Neil Gaiman on the climactic story arc " The Kindly Ones" in '' The Sandman''. Hempel's own creations '' Gregory'' and '' Tug & Buster'' were nominated for several industry awards, and his humor anthology ''Naked Brain'' was named "Best Comic Book" in the ''Baltimore City Papers "Best of Baltimore 2003" issue. His art has also appeared in ''Marvel Fanfare'', '' Epic Illustrated'', '' Heavy Metal'', ''Jonny Quest'', '' Tarzan the Warrior'', '' Clive Barker’s Hellraiser'', '' Flinch'', ''My Faith in Frankie'', ''The Dreami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Allred
Michael Dalton Allred is an American comic book artist and writer most famous for his independent comics creations, ''Madman'' and ''iZombie''. His style is often compared to pop art, as well as commercial and comic art of the 1950s and 1960s. Early life Allred was raised as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Upon his parents' divorce, he was raised with his father in Oregon, while his brothers and mother moved to Utah. He considers himself a Mormon, though a liberal-leaning one, and has stated that he still identifies with the beliefs, and considers the Book of Mormon to be a phenomenal and fascinating story, irrespective of its factual accuracy. Career Mike Allred began his career as a radio host on KYES AM 950 (KY95) in Roseburg, Oregon. He later became a television reporter in Europe, and started drawing comics in 1989 with the 104-page graphic novel ''Dead Air'' ( Slave Labor Graphics). The story loosely followed his stint in radio as a sidebar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Stevens
Alec Preston Stevens (born 22 February 1965) is an American author, illustrator and musician. Biography Alec Stevens was born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil where his father, a USAF officer stationed in various parts of the world, was on military assignment. At age twenty, Stevens began his career as a professional illustrator for magazines, books, and newspapers and also as an artist/writer for comics and graphic novels. His work for the former includes a fourteen-year stint as a contributing artist to ''The New York Times'' Book Review, as well as for ''The New Yorker'', Tower Records's ''Pulse!'' and ''Classical Pulse!'' magazines, Reader's Digest Corp., '' New Jersey Monthly'', United Features Syndicate, AT&T, and numerous other accounts. His comics work includes literary adaptations (Wilde, Lovecraft, Dinesen, Dostoevsky, Reymont, and Jan Neruda) for Fantagraphics Books, Heavy Metal Magazine, and Kitchen Sink Press. Stevens also wrote and illustrated two graphic novels, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson (born November 20, 1966) is an American illustrator and writer who has worked for stage, film, and television. Well known for her work on Neil Gaiman's '' The Sandman'' characters and her own ''Scary Godmother'' series, she has worked on ''The Invisibles'', ''Swamp Thing'', and ''Wonder Woman'' as well. Early life Thompson attended The American Academy of Art in Chicago, graduating in 1987 with a degree in Illustration and Watercolor.''Rockford Register Star'' staff. (November 7, 2005). "Meet a couple of comic book creators". ''The Rockford Register Star''. p. 1E Career Jill Thompson began her comics career working for such publishers as First Comics and Now Comics in the 1980s. She became the artist of DC Comics' ''Wonder Woman'' series in 1990. Her work on the "Chalk Drawings" story in ''Wonder Woman'' #46 (Sept. 1990) drew praise from writer George Pérez who stated "It was a good, quiet story, and I think Jill and I worked really well together on that one." Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Watkiss
John Watkiss (28 July 1961 – 20 January 2017) was a British artist, known for his painting and his work in comics and film production. His career led him from artist for graphic novels to storyboard artist and character designer. He is arguably best known for his visual development work on ''Tarzan''. Biography Watkiss was born in England in 1961. After growing up in the Midlands, he graduated from The Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Brighton University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. on 2008-05-02 He began his career in London as a portrait painter and illustrator, then also taught anatomy and fine art at the Royal College of Art. He worked for the Museum of the Moving Image in London, Steven Spielberg's Amblimation, Derek Jarman, Saatchi & Saatchi, Ridley Scott Associates, Francis Ford Coppola, DreamWorks, 20th Century Fox, and Disney (where he worked on the 1999 animated movie ''Tarzan''). on 2008-05-02 One of his paintings, ''The Boxer'', sold at Christie's in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Eagleson
Duncan Eagleson is an American self-trained painter and former graffiti artist. In the 1980s, his tags, "Daemon" and "Prof-23" appeared on walls and subway cars in New York City. He has also created art and designs for book covers (for Doubleday Books, Tor Books and others). For authors including Fred Saberhagen, Graham Masterton, Les Daniels, and Robert E. Howard. He has made movie posters (such as Nightmare on Elm Street and Blade Master for New Line Cinema, Warner Communications and others. He has also worked on advertisements (including theatrical billboards for the Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Lamb's Theatre), corporate identity projects, videos, magazines, and even T-shirts for rock groups (including The Who, Phil Collins, and Def Leppard). He is also a comic book writer/artist known primarily for drawing part of the "Fables & Reflections" collection of Neil Gaiman's '' The Sandman'' series. He also worked on the adaption of Anne Rice's the Witching Hour for Millennium P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawn McManus
Shawn McManus (born June 30, 1958) is an American artist who has worked extensively over three decades for DC Comics and other companies, notably for DC's Vertigo imprint including the ''Fables'' series. Comics Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, McManus entered the comics field in the early 1980s with work for '' Heavy Metal'' and DC Comics. For the June 1983 issue of ''Heavy Metal'' he collaborated with Bhob Stewart and John Coffey on "Zenobia". Six months later, McManus and Stewart teamed with Jim McDermott on "Symbiosis", also in ''Heavy Metal'' (December 1983). He drew the Green Arrow backup feature in '' Detective Comics'' in 1983-1984. McManus gained wider attention when he illustrated two issues of '' The Saga of the Swamp Thing'' written by Alan Moore. McManus worked with writer Todd Klein on ''Omega Men'', creating Zirral and other characters for that series. He has drawn issues of ''Doctor Fate'' and '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight''. He collaborated with N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
