The books will be overseen by Gaiman but written and drawn by brand new creative teams.
They will pick up story threads and themes fromThe Sandmanwhile also adding new characters and concepts.
The most salient fact is that Dream has now gone missing, leaving chaos in his wake.
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Other important developments include the opening of a rift between worlds, revealing a space beyond the Dreaming.
Artists for the books have not been announced yet.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You’ve doneSandmanprequels before, likeOverture.
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What inspired you to finally do some sequel stories?
NEIL GAIMAN:Well,Overtureis aSandmanprequel and aSandmansequel.
It’s kind of all over the place.
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And there is sequel stuff inSandman: Endless Nights.
The story carries on.
I started feeling guilty.
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Down the line, there will be fantastic artists as well.
People will ask, “Can we do this?”
and I’ll be like, “No.”
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For this stuff, it’s really the joy of looking back at the history of Vertigo.
But the natural life cycle of these things is it came, it went away.
Let’s bring it all back, let’s have fun with it.
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How did you assemble these writers?
What are you hoping they will each bring to theSandmanuniverse?
I got to assemble them working with the Vertigo editorial team.
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But in each case, it was trying to fit somebody to the character and the book.
The joy of this is being able to go out and find the best person.
It’s actually exactly like casting; you’re trying to cast the writer.
WithLucifer, Mike Carey and Holly Black left huge shoes to fill.
But Dan is smart and deep, and he gets it.
He’s up to the challenge of “Okay, can you recreate this thing?”
Sandmanis the big name here, but this imprint will also involveBooks of Magic.
What are you looking forward to about revisiting Timothy Hunter and his universe?
