The Absolute Death, collecting The Sandman #8 and #20, Death: The High Cost of Living #1–3, Death: The Time of Your Life #1–3, "A Winter's Tale" from Vertigo: Winter's Edge #2, "The Wheel" from 9–11: The World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember, and "Death and Venice" from The Sandman: Endless Nights. Extras include the "Death Talks About Life" AIDS pamphlet, script and pencils for The Sandman #8 ("The Sound of Her Wings"), a complete reproduction of A Death Gallery (a one-shot of Death-inspired art), a section on the collectibles inspired by Death, and sketches by Chris Bachalo. Published November 2009.

There will be no more wanton violence; no further suffering, inflicted without reason or explanation. We will hurt you. And we are not sorry. But we do not do it to punish you. We do it to redeem you. Because afterward, you'll be a better person … and because we love you. One day you'll thank us for it." You attend the funeral, you bid the dead farewell. You grieve. Then you continue with your life. And at times the fact of her absence will hit you like a blow to the chest, and you will weep. But this will happen less and less as time goes on. She is dead. You are alive. So live. In 1999, Gaiman wrote The Sandman: The Dream Hunters, a novella illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano. As in many of the single-issue stories throughout The Sandman, Morpheus appears in Dream Hunters, but only as a supporting character. In Gaiman's afterword to the book, he describes the story as a retelling of an existing Japanese legend. There is no trace of it in the primary source he cites, [37] and when asked, Gaiman has stated that he made up the "legend". The novel was later adapted into a four-issue miniseries by P. Craig Russell and released by Vertigo from January 2009 to April 2009. [38] [39]Polo, Susana (March 1, 2018). "The Sandman Universe is Neil Gaiman's next comics project". Polygon . Retrieved April 29, 2018. That only serves to make the funeral more potent, since it’s clear that the Dream we had been following and rooting for, even with all his flaws, is no more. I can remember the title, author, and location of every book in this library, Matthew. Every book that's ever been dreamed. Every book that's ever been imagined. Every book that's ever been lost. Millions upon millions of them. That's what I remember. It's my job. Other things … I forget sometimes. Thomas, Roy; Thomas, Dann( w),Argondezzi, Vince( p), McLaughlin, Frank; Kieth, Sam( i)."The Sandman Cometh" Infinity, Inc.,no.49(April 1988).

Goldburg, Lesley (June 30, 2019). " 'Sandman' TV Series From Neil Gaiman, David Goyer – With Huge Price Tag – a Go at Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved June 30, 2019. I'm Matthew. I'm the raven. Not a raven — the raven. That's one of the weird things about the Dreaming — it's a kind of one-raven-at-a-time sort of place. In a DC Showcase animated short, Death made her first official appearance outside of comics. In the short, Death (voiced by Jamie Chung) meets Vincent (voiced by Leonardo Nam), a failed artist struggling with his personal demons. It was directed by Sam Liu, and written by J. M. DeMatteis. The short was released as a special feature with the Wonder Woman: Bloodlines Blu-Ray. [ citation needed] The words said over my father's body were hollow and dumb, and I couldn't find it in me to cry, not then. I knew I was watching the real thing here. There was true grief in each step they took across the sky, and they shouldered the casket as if they were shouldering the weight of the world.Worlds' End collecting The Sandman #51–56, 1993: A "reality storm" strands travelers from across the cosmos at the "Worlds' End Inn". To pass the time, they exchange stories. Guest-starring Prez and Wildcat. He prays as he walks (cursing his one weak leg the while), prays to Allah (who made all things) that somewhere, in the darkness of dreams, abides the other Baghdad (that can never die), and the other egg of the Phoenix. But Allah alone knows all. Even our existences are brief and bounded. None of us will last longer than this version of the universe."

Been there, Remiel. Done that, wore the tee-shirt, ate the burger, bought the original cast album, choreographed the legions of the damned and orchestrated the screaming … a b Thomas, Roy; Thomas, Dann( w),Argondezzi, Vince; Bair, Michael( p), DeZuniga, Tony; Bair, Michael( i)."It's a Grimmworld After All" Infinity, Inc.,no.50(May 1988). But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living … for the price of wisdom is above rubies."The Sandman: Book One, collecting The Sandman #1–20 ( Preludes and Nocturnes, The Doll's House, and Dream Country). Published April 2022 The player king, reciting lines from A Midsummer Night's Dream in Sandman #19: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" That would not be honorable, Matthew. I have already sent a messenger to the Lord of Hell, to let him know that I will be coming. One must do these things properly." They dreamed the world so it always was the way it is now, little one. There never was a world of high cat-ladies and cat-lords.

Gaiman, Neil (2014). " The Sandman Summary". NeilGaiman.com. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014 . Retrieved March 13, 2014. The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 5, collecting "The Last Sandman Story" from Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers, The Sandman: The Dream Hunters (both the prose version, written by Gaiman and illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano, and the four-issue comics adaptation by P. Craig Russell), The Sandman: Endless Nights, and Sandman Midnight Theatre #1. Extras include script, designs, and layouts for "The Heart of a Star" from Endless Nights, covers and sketches from the comics adaptation of The Dream Hunters, a gallery of Sandman-inspired posters, and a section on the figures and statues inspired by The Sandman. Published November 2011. Fleming, Mike Jr. (June 29, 2015). "Vertigo DC Movies Like Sandman Going To New Line; Warner Bros Keeps Batman, Superman, Justice League, Other DC Titles". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 3, 2015. The Sandman Omnibus Silver Edition Autographed by Neil Gaiman". Vertigo. November 8, 2013. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013 . Retrieved March 14, 2014.

Would the Lord of Hell destroy his realm? Would the Lord of Hell ever free the souls held in torment? Would the Lord of Hell expel the never-born? Would the Lord of Hell abandon the war with Heaven?"