The seventh installment of Neil Gaiman's seminal, New York Times best-selling series, The Sandman Vol. 7- Brief Lives, celebrates its 30th anniversary with an all-new edition, featuring a new cover from artist Dave McKean!
Neil Gaiman is theNew York Timesbestselling author of the Newbery
Medal-winningThe Graveyard BookandCoraline, the basis for the hit
movie. His other books includeAnansi Boys, Neverwhere, American
Gods,andStardust,(winner of the American Library Association's Alex
Award as one of 2000's top novels for young adults) as well as the
short story collections M Is for Magic and Smoke and Mirrors. He is
also the author ofThe Wolves in the WallsandThe Day I Traded My Dad
for Two Goldfish, both written for children. Among his many awards
are the Eisner, the Hugo, the Nebula, the World Fantasy, and the
Bram Stoker. Originally from England, he now lives in the United
States.
Jill Thompson is a writer, illustrator, and comic book artist. Her
Scary Godmother tales have been featured in graphic novels, comics,
a play, and two animated holiday specials seen on the Cartoon
Network, and she has published three volumes in her Magic Trixie
series of children's books from HarperCollins. Her comics work
includes a celebrated run on Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, several
related works set within the world of the Dreaming (including
Death- At Death's Door, The Dead Boy Detectives and Delirium's
Party- A Little Endless Storybook), and, most recently, the
adventures of the Beasts of Burden, co-created with writer Evan
Dorkin.
“The greatest epic in the history of comic books.” —Los Angeles
Times Magazine
“Intricately layered stories that combine folk tales, myths,
religion, modern-day street stories and an ironic sense of
humor.” —USA Today
“A story about story, a myth about myth, a postmodern metafiction
with word balloons.” —The Independent
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