The Sandman. Volume 10, The wake

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Title:

The Sandman. Volume 10, The wake

Alternate title:

Wake

Author:

Gaiman, Neil, author.

Series:

Series Number:

10.

Summary:

Ancient gods, old friends, and even enemies gather to remember and pay tribute in the strangest wake ever held. And, at the end of his life, William Shakespeare fulfills his side of a very strange bargain.

General Note:

Sandman characters created by Gaiman, Kieth & Dringenberg.

"Originally published in magazine form as The Sandman 70-75"--Title page verso.

"Suggested for mature readers"--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

An introduction / The wake title page / Which occurs in the wake of what has gone before -- In which a wake is held -- In which we wake -- An epilogue : Sunday mourning -- Exiles / The tempest / Acknowledgments -- Biographies.

Physical Description:

183 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.

Genre:

Author(s):

Publisher:

DC Comics,

Publication Date:

1997

ISBN:

9781563892790

9781563892875

Publication Information:

Call Number:

741.5 GAIMAN

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

The Sandman is the most acclaimed and award-winning comics series of the 1990s for good reason: a smart and deeply brooding epic, elegantly penned by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by a rotating cast of comics' most sought-after artists, it is a rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical drama, and legend are seamlessly interwoven. The saga of The Sandman encompasses a series of tales unique in graphic literature and is a story you will never forget. Ancient gods, old friends and enemies alike gather to remember and pay tribute to the fallen King of Dreams in The Wake, bringing to a close the long story of Morpheus of The Endless. In the aftermath of one of the strangest wakes ever held, echoes of Morpheus reverberate, touching a man who refuses to die, a Chinese sage lost in a desert of dreams, and an aging William Shakespeare, who must fulfill one last obligation to The Sandman in his own twilight years.

Author Notes

Neil Gaiman was born in Portchester, England on November 10, 1960. He worked as a journalist and freelance writer for a time, before deciding to try his hand at comic books. Some of his work has appeared in publications such as Time Out, The Sunday Times, Punch, and The Observer. His first comic endeavor was the graphic novel series The Sandman. The series has won every major industry award including nine Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, three Harvey Awards, and the 1991 World Fantasy Award for best short story, making it the first comic ever to win a literary award.

He writes both children and adult books. His adult books include The Ocean at the End of the Lane, which won a British National Book Awards, and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for 2014; Stardust, which won the Mythopoeic Award as best novel for adults in 1999; American Gods, which won the Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, SFX, and Locus awards; Anansi Boys; Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances; and The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction, which is a New York Times Bestseller. His children's books include The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish; Coraline, which won the Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla, the BSFA, the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Bram Stoker awards; The Wolves in the Walls; Odd and the Frost Giants; The Graveyard Book, which won the Newbery Award in 2009 and The Sandman: Overture which won the 2016 Hugo Awards Best Graphic Story.

(Bowker Author Biography)