{"product_id":"absolute-sandman-overture-isbn-9781401280475","title":"Absolute Sandman Overture","description":"\u003cb\u003eOVERTURE\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003enoun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. A piece of orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio, often containing the main themes of the work or quotations from the work that is to come.\u003cbr\u003e2. Approaches made with the aim of opening negotiations or establishing a relationship.\u003cbr\u003e3. The first part of an event. The very beginning of something.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe gateway story to the ground-breaking and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling \u003ci\u003eSandman\u003c\/i\u003e series by multi award-winning author Neil Gaiman is collected here in an Absolute over-sized edition. Collects \u003ci\u003eThe Sandman: Overture \u003c\/i\u003e#1-6. | Winner of the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dream is a long way from his realm, but for me reading this comic feels exactly like coming home.\"--The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"From the first page to the last, The Sandman: Overture #1 is an eruption of hallucinogenic artwork and unreal storytelling.\"--VICE MAGAZINE \/ MOTHERBOARD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sandman: Overture may go down as one of the best-drawn chapters in Sandman's already legendary run.\"--Newsarama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Entering a Neil Gaiman story world is like stepping into a dream, where reality unravels and gives way to an eye-popping blend of the mythical, the fantastic, and the plain old strange. His magnum opus, of course, is a story about dreams--and despite breaking every rule in the book, it's one of the greatest graphic novels ever published.\"--TOR.com | Creator of THE SANDMAN and one of comics' most accomplished writers, Neil Gaiman is also the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of the novels \u003ci\u003eAnansi Boys\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStardust \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCoraline,\u003c\/i\u003e as well as the short story collections \u003ci\u003eM Is for Magic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSmoke and Mirrors\u003c\/i\u003e and the multimedia creation \u003ci\u003eNeverwhere.\u003c\/i\u003e He also co-wrote the Jim Henson Productions film \u003ci\u003eMirrorMask\u003c\/i\u003e with longtime collaborator Dave McKean, illustrator of the Gaiman-written graphic novels MR. PUNCH, \u003ci\u003eViolent Cases\u003c\/i\u003e and BLACK ORCHID. Among his many awards are the Hugo, the Nebula, the Eisner, the Harvey, the Bram Stoker and the World Fantasy Award. Originally from England, Gaiman now lives in the United States.","brand":"Vertigo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299799093477,"sku":"NP9781401280475","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781401280475.jpg?v=1767721001","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/absolute-sandman-overture-isbn-9781401280475","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}