The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes
| The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes | |
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Cover of The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes (1991), trade paperback collected edition. Art by Dave McKean.
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Publication date | January - August 1989 |
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| Title(s) | The Sandman #1-8 |
| Main character(s) | Dream |
| ISBN | ISBN |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Neil Gaiman |
| Artist(s) |
Sam Kieth Mike Dringenberg Malcolm Jones III Dave McKean |
| Penciller(s) |
Sam Kieth Mike Dringenberg |
| Inker(s) |
Mike Dringenberg Malcolm Jones III |
| Letterer(s) | Todd Klein |
| Colorist(s) | Robbie Busch |
| Editor(s) |
Karen Berger Art Young |
Preludes & Nocturnes (classified as The Sandman, volume 1: Preludes & Nocturnes) is the first trade paperback collection of the comic book series The Sandman, published by the DC Comics imprint Vertigo. It collects issues #1-8. It is written by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg and Malcolm Jones III, colored by Robbie Busch and lettered by Todd Klein.
The first seven issues of this collection comprise the "More Than Rubies" storyline, which introduces Dream. The eighth issue, "The Sound of Her Wings", is a self-contained story that serves as an epilogue to the More Than Rubies plot and introduces the character Death. It was first issued in paperback in 1991, and later in hardback in 1995 and features an introduction by Paul Wilson.
The next volume in the series is The Doll's House.
In 1988, Gaiman wrote an eight-issue outline for a new Sandman series. It was given it to artists Dave McKean and Leigh Baulch, who drew character sketches. Editor Karen Berger reviewed the sketches (along with some drawn by Gaiman) and suggested Sam Kieth as the series' artist.Mike Dringenberg, Todd Klein, Robbie Busch, and Dave McKean were hired as inker, letterer, colorist, and cover artist, respectively. The debut issue of The Sandman, which was a 40 page story, went on sale November 29, 1988 and was cover-dated January 1989. Later issues were 24 pages. Gaiman described the issues as "awkward", since he, as well as Kieth, Dringenberg, and Busch, had never worked on a regular series before. Kieth quit after the fifth issue; he was replaced by Dringenberg as penciler, who was in turn replaced by Malcolm Jones III as inker. In a 2014 interview, Gaiman noted that with the change in penciler, Sandman quit being a horror comic and became something bigger. He described Kieth as a "genius", but felt Kieth's interests and art style could not provide the atmosphere needed for the story Sandman became.
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