![]() Check out an exclusive image from the series above. A superlative dark horror-fantasy initially ensues, before increasingly ambitious developments. Morpheus is lord of the Dreaming, reimagined by Gaiman as a tall, thin, starry-eyed figure who loses his kingdom and sets about regaining it, to epic effect. Launched in 1988, Gaiman’s series revived an old DC character, radically re-authored him and, indeed, radically re-authored comics conventions. If any comic-book title needs tender care on its journey to screen, The Sandman does. Neil Gaiman was 6 years old when he first met the Norse god Thor although he wasn't the red-bearded hammer-slinger of legend. I never wanted that to happen to Sandman and I saw scripts that would have made that happen.” ![]() ![]() I was so excited when I heard George Lucas was making a movie. Steve Gerber, Gene Colan, Frank Brunner, satire, madness, glory. It may sound silly, but when I was 14 or 15, my favorite comic was Howard The Duck. Once a bad version is made, you never quite come back from that. Bestselling Author Neil Gaiman (Marvel: 1602, Anansi Boys, Sandman) is joined by superstar artist John Romita Jr. “I didn’t have faith that we’d always get here,” Gaiman tells Total Film in the new issue, featuring Thor: Love and Thunder on the cover, “but I had faith that the important thing was to stop bad versions being made. ![]()
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