The third volume collecting Neil Gaimans seminal award-winning series starring the Dream King in deluxe format. ABSOLUTE SANDMAN VOL. 3 presents several key SANDMAN tales in a slipcased hardcover edition including "Brief Lives " in which the Sandmans sister Delirium prevails upon her older brother to help her find their missing sibling Destruction. But their journey through the Waking World has dramatic repercussions for their family and also for the relationship between the Sandman and his wayward son Orpheus. Also included is the spectacular short story "Ramadan " a tale of a young king of ancient Baghdad and the deal he strikes with The Sandman to grant his city immortality with spectacular illustrations by P. Craig Russell (Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde The Jungle Book).Never-before-collected bonus features include pin-up pages from galleries in THE SANDMAN #50 and SANDMAN SPECIAL #1 the Desire story from VERTIGO: WINTERS EDGE #3 THE ENDLESS GALLERY #1 script and thumbnails from THE SANDMAN #50 and a section on the Endless retail products (poster statues t-shirts Little Endless and more)! Plus an introduction by artist Jill Thompson.
