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Amerikansk serie skrevet af Neil Gaiman og tegnet af flere forskellige tegnere.

Lidt om serien

Seriens udgangspunkt er troldmageren Roderick Burgess fejlslagne forsøg på at fange Døden. I stedet fængsler han Drømmen. Burgess prøver over de næste mange år at fravriste drømmen sine hemmeligheder, men efter en hel livstid i fangenskab, bryder han ud uden at have ytret så meget som et ord.
Seriens omdrejningspunkt og hovedperson er personificeringen af drømmen - Fyrst Morfeus, Drømmenes Herre, Sandman, Dødens lillebror osv. Neil Gaiman har i forordet til Endless Nights selv opsummeret handlingen som:

"The king of dreams learns one must change or die and then makes his decision."

Drømmen er en af de syv "uendelige". Syv skabninger som ikke er guder, som eksisterede før guderne og som vil eksistere efter at den sidste gud er død. Syv skabninger som eksistere fordi vi dybt i vores hjerte ved at de eksisterer. De syv uendelige er efter deres alder: Skæbne, Død, Drøm, Ødelæggelse, Begær, Fortvivlelse og Deliriun.

De 7 uendelige

Citater

  • It is a fool's prerogative to utter truths that no one else will speak. (Drøm, i Dream Country)
  • Our existence deforms the universe. That's responsibility. (Delirium, i The Kindly Ones)
  • What power would hell have if those imprisoned there could not dream of heaven? (Drøm, i Preludes & Nocturnes)
  • We of the Endless are the servants of the living -- We are NOT their masters. WE exist because they know, deep in their hearts, that we exist. (Drøm, i The Doll's House)
  • Drøm: Why did you hunt me? he asked her. Why did you flee?, Nada: I hunted you because I love you more than mortal man has ever been loved by a woman. And I fled you because it is not given to mortals to love the endless. Only disaster can follow from this. (Drøm og Nada, i The Doll's House)
  • Anyway: I'm not blessed, or merciful. I'm just me. I've got a job to do, and I do it. Listen: even as we're talking, I'm there for old and young, innocent and guilty, those who die together and those who die alone. I'm in cars and boats and planes; in hospitals and forests and abbatoirs. For some folks death is a release, and for others death is an abomination, a terrible thing. But in the end, I'm there for all of them. (Døden, i Dream Country)
  • Omnia Mutantur, Nihil Interit. Everything changes, but nothing is truly lost. (Romersk soldat oversat af Drøm, i The Wake)
  • Liberty is a bitch who must be bedded on a matress of corpses. (Lady Johanna Constantine, i Fables & Reflections)
  • You get what anyone gets; you get a lifetime (Døden, i Brief Lives)
  • I lost some time. It's always in the last place you look for it. (Delirium, i Season of Mists)
  • Dreams. What are Dreams? Dreams are nothing, my brother. Dreams are "nothing," sister? Without dreams there could be no Despair. (Fortvivlelse og Drøm, i Fables and Reflections)
  • Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some kind of bonus? (Døden, i Death: The Hight Cost of Living)
  • Drøm: I wanted a tale of graceful ends. I wanted a play about a king who ... leaves his kingdom .... About a man who turns his back on magic .... I am Prince of Stories, Will, but I have no story of my own. Nor shall I ever .... I thank you. Shakespeare: It is over. (Drøm og Shakespeare, i The Wake)
  • It is better to rule in hell than serve in heaven. (Lucifer, i Season of Mists (Oprindeligt Lucifer i Paradise Lost af John Milton))
  • My sister has a function to perform, even as I do. The Endless have their responsibilities. I have responsibilities. I walk by her side, and the darkness lifts from my soul. I walk with her, and I hear the gentle beating of mighty wings... (Drøm, i Preludes & Nocturnes)
  • Love belongs to Desire, and Desire is always cruel. (En gammel mand, i The Doll's House)
  • It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes… But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor. (Drøm, i The Kindly Ones)
  • Choronzon: I am Anti-Life, the Beast of Judgement. I am the dark at the end of everything. The end of universes, gods, worlds... of everything. Sss. And what will you be then, Dreamlord? Drøm: I am hope. (Drøm og Choronzon i verdens ældste spil, I Preludes & Nocturnes)

Album i serien

Serien er oprindelig udgivet af DC Comics under deres Vertigo brand som 75 hæfter og er senere blevet samlet til 10 hovedalbums plus et ekstra ellevte album med en historie om hver af de syv uendelige. På dansk er der indtil videre kun kommet 3 album fra forlaget G. Floy Studio dog i en lidt anderledes udgivelsesrækkefølge.

Danske udgivelser

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Præludier (2004)
Hæfte nr. 1-4
Skrevet af Neil Gaiman, Tegnet af Sam Kieth og Mike Dringenberg

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Nocturner (2005)
Hæfte nr. 5-8
Skrevet af Neil Gaiman, Tegnet af Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg og Malcolm Jones III

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Drømmeland (2006)
Hæfte nr. 17-20
Skrevet af Neil Gaiman, Tegnet af Kelley Jones, Charles Vess og Malcolm Jones III

Amerikanske udgivelser

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Preludes and Nocturnes (1991)
Hæfte nr. 1-8
Skrevet af Neil Gaiman, Tegnet af Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg og Malcolm Jones III

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The Doll's House (1991)
Hæfte nr. 9-16
Skrevet af Neil Gaiman, Tegnet af Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III, Michael Zulli, Steve Parkhouse og Chris Bachalo

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Dream Country (1991)
Hæfte nr. 17-20
Skrevet af Neil Gaiman, Tegnet af Kelley Jones, Charles Vess og Malcolm Jones III

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Season of Mists (1992)
Hæfte nr. 21-28
Skrevet af Neil Gaiman, Tegnet af Mike Dringenberg, Dick Giordano, George Pratt, Matt Wagner, P. Craig Russell, Kelley Jones og Malcolm Jones III

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A Game of You (1993)
Hæfte nr. 32-37
Skrevet af Neil Gaiman, Tegnet af Shawn McManus, Stan Woch, Bryan Talbot, George Pratt, Colleen Doran og Dick Giordano

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Fables and Reflections (1993)
Hæfte nr. 29-31, 38-40, 50 og Sandman Special #1
Skrevet af Neil Gaiman, Tegnet af Kent Williams, Shawn McManus, Stan Woch, Dick Giordano, Duncan Eagleson, Vince Locke, Bryan Talbot, John Watkiss, Mark Buckingham, Jill Thompson og P. Craig Russell

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Brief Lives (1994)
Hæfte nr. 41-49
Skrevet af Neil Gaiman, Tegnet af Jill Thompson og Vince Locke

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Worlds' End (1994)
Hæfte nr. 51-56
Skrevet af Neil Gaiman, Tegnet af Alec Stevens, Brian Talbot, Mark Buckingham, John Watkiss, Michael Zulli, Dick Giordano, Michael Allred, Shea Anton Pensa, Vince Locke, Gary Amaro, Tony Harris og Steve Leialoha

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The Kindly Ones (1996)
Hæfte nr. 57-69 + Vertigo Jam #1
Skrevet af Neil Gaiman, Tegnet af Kevin Nowlan, Marc Hempel, D'Israeli, Glyn Dylon, Charles Vess, Dean Ormston, Teddy Kristiansen og Richard Case

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The Wake (1996)
Hæfte nr. 70-75
Skrevet af Neil Gaiman, Tegnet af Michael Zulli, John J. Muth og Charles Vess

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Endless Nights (2003)
Skrevet af Neil Gaiman, Tegnet af P. Craig Russell, Milo Manara, Miguelanxo Prado, Barron Storey, Dave McKean, Bill Sienkiewicz, Glenn Fabry og Frank Quitely

Absolute Sandman

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The Absolute Sandman vol. 1 (2006)
Hæfte nr. 1-20
Skrevet af Neil Gaiman
Tegnet af Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III, Michael Zulli, Steve Parkhouse, Chris Bachalo Kelley Jones og Charles Vess

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The Absolute Sandman vol. 2 (2007)
Hæfte nr. 21-39
Skrevet af Neil Gaiman
Tegnet af Shawn McManus, Kelley Jones, Mike Dringenberg, Bryan Talbot, John Watkiss, Matt Wagner, Stan Woch, Colleen Doran, Duncan Eagleson, John Bolton, Malcolm Jones III, George Pratt, Dick Giordano, P. Craig Russell og Vince Locke

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The Absolute Sandman vol. 3 (2008)
Hæfte nr. 40-56
Skrevet af Neil Gaiman
Tegnet af Alec Stevens, Brian Talbot, Mark Buckingham, John Watkiss, Michael Zulli, Dick Giordano, Michael Allred, Shea Anton Pensa, Vince Locke, Gary Amaro, Jill Thompson, Tony Harris og Steve Leialoha

Spin-Off

Fordi serien blev meget rost og selvfølgelig ikke mindst fordi den også var en stor kommerciel succes er der blevet lavet en del supplerende udgivelser. Der har været en del debat blandt fans om kvaliteten og berettigelsen af disse udgivelser, men de består under alle omstændigheder af:

  • Death: The High Cost of Living (1993)
  • Sandman Midnight Theatre (1995)
  • Death: The Time of Your Life (1996)
  • The Sandman: Book of Dreams (1996)
  • The Dreaming (1996 - 2001)
  • The Sandman Presents (1999-2001)
  • Sandman: The Dream Hunters (1999)
  • The Sandman Companion by Hy Bender (2000)
  • The Little Endless Storybook (2001)
  • Lucifer (2001 - 2006)
  • Sandman: Endless Nights (2003)
  • Death: At Death’s Door (2004)
  • The Dead Boy Detectives (2005)

Relaterede links

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