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"Before The Sandman, there was Violent Cases, the first teaming of multi award-winning writer Neil Gaiman and innovative artist Dave McKean. Now, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of this seminal work, Violent Cases is being re-issued in a hardcover edition of one of the most influential and groundbreaking graphic novels of all time.
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Contemplative, intimate, grave and character-led.
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean
- First published
- 1987
- Pages
- 48
- Publisher
- Kitchen Sink Press, Tundra, Tundra Publishing Ltd.
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780950956862
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“Je ne voudrais pas vous faire croire que j'etais un enfant martyr.”
Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman born Neil Richard Gaiman, 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, The Graveyard Book (2008). In 2013, The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards.
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