This group has been designated for adults age 18 or older. Please sign in and confirm your date of birth in your profile so we can verify your eligibility. You may opt to make your date of birth private.
Sandman Audio Adaptation
In 9 days, on the 15th of July, Audible will release the first of the SANDMAN audio adaptations. These are, well, full cast audiobooks of the first three SANDMAN graphic novels: Dirk Maggs gave me the role of the narrator, and I gave him the original scripts, so often what I'm saying as narrator is what I asked the artists to draw, over thirty years ago.
These are very straightforward adaptations. For the upcoming Netflix TV series, we're starting from now, and doing it as if it was being written, for the first time, in 2020. The audio adaptations are much closer to the original graphic novels, each episode being a comic in the original. Eleven hours of drama. The cast is amazing. The production and the music are glorious. I'm not sure about the narrator, but everything else is sparkling and exciting. I hope you all enjoy it...
For people who need it in a more tangible form, it will also be for sale as CDs.
Click on this, and you will hear James McAvoy as Morpheus...
Labels: Sandman
newest »
Thanks Neil! The Sandman has been my favorite graphic novel of all times. And to be honest I was a bit worried that it would be ruined when Netflix announced that there was going to be a screen adaptation. But knowing that they have included you in the process of the adaptation is great. I can't wait for the audio adaptation as well. Reminds me of good old radio theatres. <3
Great news, Neil. In the new normal I have come to enjoy audio books and dramas more than ever. This is an art form that can be produced even though film and television is forced to shut down.And our minds can provide the colors and tones, the visual nuances of the stories we listen to. It makes us participants in them.
Thank you for your hard work.
That is good news. Congratulations!
July 15th is not coming fast enough.So excited!
Thank you :-)
I had a moment there. Neil Gaiman, graphic novel, James McAvoy, production. Already done, right? Right, Neverwhere on BBC several years ago!
And now a whole other one! I can't wait
I’m excited. I reading now the second volume of the sandmanAnd I love it very much.
Not available for preorder in India. :(
I pre-ordered the CD after reading this post. Really looking forward to it.
I am amazed at this. That is undescribably awesome. Is there maybe another way to get hold of this? I really don't want to buy anything from amazon, so I would be happy for any recommondation :) ( I do understand that it reaches the most people by beeing available on audible, I just don't like that it is exclusively for this platform)
Lena wrote: "I am amazed at this. That is undescribably awesome. Is there maybe another way to get hold of this? I really don't want to buy anything from amazon, so I would be happy for any recommondation :) (..."
Well it's going to be on CD as well. They just haven't released it yet. I'm waiting to hear when I can expect my own copy, since I don't have audible.
Abigail "Abby-Rose" wrote: "Lena wrote: "I am amazed at this. That is undescribably awesome. Is there maybe another way to get hold of this? I really don't want to buy anything from amazon, so I would be happy for any recommo..."Aw this is perfect, thank you! :)
