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BLACK ORCHID 3 GRAPHIC NOVELS!
NEIL GAIMAN and DAVE MCKEAN
3 GRAPHIC NOVEL/ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (1988). THE COMPLETE 3 VOLUME SAGA!
THIS VERSION IS LONG OUT OF PRINT.
HARD TO FIND COLLECTOR'S ITEMS BY NEIL GAIMAN AND DAVE MCKEAN.
GAIMAN AND MCKEAN'S FIRST WORK FOR DC COMICS.
THE FOLLOWING YEAR THEY WOULD BEGIN THEIR ACCLAIMED GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES SANDMAN.
Published by DC Comics.
This is the hard to find first printing of the original BLACK ORCHID volumes with full color lavishly painted illustrations by artist DAVE MCKEAN. One of the Rare Times when McKean has done interior illustrations on a Graphic Novel.
This is the RARE original 1988 published version of Gaiman's BLACK ORCHID, and was never sold in any mass market retail outlets. It was only available to purchase through comic book specialty shops.
Written by NEIL GAIMAN (Sandman, Coraline, Neverwhere, American Gods, Books of Magic, Black Orchid, Miracleman).
Art by DAVE MCKEAN (Batman: Arkham Asylum, Sandman).
These squarebound books are in brand new condition and measures approx 6.5" x 10" inches, and is printed on high quality paper to enhance the delicate and beautifully painted artwork of DAVE MCKEAN.
Featuring Appearances by Batman, Poison Ivy, The Floronic Man, Arkham Asylum, Joker, Riddler, Two Face, The Mad Hatter, Swamp Thing, and Superman's arch-enemy Lex Luthor,
Book Description
From one of the most highly recognised and award winning comic writers on the scene today, Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Death, Violent Cases), and his sometime collaborator, innovative artist Dave McKean (Arkham Asylum, Cages, Violent Cases) comes a haunting and stylish exploration of birth, death and renewal. Both human and flower the heroine, Black Orchid, undertakes a hazardous journey to uncover her true origins, providing a moving ecological parable for our times. This work by Gaiman and Mckean is an early showcase for the talent we know today.
About the Author
Neil Gaiman wrote the award-winning graphic novel series The Sandman, and with Terry Pratchett, the award-winning novel Good Omens. His first book for children, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, illustrated by Dave McKean, hasn't yet won any awards, but was one of Newsweek's Best Children's Books of 1997. Angels & Visitations, a small press story collection, was nominated for a World Fantasy Award and won the International Horror Critics Guild Award for Best Collection, despite not having any horror in it. Well, hardly any.Born in England, he now makes his home in America, in a big dark house of uncertain location where he grows exotic pumpkins and accumulates computers and cats. He is currently at work turning his first novel Neverwhere into a film for Jim Henson films.