Kieth, Sam - SANDMAN (1989-96) #1 Interior Page
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Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg art; page 19; 1988; image size 12" x 17.75"
Death of Roderick Burgess!
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Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg art; page 19; 1988; image size 12" x 17.75"
Death of Roderick Burgess!
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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg art; page 19; 1988; image size 12" x 17.75"
Death of Roderick Burgess!From the first issue of Neil Gaiman's modern classic, recently adapted into a hugely popular series on Netflix, comes this wonderful twice-up page by the artistic team of Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg. This page features Roderick Burgess, confronting a captured Dream, whom he imprisoned while attempting to lure his sister Death. lamenting the Sandman's unwillingness to grant him the power he so richly desires. The page closes with Burgess, seen form the perspective of his captive, succumbing, as we all do, to the ravages of time. Sandman's dialog balloons, reverse white on black masterfully designed by Todd Klein, have become synonymous with the character, this page features its second ever appearance in the series, and the first time it's used for more than single word captions, as he laments that even with the death of his captor he remains imprisoned. A piece of comics history from the first issue of the premiere series by one of the greatest writers the medium has ever known. Pen and ink. Art is in excellent condition. Signed by Kieth.
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Artist Information
Sam Kieth is an American comic artist and writer, best known as the creator of The Maxx and Zero Girl. Kieth’s first published work was “a story in the back of a Comico comic” when he was “about seventeen”; it was “about a killer rabbit named Max the Hare”. He came to prominence in 1984 as the inker of Matt Wagner’s “Mage”, and a year later as the inker of “Fish Police”. In 1989, he penciled the first five issues (the “Preludes & Nocturnes” story arc) of writer Neil Gaiman’s celebrated series “The Sandman” and collaborated with Alan Grant on a Penguin story in “Secret Origins Special #1”. He illustrated two volumes of writer William Messner-Loebs’ “Epicurus the Sage”, drew an Aliens miniseries for Dark Horse Comics, and drew “The Incredible Hulk #368”, which led to illustrating numerous covers for Marvel Comics Presents. In 1993, Kieth left Marvel to create the original series “The Maxx” for Image Comics. The series ran 35 issues, all of which were plotted and illustrated by Kieth. William Messner-Loebs scripted #1–15 and Alan Moore wrote #21. In 1995, The Maxx was adapted as part of MTV’s short-lived animation series MTV’s Oddities. After taking a break from comics to pursue other interests, Kieth created the series “Zero Girl” for DC Comics’ Wildstorm imprint in 2001. He followed that with the drama “Four Women” later that year and “Zero Girl: Full Circle” in 2003. In August 2004, he launched the “Scratch” series featuring a teenage werewolf. Kieth then wrote and drew the five-issue series “Batman: Secrets”, featuring the Joker, and “Batman/Lobo: Deadly Serious”, a two-issue miniseries that began in August 2007. This was followed by 2009’s “Lobo: Highway to Hell”, written by Scott Ian of the band Anthrax, and the painted story “Ghosts”, which appeared in “Batman Confidential #40–43”. In 2010, Kieth wrote and illustrated the original hardcover graphic novel “Arkham Asylum: Madness”, which spent two weeks on The New York Times Best Sellers List, reaching number five in the category of “Hardcover Graphic Books”. In addition to co-producing The Maxx animated series for MTV, Kieth co-wrote “No Smoking”, the pilot to Cow and Chicken, and directed the film “Take It to the Limit” (2000) for Roger Corman’s Concorde-New Horizons.
Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg art; page 19; 1988; image size 12" x 17.75"
Death of Roderick Burgess!From the first issue of Neil Gaiman's modern classic, recently adapted into a hugely popular series on Netflix, comes this wonderful twice-up page by the artistic team of Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg. This page features Roderick Burgess, confronting a captured Dream, whom he imprisoned while attempting to lure his sister Death. lamenting the Sandman's unwillingness to grant him the power he so richly desires. The page closes with Burgess, seen form the perspective of his captive, succumbing, as we all do, to the ravages of time. Sandman's dialog balloons, reverse white on black masterfully designed by Todd Klein, have become synonymous with the character, this page features its second ever appearance in the series, and the first time it's used for more than single word captions, as he laments that even with the death of his captor he remains imprisoned. A piece of comics history from the first issue of the premiere series by one of the greatest writers the medium has ever known. Pen and ink. Art is in excellent condition. Signed by Kieth.
If you are a new customer planning to make a first-time purchase over $25,000, please contact us 24 hours in advance of the item closing at 212.895.3999 or support@comicconnect.com so that we may approve your account for bidding. (This policy was instituted to protect consignors and bidders against bids from fraudulent accounts, and to ensure the integrity of the bidding process.) Once approved, please log out of your account and then log in, for the approval to take effect.
We realize many of you would like to bid on this auction lot, so for this listing, ComicConnect.com offers a 6 month, interest free, time payment plan with a 20% non-refundable deposit. Time Payments invoices can only be paid by cash, check, money order or wire transfer. LEARN MORE
Artist Information
Sam Kieth is an American comic artist and writer, best known as the creator of The Maxx and Zero Girl. Kieth’s first published work was “a story in the back of a Comico comic” when he was “about seventeen”; it was “about a killer rabbit named Max the Hare”. He came to prominence in 1984 as the inker of Matt Wagner’s “Mage”, and a year later as the inker of “Fish Police”. In 1989, he penciled the first five issues (the “Preludes & Nocturnes” story arc) of writer Neil Gaiman’s celebrated series “The Sandman” and collaborated with Alan Grant on a Penguin story in “Secret Origins Special #1”. He illustrated two volumes of writer William Messner-Loebs’ “Epicurus the Sage”, drew an Aliens miniseries for Dark Horse Comics, and drew “The Incredible Hulk #368”, which led to illustrating numerous covers for Marvel Comics Presents. In 1993, Kieth left Marvel to create the original series “The Maxx” for Image Comics. The series ran 35 issues, all of which were plotted and illustrated by Kieth. William Messner-Loebs scripted #1–15 and Alan Moore wrote #21. In 1995, The Maxx was adapted as part of MTV’s short-lived animation series MTV’s Oddities. After taking a break from comics to pursue other interests, Kieth created the series “Zero Girl” for DC Comics’ Wildstorm imprint in 2001. He followed that with the drama “Four Women” later that year and “Zero Girl: Full Circle” in 2003. In August 2004, he launched the “Scratch” series featuring a teenage werewolf. Kieth then wrote and drew the five-issue series “Batman: Secrets”, featuring the Joker, and “Batman/Lobo: Deadly Serious”, a two-issue miniseries that began in August 2007. This was followed by 2009’s “Lobo: Highway to Hell”, written by Scott Ian of the band Anthrax, and the painted story “Ghosts”, which appeared in “Batman Confidential #40–43”. In 2010, Kieth wrote and illustrated the original hardcover graphic novel “Arkham Asylum: Madness”, which spent two weeks on The New York Times Best Sellers List, reaching number five in the category of “Hardcover Graphic Books”. In addition to co-producing The Maxx animated series for MTV, Kieth co-wrote “No Smoking”, the pilot to Cow and Chicken, and directed the film “Take It to the Limit” (2000) for Roger Corman’s Concorde-New Horizons.