From award-winning author Neil Gaiman and adapted for Audible by the great Dirk Maggs, you’ll be swapped away in an Epic adventure you could have never imagined. Weâre excited to join Neil and DC in bringing this extraordinary and beloved universe to Audibleâs millions of listeners worldwide, for the very first time.âSteve Carsey, Senior Director of Original Content at Audible UK, said: âOf all the great comics and graphic novels I devoured throughout my teenage and early-adulthood, The Hogwarts Library book "The Tales of Beedle the Bard," written by J.K. Rowling and starring Jude Law, Jason Isaacs, Evanna Lynch, and more, will be available for the first time exclusively on Audible. The audio drama is narrated by Gaiman, who also serves as the creative director and an executive producer. The Audible adaptation also doesn't shy away from Sandman's early connections to the DC Universe, with characters like John Constantine, Scot Free, and the Martian Manhunter showing up. A rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven, THE SANDMAN is also widely considered one of the most original and artistically ambitious series of the modern age.Xbox Series X Will Cost $499 USD, Pre-Orders Open This MonthPS5: Sony’s Next Move After Xbox Series X and S RevealsXbox Series S: Next-Gen Games Shown Off on Lower-Powered MachineSkull & Bones: Production Is in 'Full Swing with a New Vision'Deals: Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity for Nintendo Switch Is Up for PreorderJason Momoa Is First Justice League Cast Member to "Stand With" Ray Fisher in Accusations Against Joss Whedon The resulting juggernaut of a series, illustrated by more than two dozen artists over seven years, was a masterclass in mythopoetic storytelling, with barely any superheroes in it at all. Did we need to keep the detail that the first queer couple in the story is physically abusive? Or to painstakingly, without edits, retell the plot-inessential one-shot story “Facade” — the moral of which can be read as “Suicide isn’t tragic if you’re freakish enough”? — until she dies along with most of the cast and her bigoted family buries her in a suit and with a short haircut, under a stone with her deadname on it. Audible's Sandman does an admirable job of replicating the magic of The Sandman using sound and performances by incredible actors. The narrator for Audible’s The Sandman is Gaiman himself, describing his creations so listeners can imagine their own panels – it means the series works as … Did we need the multiple fleeting, florid references to the brutalization of queer, underage, male sex workers? The Sandman is the latest in a series of best-in-class Audible Original audio dramas released by Audible in recent months. If I’m being blunt about this, it’s out of love; a deep affection and nostalgia for The Sandman audiobook is a wasted opportunity to update a classic The series also shines in adaptations of And that flaw is nowhere more conspicuous than in its word-for-word reproductions of Take the character of Judy, a doomed lesbian woman on the outs with her girlfriend, who appears in one issue only. The audiobook itself is beautifully produced, and from I’ve listened to plenty of Gaiman’s audio work before, from books to short-story readings to radio plays, and enjoyed them. To learn more or opt-out, read our The Audible adaptation is faithful and fascinating, but it should have lost something in the translationBack in 1988, up-and-coming comics writer Neil Gaiman was offered the chance to reboot the Sandman, a classic DC Comics superhero who never quite made it big. The Audible version is a remarkably faithful adaptation that keeps virtually every line of dialogue and narration from the first three volumes of Along the way, we meet a sprawling cast of characters, including a handful of Dream’s siblings, the Endless — members of a family of anthropomorphic personifications of ideas that start with the letter “D.” John Constantine, William Shakespeare, Lucifer Morningstar, and even a few superheroes and villains show up as well. But in Fortunately, Gaiman isn’t always the Narrator, and even when he is, the audiobook still has lovely stretches of achievement. The Audible version is a remarkably faithful adaptation that keeps virtually every line of dialogue and narration from the first three volumes of The Sandman… The Sandman is a fantastic, immersive and unparalleled audio production. As the multi-threaded story unspools, The Sandman descends into Hell to confront Lucifer, chases rogue nightmares who have escaped his realm, and crosses paths with an array of characters from DC comic books, ancient myths, and real-world history, including Inmates of Gotham City’s Arkham Asylum, Doctor Destiny, the muse Calliope, the three Fates, William Shakespeare, and many more. Yesterday popular audiobook company Audible announced that they will be working with writer Neil Gaiman to make a multi-part audio-drama series based on the popular DC Comics’ character Sandman which is set for release on Audible Summer 2020.. Gaiman wrote the original series published by DC Comics and now will serve as Creative Director, Executive Producer, and Narrator for the project. DC #1s Adapted and directed by multi-award-winner (and frequent Gaiman collaborator) Dirk Maggs, and performed by an ensemble cast with James McAvoy (It, Parts One and Two, X-Men: First Class, Split) in the title role, this first installment of a multi-part original audio series will transport you to a world that re-writes the rules of audio entertainment the way that The Sandman originally re-defined the graphic … Jack McBrayer, Paula Pell, Paul Rudd and Amber Ruffin lead in the star-studded Audible Original comedy series âEscape from Virtual Island,â written by John Lutz and produced by Broadway Video. It will be free for Audible members this year.
With Neil Gaiman, Mx Justin Vivian Bond, Arthur Darvill, Kat Dennings.
Audible’s audio production was already pretty exciting news for Sandman fans, but it’s quickly becoming a dream come true.
From award-winning author Neil Gaiman and adapted for Audible by the great Dirk Maggs, you’ll be swapped away in an Epic adventure you could have never imagined. The production will be released in English initially, with French, German, Italian, Castilian Spanish and Latin American Spanish editions to follow.