Book #32 in 2013
The Absolute Sandman, Volume One
written by Neil Gaiman
"The Absolute Sandman Volume One
reprints issues 1-20 of THE SANDMAN, and features all-new coloring on
issues 1-18 commissioned especially for this edition. This volme also
includes a full reproduction of Gaiman's original proposal for the
series and the complete script and pencis by Gaiman and Charles Vess for
the World Fantasy Award-winning story "A Midsummer Night's Dream" from
THE SANDMAN #19, as well as afterwords by Gaiman and a gallery of
character design sketches showing the evolution of Dream of the Endless."
July 29th to September 7th - almost 6 weeks - 612 pages