Before having Neil Gaiman’s vision, Sandman won two other versions in DC Comics.
Sandman finally made it to the catalog of Netflix this Friday, the 5th. The production was based on the comics of Neil Gaimanresponsible for going a long way towards creating the comics that were vital for an industry innovation – alongside watchmen (1986), v for Vendetta (1982) and dark Knight (1986), all from DC Comics.
How was the creation of Sandman by Neil Gaiman?
In the final stretch of the 1980s, editors and administrators of A.D they were concerned about not letting this creative source of more mature stories dry up. So they got together to propose strategies on how to keep new ideas flowing. They had a fairly common suggestion in the middle: renewing secondary characters that had fallen by the wayside, but in the hands of young, up-and-coming writers.
One of the chosen was none other than none other than Neil Gaimanwho chose to renew sandman. Originally, in 1939, the character was Wesley Doddsa billionaire who fought crime in a suit, gas mask and a tranquilizer pistol that put his enemies to sleep.
In the 1970s, Wesley Dodds had a reformulation with a script of Joe Simon and illustrations of the legendary Jack Kirby. This second version of sandman navigated people’s dreams and fought nightmares. However, the hero failed again, because he was too generic. See below:
These failed reformulation attempts motivated Neil Gaiman to give another vision to the character. So, the author always asked to Karen Bergereditor of DC Comics and creator of the adult seal vertigorenew sandman.
In 1987, Gaiman got what he wanted but Berger asked only for the author to keep the name sandman. That is, the writer could all the rest of the character’s mythology according to his own vision and authorship. That’s how it was created Morpheus the Dreamwith white skin, simple and dark clothes, messy hair and monotonous tone.
morpheus is an immortal being, personification and guardian of dreams, as well as being known to be part of a group called perpetualformed by the seven brothers, who represent aspects common to all living beings: Destiny, Death, Dream, Undoing, Desire, Despair and Delirium.
It is worth noting how the perpetual are not gods, heroes or villains, but entities beyond the divinity. Thanks to their existence, it is possible to hold together the physical universe and all life. The brothers also don’t have any kind of will to do good or evil, just fulfill their goals.
What is the plot of Sandman?
Both in the comics and in the series Netflix, morpheus is captured by occultists who wanted to imprison the Death. So, the character remained imprisoned in a glass bell jar for approximately seventy years before being able to break free.
Due to his absence from the world, humans are affected by uneasy dreams, two world wars and a cold war. After escaping, he must retrieve his objects of power: the sand pouch of dreams, helm and the ruby ​​of dreams.
Until the 5th of August I will only dream about this here. Sandman is coming. pic.twitter.com/TA1XIKlt59
— netflixbrasil (@NetflixBrasil) July 23, 2022
Source: Rollingstone
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