The Sandman is a comic book series written by <a href="/c/books/credit/19623/neil-gaiman/">Neil Gaiman</a> and published by <a href="/c/books/credit/34568/dc-comics/">DC Comics</a> imprint <a href="/c/books/credit/74877/vertigo/">Vertigo</a>. Its artists include <a href="/c/books/credit/177570/sam-kieth/">Sam Kieth</a>, Mike Dringenberg, Jill Thompson, <a href="/c/books/credit/456187/shawn-mcmanus/">Shawn McManus</a>, Marc Hempel, and <a href="/c/books/credit/70223/michael-zulli/">Michael Zulli</a>, with lettering by <a href="/c/books/credit/73583/todd-klein/">Todd Klein</a> and covers by <a href="/c/books/credit/83634/dave-mckean/">Dave McKean</a>.