Sandman #[12]

This 2005 Polish edition from Egmont Polska collects a rich tapestry of short stories under the umbrella title Ulotne Życia ("Brief Lives"), with scripts by Neil Gaiman and artwork from Jill Thompson, Vince Locke, and Dick Giordano bringing each tale to life. Dave McKean's cover is characteristically haunting — a collage of fragmented photographic close-ups of a woman's heavily made-up eye, her lips, and the curve of her face arranged against cool blue tones, alongside a blurred classical nude figure and what appears to be currency, creating an atmosphere of beauty, transience, and unease. It's a beautifully composed package for readers exploring Neil Gaiman's Sandman universe in Polish.