The Sandman: Brief Lives

In The Sandman: Brief Lives, a single-issue prestige-format story from DC, writer Neil Gaiman and artist Jill Thompson follow the immortal Dream as he embarks on a road trip through the mortal world with his sister Delirium, searching for their missing brother Destruction. This 1994 chapter of the larger Sandman saga distills the series' signature blend of mythic fantasy and human emotion into a tight, visually lush narrative. A key entry in Gaiman's foundational run, it showcases Thompson's expressive art and deepens the character-driven exploration of the Endless family.