Bigger dreams: how Neil Gaiman's Sandman universe is expanding | Books | The Guardian

When Neil Gaiman announced in March that he would be returning to the world of Sandman, the comic that made his name back in the 1980s, fans were delighted.But the writers he chose to develop four new strands to the story of Morpheus - Simon Spurrier, Nalo Hopkinson, Dan Watters and Kat Howard - admit they were a little apprehensive.

"We all went into the project with an understandable amount of trepidation to colour the enthusiasm," says Spurrier, who has joined forces with the artist Bilquis Evely on The Dreaming, "imagining ourselves politely borrowing Neil's toys, respectfully spending a little time mucking about in his proverbial sandpit, but ultimately returning everything unmarked and unchanged."