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Issue Details

Issue #39
Published August 1999
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 2.50 USD; 3.95 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Shelly Roeberg [Shelly Bond]; Jennifer Lee (assistant editor)
Notes Issue contains in-continuity framing sequence and untitled goth fairy tale dream story.

Cover Details - "The Lost Language of Flowers"

Genre fantasy
Pencils Dave McKean (mixed media art)
Inks Dave McKean (mixed media art)
Colors Dave McKean (mixed media art)
Letters Dave McKean (logo design)

1 page The Dreaming text article

Characters Sandman [Morpheus]; Maddy [Madelaine Arbogast]
Script Neil Gaiman
Pencils Christian Højgaard; Shawn McManus
Inks Teddy Kristiansen; Shawn McManus
Letters typeset
Notes Introduction. Illustrated with Black & White versions of art from pages 2 & 11 of issue.

7 page The Dreaming story "The Lost Language Of Flowers [pages 1-6, 24]"

Characters Cartographer of Dreams; Sandman [Morpheus]; Maddy [Madelaine Arbogast]
Synopsis Maddy gets glamour stone.
Genre fantasy
Script Caitlín R. Kiernan [Caitlin R. Kiernan]
Pencils Christian Højgaard
Inks Christian Højgaard (pages 1, 3-6); Teddy Kristiansen (pages 2, 24)
Colors Daniel Vozzo (colourist; separations)
Letters Todd Klein
Notes sequel to Vertigo: Winter's Edge #2 (DC, 1998 series)

9 page advertisement

Notes ads: Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver PlayStation game (Crystal Dynamics); the Chimp Channel (TBS); Blade video (New Line); Hard Rock Live (VH1); Shadowgate 64 Nintendo64 game (Vatical); 2 page ad: Voodoo3 3D graphics board (3dfx); comic strip ad for Excite auctions website; backcover: Syntec motor oil (Castrol)

17 page The Dreaming story "The Lost Language of Flowers [pages 7-23]"

Characters Cartographer of Dreams; Maddy [Madelaine Arbogast]; Eve; Lucien; Goldie; Merv Pumpkinhead [Mervyn Pumpkinhead]; Gregory
Synopsis Maddy has a dream.
Genre fantasy
Script Caitlín R. Kiernan [Caitlin R. Kiernan]
Pencils Shawn McManus
Inks Shawn McManus
Colors Daniel Vozzo (colourist; separations)
Letters Todd Klein
Notes Maddy has dream based on Kindly Ones storyline in Sandman, The #57-69 (DC, 1989 series).

Half page On The Ledge promo (ad from the publisher) "On The Ledge"

Script Brian Azzarello
Letters typeset
Notes promo for 100 Bullets

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Available This June"

Letters typeset
Notes August 1999 cover date Vertigo shipping list