I’ve been reading Neil Gaiman’s story The Dream Hunters, both the novella illustrated in 2000 by Yoshitaka Amano and the new graphic novel by Gaiman’s frequent collaborator P. Craig Russell. Both are lovely.

The Amano version features 60 beautiful full-page illustrations, illuminating Gaiman’s spare and elegant prose.

P. Craig Russell’s version of the fairy tale is a graphic novel in four installments, with less luminous artwork, but a dynamic sense of story. Like the Amano version, it’s about a heartbreak, self-sacrifice, and the consolation of dreams.