Snow, Glass, Apples was first published in 1995 as a ‘chapbook’ – what most of us would call a novella – for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, with Charles Vess illustrations, and was quickly noticed as one of the year’s best. One of the good things about this has been that interested parties are now looking at his earlier work and seeing things to like. Of course, some mutter, we’ve known about this for years – his award-winning (Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus, Bram Stoker etc etc) prose in novel and short form, the Sandman graphic novels… but it’s nice to see that others finally get him as well. With the recent television adaptations of American Gods and Good Omens, it might be understandable that his global recognition is currently very high, probably the highest it’s ever been. Check out an exclusive first look at Doran’s stunning cover art below.It may be an understatement to say that writer Neil Gaiman is ‘hot’ at the moment. Snow, Glass, Apples hits comic shops and digital retailers on August 7, 2019, and is available for preorder now. Doran, in addition to contributing to The Sandman and illustrating Troll Bridge, is an Eisner and Harvey Award-winning cartoonist and the creator of A Distant Soil. Gaiman boasts a litany of accolades, including Eisner, Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy and Nebula awards as well as multiple New York Times bestseller nods for books like American Gods, Coraline, The Graveyard Book and The Sandman, one of the greatest comic series of all time.

Stopping ever after, however, is no small task… In typically topsy-turvy Gaiman fashion, Snow, Glass, Apples portrays a not-so-evil queen desperately trying to stop her wicked step-daughter’s “happily” ever after that was never supposed to be. Today, we bring Gaiman fans even more glad tidings: “Snow, Glass, Apples”, Gaiman’s chilling retelling of the Snow White fairy tale, will join Dark Horse’s growing stable of Gaiman adaptations courtesy of The Sandman contributor Colleen Doran, who previously adapted and illustrated Gaiman’s Troll Bridge.

Just last week, Paste brought you an exclusive preview of The Problem of Susan and Other Stories, the next upcoming release from Dark Horse Comics’ Neil Gaiman Library.

Snow, Glass, Apples by Colleen Doran