The Sandman: Brief Lives

The Sandman: Brief Lives
Cover of The Sandman: Brief Lives  (1994), trade paperback collected edition, art by Dave McKean
PublisherDC Comics
Publication dateSeptember 1992 – May 1993
Title(s)The Sandman #41–49
Main characterDream
ISBNISBN 1-85286-577-6
Creative team
WriterNeil Gaiman
PencillerJill Thompson
Inker(s)Vince Locke
Dick Giordano
LettererTodd Klein
ColoristDaniel Vozzo
Editor(s)Karen Berger
Lisa Aufenanger
Alisa Kwitney

Brief Lives (1994) is the seventh collection of issues in the DC Comics series, The Sandman. Written by Neil Gaiman, penciled by Jill Thompson, inked by Vince Locke and Dick Giordano, coloured by Daniel Vozzo, lettered by Todd Klein, with cover art by Dave McKean. The introduction was written by Peter Straub but was published as an afterword; Gaiman wrote a brief introduction explaining this.

The issues in the collection, #41-49, first appeared in 1992 and 1993. The collection first appeared in paperback and hardback in 1994.

It was preceded by Fables & Reflections and followed by Worlds' End.