Back Death: The High Cost of Living German Muerte: El alto coste de la vida Spanish La vie n'a pas de prix French Halál: Az élet mindig drága Hungarian Death: l'alto costo della vita Italian Death: The High Cost of Living Dutch
| Death: The High Cost of Living | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Vertigo |
| Format | Limited series |
| Publication date | March – May 1993 |
| No. of issues | 3 |
| Main character(s) | Death of the Endless |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Neil Gaiman Mike Dringenberg |
| Written by | Neil Gaiman |
| Penciller(s) | Chris Bachalo |
| Inker(s) | Mark Buckingham |
| Letterer(s) | Todd Klein |
| Colorist(s) | Steve Oliff |
| Editor(s) | Karen Berger Lisa Aufenanger |
| Collected editions | |
| HC (Nov 1993) | ISBN 1-56389-132-8 |
| TPB (Jun 1994) | ISBN 1563891336 |
Death: The High Cost of Living is a 1993 comic book limited series written by Neil Gaiman with art by Chris Bachalo and Mark Buckingham. It is a spin-off from Gaiman's best-selling Vertigo Comics series The Sandman, featuring the Sandman (Dream)'s elder sister, Death of the Endless. Its premise is that Death takes human form once a century, to remain grounded and in touch with humanity,[1] an idea touched upon in several other media, for example in the 1934 film Death Takes a Holiday and in the Terry Pratchett novel Reaper Man.
A movie based on this series has been in the works for several years in various stages of development and was in the works at New Line Cinema. Gaiman had previously confirmed that this movie was in progress and that he was planning on writing the script and directing it, with Guillermo del Toro as executive producer. The film was developed under the title Death and Me, but as of 2010 development was put on hold.
- ^ Irvine, Alex (2008). "Death". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). The Vertigo Encyclopedia. New York: Dorling Kindersley. pp. 54–56. ISBN 978-0-7566-4122-1. OCLC 213309015.