A Game of You

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A Game of You is a major story arc in Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman that follows Barbie’s journey into a surreal dream-realm to confront identity, memory, and the power of imagination.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf TheSandmanStoryArc
comicBookStoryArc
fantasyComic
collectedIn The Sandman: A Game of You trade paperback
The Sandman: Volume 5 – A Game of You NERFINISHED
colorist Daniel Vozzo NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Neil Gaiman NERFINISHED
editor Karen Berger NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Barbie from The Doll's House NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 1991
follows Season of Mists NERFINISHED
genre darkFantasy
horror
surrealism
hasContinuityConnectionWith Brief Lives NERFINISHED
The Doll's House NERFINISHED
imprint Vertigo NERFINISHED
inker Bryan Talbot NERFINISHED
Colleen Doran NERFINISHED
issueRange The Sandman #32–#37 NERFINISHED
language English
lastPublicationYear 1992
letterer Todd Klein NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Barbie NERFINISHED
Foxglove NERFINISHED
Hazel NERFINISHED
Thessaly NERFINISHED
Wanda NERFINISHED
notableFor explorationOfTransIdentityInMainstreamComics
prominentTransgenderCharacterWanda
numberOfIssues 6
partOf The Sandman NERFINISHED
penciller Shawn McManus NERFINISHED
precedes Fables and Reflections NERFINISHED
publicationMedium comicBook
publisher DC Comics
setIn New York City
The Land (dream realm) NERFINISHED
supportingCharacter George NERFINISHED
Martin Tenbones NERFINISHED
Morfeo NERFINISHED
The Cuckoo NERFINISHED
targetAudience matureReaders
theme dreams
gender
identity
imagination
memory
selfDiscovery
writer Neil Gaiman NERFINISHED

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Sandman notableStoryArc A Game of You
subject surface form: The Sandman