VOL. 61, BOOK 1, PART B, 2023, pp. 133 – 154 Full text (En)
Author: Zdravko Genov
Affiliation: Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv
Abstract
Since its debut in 1989, Neil Gaiman’s seminal work “The Sandman” has been widely regarded as one of the most important comics ever published, with issue #19, winning the “World Fantasy Award” for original short story in 1991. Originally published by “DC Comics”, the series saw its first publication in Bulgarian in 2022, courtesy of “Artline Studios”, with issues #1-20 appearing in three collected editions. As the translator of the aforementioned three books and with the field of comics being of particular interest to this writer, it is the goal of the current paper to bring to light the cultural and literary aspects of “The Sandman” and the difficulties of transferring them to Bulgarian.
Key words: The Sandman, Comics, Translation, Neil Gaiman, Cultural Adaptation
