It’s being reported that The Dark Knight Rises and Inception star Joseph Gordon-Levitt is set to produce an adaptation of Neil Gaiman‘s popular comic book series The Sandman with David Goyer for Warner Brothers.

In addition to producing, it’s also being reported that Gordon-Levitt could also star in the adaptation as the protagonist, and might even take on directing duties as well. The actor made his directorial debut recently with the romantic dramedy Don Jon.

My name is Blake Northcott, and I have a comic book addiction.

And Image Comics is to blame.

It seems like every Wednesday, an Image title forces me to jump in my car and race to the comic book store, shotgunning Red Bulls while ignoring stoplights and pedestrians along the way. The action/drama set in an all-too-realistic dystopian future, Lazarus, is on my pull list. Breakthrough artist of the year Jon “˜Roc’ Upchurch makes newcomer Rat Queens a monthly must-read. Matt Fraction’s Sex Criminals is one of the most unique books I’ve read in years. And Mark Millar’s Jupiter’s Legacy has become a personal obsession (with issue #3 being the single best issue of any comic I’ve read in 2013).

With that, here’s my 3 hottest New Comic Book Day picks for October 30, 2013.

Vertigo Comics has released another look at Neil Gaiman‘s upcoming Sandman prequel, titled Sandman: Overture. Check out the preview here below.

During last July’s Comic-Con in San Diego, the DC imprint announced the prequel miniseries and gave a first look at the cover. J.H. Williams III will be doing the interior art for the miniseries, while Williams along with long-time Sandman cover artist Dave McKean, will provide the covers. At the time of the announcement, Gaiman revealed that he always had another Sandman story up his sleeve and that this new tale would be about the events that led up to Morpheus being captured (which is the premise of Sandman #1).

Author Clive Barker, whose books launched the Hellraiser and Candyman film franchises, is also an accomplished artist. His artwork has accompanied several of his books, like Thief Of Always and the Abarat series.

Today, Barker posted a photo of a painting he did called “Death of the Endless” based on the character Death from Neil Gaiman‘s popular comic book series, The Sandman. A black and white version of this painting was the frontispiece for the 1996 short-story anthology novel, The Sandman: Book of Dreams.

Check out the full-color version of the painting here below.

Each and every week “I’m sorry” Henchman21 AND “He’s very sorry” MK2Fac3 read a lot of comics. Seriously you guys, a lot of comics. Maybe too many comics. I mean, it is possible”¦ theoretically. Naturally, they looks forward to some more than others. I mean, who doesn’t? So, let’s take a look into the depths of their pull lists, grab some comics, and they’ll let YOU know what the top books to look forward to are for the week of November 14, 2012. Single issues and trades, they’re all here.

Okay, so I’ve missed the last few weeks and for that I am sorry. I promise to you that I am punishing myself by not having any pudding for an entire month. Okay, better make that a week. Don’t you worry, I will be severely reducing the amount of pudding in my body. To make it up to you, my gentle reader, I am presenting an oversized GoD List this week. That’s right, I have tons of stuff for you to check out, and if your store doesn’t have any of these books, just ask your local comic seller and he or she will be more than happy to get it for you. So let’s get this extra size GoD List going!