Vess also contributed a story to the Fables OGN 1001 Nights of Snowfall, illustrated a Books of Magic cover and produced an issue of The Dreaming ( 2000 ).

The trade paperback has a very different cover design and illustrations by Vess, and has subsequently been reprinted with another different cover design.

In 2004 Vess also did both a color cover and front page illustration and additional black and white interior illustrations for a 20th anniversary ( signed, limited ) edition of Moonheart, by de Lint ( Subterranean Press ).

Also, The Sandman and its spin-offs have won 26 Eisner Awards, including three for Best Continuing Series, one for Best Short Story, four for Best Writer ( Neil Gaiman ), seven for Best Lettering ( Todd Klein ), and two for Best Penciller / Inker ( one each for Charles Vess and P. Craig Russell ).

Vess ' work can also be seen in the two Shakespeare adaptations in the pages of The Sandman, the first of which ( pre-Vertigo ) won the comic and duo the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story, and the last of which was also the final-75th-issue of the series.

Gaiman and Vess originally intended the story to be released complete, as a single book, which would better reproduce the painted illustrations of Vess and be a " story book " for all ages, and a release in this format was made in 1998.

In 1999, Charles Vess ' Green Man Press produced a portfolio as a benefit for Charles Vess ' wife Karen, injured in a car accident, titled A Fall of Stardust, which contained two chapbooks and a series of art plates.

In 1999, the Mythopoeic Society awarded Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature for Stardust.

After Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess won the 1991 Short Fiction award in 1991 — for the " A Midsummer Night's Dream " issue of The Sandman — comics were restricted to the Special Award: Professional category.

After Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess won the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction in 1991 — for the " A Midsummer Night's Dream " issue of The Sandman — comics were restricted to this category.

Vess has won several awards for his illustrations.

Vess contributed eight drawings for a prose-based inset that appeared in Sandman # 62 (" The Kindly Ones: 6 ") and illustrated the final issue of the series, Sandman # 75, a second Shakespeare adaptation (" The Tempest "), both now published by Vertigo.

It also received a Mythopoeic Award, and Vess was given the 1999 World Fantasy Award for Best Artist for his work on the series.

* World Fantasy Award: Best short story, 1991 for Sandman # 19, by Neil Gaiman and Vess.

* Will Eisner Comics Industry Award: Best Single Issue, 1991 for Concrete Celebrates Earth Day, by Paul Chadwick, Vess, and Jean " Moebius " Giraud

* Mythic Fiction series, with Ellen Datlow, illustrated by Charles Vess ( for Young Adult readers ):

She first appeared in The Sandman # 19 ( September 1990 ), and was created by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess.

By the late 1980s Vess had found a niche in the world of fantasy comic art with publications such as The Raven Banner: A Tale of Asgard written by Alan Zelenetz and published by Marvel Comics in 1985, The Book of Night, published by Dark Horse Comics in 1987, and The Warriors Three Saga, Marvel Fanfare # 34-37, 1987-88.

Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess ' Stardust was released by Vertigo as a heavily illustrated novel, rather than a regular comic, and Vertigo has also experimented with the dimensions of their OGNs, releasing several that are of a non-comic-book-standard size, including Dave Gibbons ' The Originals and Mat Johnson's Incognegro ( which also featured somewhat experimental artwork, namely art-by Warren Pleece-that was fully black and white, with no " halftones or grays ").

* Dr Deborah Vess: Merovingian and Carolingian bibliography, sources and web links.

* Tam-Lin, a Closet drama written by Elaine Lee and illustrated by Charles Vess, in The Book of Ballads and Sagas, Vess's collection of adaptations of traditional songs, mostly into comics form.

Written by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Michael Zulli, Jon J. Muth and Charles Vess, and lettered by Todd Klein.

The artwork of Charles Vess has infrequently but notably accompanied the words of Neil Gaiman on Vertigo projects, including the 4-issue Stardust ( 1997-8 ) miniseries, later reprinted as an illustrated hardcover book.

Ragtime banjo by Vess L. Ossman Columbia Records, 1910

* " Blaze Away " ( m. Abe Holzmann )-banjos Vess L. Ossman & Bill Farmer on Victor

Leading private collections which include the works of Villon are the Joachim Collection of Chicago, the Vess Collection of Detroit, and the Ginestet Collection of Paris.

Kerry Mills )-John Terrell on Berliner Records-Dan W. Quinn on Edison Records-banjo Vess L. Ossman on Columbia Records

David Reed & Sadie Koninsky )-banjo Vess L. Ossman on Edison Records

* " Whistling Rufus " ( w. W. Murdock Lind m. Kerry Mills )-Len Spencer on Berliner Records-Sousa's Band on Berliner Records-banjo Vess L. Ossman on Columbia Records & Berliner Records-Dan W. Quinn on Edison Records

* " A Hot Time In The Old Town " ( w. Joseph Hayden m. Theodore A. Metz )-Sousa's Band on Berliner Gramophone-Len Spencer with banjo Vess L. Ossman on Columbia Records-Roger Harding on Edison Records

Ben Harney )-Marguerite Newton on Edison Records-Len Spencer with Vess L. Ossman on Columbia Records

* " Smoky Mokes " ( m. Abe Holzmann )-banjo Vess L. Ossman on Columbia Records

The guerrillas scattered for cover.

They had for cover both darkness and a summer storm.

The dogs would run through the halls after him like a burst of bullets, and all the maids would run for cover.

`` It's safe '', Prevot had said, `` and it provides cover for our noise ''.

The doctor sat down rather wearily, caressing the hen and remarking that the city was not the place for a poultry-loving man, but no sooner was the remark out than a knock at this door obliged him to cover the hen with his greatcoat once more.

Sear on both sides then cover meat loosely with heat reflecting foil for juiciest results.

It has been the custom for most universities to stretch the blanket of accreditation for their liberal arts school to cover the shivering body of their fine arts department.

The difference is important, for although the older law of nations did cover relationships among sovereigns, this was by no means its exclusive domain.

But the practice is likely to be misleading, since it may seem to support a conclusion that, as long as the revenues from any class of service cover the imputed operating expenses plus some return on capital investment, however low, the rates of charge for this service are compensatory.

As the world's top sportsman -- pro or amateur -- Sports Illustrated tapped golf's confident Arnold Palmer ( Time cover, May 2 ), who staged two cliffhanging rallies to win both the Masters and U.S. Open crowns, went on to win a record $80,738 for the year.

Meanwhile, there appears to be enough money in the road's reserve fund to cover the interest deficiency for eight more years.

Searching for the best in spiritual stories, my roving editors cover not only the country, but the whole world.

Winter annuals typically grow low to the ground, where they are usually sheltered from the coldest nights by snow cover, and make use of warm periods in winter for growth when the snow melts.

Winter annuals are important ecologically, as they provide vegetative cover that prevents soil erosion during winter and early spring when no other cover exists and they provide fresh vegetation for animals and birds that feed on them.

It's generally a place where enemy units are expected to pass, and which gives reasonable cover for the deployment, execution, and extraction phases of the ambush patrol.

It is used with flucloxacillin in the combination antibiotic co-fluampicil for empiric treatment of cellulitis ; providing cover against Group A streptococcal infection whilst the flucloxacillin acts against the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium.

Some also claim it to be the oldest subway tunnel in the world, as it was built by the cut and cover method under a city street, specifically for the purposes of improved public safety, attaining grade separation and enhanced railway operations.

" a Christian ( Minaah ) once asked Abbahu in a tone of mockery, whereupon he replied: " When you will be wrapped in darkness, for it says, ' Behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the nations ; then shall the Lord rise upon thee and His glory shall be seen on thee ' lx. 2 ," ( Sanhedrin 99a ).

While this was OK for Europe, it meant that GSM could not cover large, sparsely populated rural areas of Australia cost effectively.

The ice cover is the main habitat for two larger animal species.

Light snowfall mainly occurs from December through March, but snow cover does not usually remain for long.

Offered the song by Dylan, Sheryl Crow later recorded an up-tempo cover of " Mississippi " for her The Globe Sessions, released in 1998, before Dylan revisited it for Love and Theft.