The Sandman: Overture is a six-issue comic book miniseries written by Neil Gaiman with art by J.H. Williams III. A prequel to Gaiman's The Sandman series, it debuted in 2013, 17 years after the end of the regular series. A deluxe edition combining all six issues was published in November 2015. The series won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story in 2016.