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href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56389-132-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-56389-132-8">1-56389-132-8</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i>TPB (Jun 1994)</i></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1563891336" title="Special:BookSources/1563891336">1563891336</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Death: The High Cost of Living</b></i> is a 1993 <a href="/wiki/Comic_book" title="Comic book">comic book</a> <a href="/wiki/Limited_series_(comics)" title="Limited series (comics)">limited series</a> written by <a href="/wiki/Neil_Gaiman" title="Neil Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a> with art by <a href="/wiki/Chris_Bachalo" title="Chris Bachalo">Chris Bachalo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Buckingham_(comic_book_artist)" title="Mark Buckingham (comic book artist)">Mark Buckingham</a>. It is a spin-off from Gaiman's best-selling <a href="/wiki/Vertigo_(DC_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vertigo (DC Comics)">Vertigo Comics</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sandman_(Vertigo)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Sandman (Vertigo)">The Sandman</a></i>, featuring the Sandman (<a href="/wiki/Dream_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dream (comics)">Dream</a>)'s elder sister, <a href="/wiki/Death_(DC_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Death (DC Comics)">Death</a> of <a href="/wiki/Endless_(comics)" title="Endless (comics)">the Endless</a>. Its premise is that Death takes human form once a century, to remain grounded and in touch with humanity,<sup id="cite_ref-vert-deat_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vert-deat-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an idea touched upon in several other media, for example in the 1934 film <i><a href="/wiki/Death_Takes_a_Holiday" title="Death Takes a Holiday">Death Takes a Holiday</a></i> and in the <a href="/wiki/Terry_Pratchett" title="Terry Pratchett">Terry Pratchett</a> novel <i><a href="/wiki/Reaper_Man" title="Reaper Man">Reaper Man</a></i>. </p><p>A movie based on this series has been in the works for several years in various stages of development and was in the works at <a href="/wiki/New_Line_Cinema" title="New Line Cinema">New Line Cinema</a>. Gaiman had previously confirmed that this movie was in progress and that he was planning on writing the script and directing it, with <a href="/wiki/Guillermo_del_Toro" title="Guillermo del Toro">Guillermo del Toro</a> as executive producer. The film was developed under the title <i><a href="/wiki/Death_and_Me" class="mw-redirect" title="Death and Me">Death and Me</a></i>, but as of 2010 development was put on hold. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publication_history">Publication history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death:_The_High_Cost_of_Living&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Publication history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Death: The High Cost of Living</i> was originally published as a three-issue comic book miniseries, published monthly by Vertigo, <a href="/wiki/DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a>' mature readers imprint and cover-dated March to May 1993. It was the first stand-alone mini-series derived from the then-on-going <i>Sandman</i> series by Gaiman, and was written by him with artwork by Bachalo and Buckingham and covers by regular <i>Sandman</i> cover artist <a href="/wiki/Dave_McKean" title="Dave McKean">Dave McKean</a>. <i>The High Cost of Living</i> was one of the first new titles published under the newly created Vertigo imprint, alongside <a href="/wiki/Peter_Milligan" title="Peter Milligan">Peter Milligan</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Enigma_(Vertigo)" title="Enigma (Vertigo)">Enigma</a></i>, and is also notable for being one of the very few Vertigo comics to feature an alternative cover, as #1 did.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vertigo's other output in its debut month consisted of a half-dozen continuing DC series, newly moved to the mature imprint. These continuing series' included <i><a href="/wiki/Hellblazer" title="Hellblazer">Hellblazer</a></i> and Gaiman's own <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sandman_(Vertigo)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Sandman (Vertigo)">The Sandman</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Collected_editions">Collected editions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death:_The_High_Cost_of_Living&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Collected editions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The High Cost of Living</i> became one of Vertigo's earliest hardcover collected editions when it was published as such in November, 1993. The collection was prefaced with a foreword written by Gaiman-fan and collaborator, singer <a href="/wiki/Tori_Amos" title="Tori Amos">Tori Amos</a>, as well as the hard-to-find <a href="/wiki/Public_service_announcement" title="Public service announcement">public service announcement</a> AIDS-awareness 8-page comic <i>Death Talks about Life</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This short comic was written by Gaiman and drawn by Dave McKean, and featured basic <a href="/wiki/Safe_sex" title="Safe sex">safe sex</a> information about the transmission of <a href="/wiki/HIV" title="HIV">HIV</a> and AIDS. Included in issues of <i>Sandman</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Shade,_the_Changing_Man" title="Shade, the Changing Man">Shade, the Changing Man</a></i> and <i>Hellblazer</i>, it featured Death discussing life and demonstrating how to wear a <a href="/wiki/Condom" title="Condom">condom</a> through the use of a prop <a href="/wiki/Banana" title="Banana">banana</a>, and an embarrassed cameo from <i>Hellblazer</i> protagonist <a href="/wiki/John_Constantine" title="John Constantine">John Constantine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-vert-deat_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vert-deat-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The hardcover collection was reprinted as a <a href="/wiki/Paperback#Trade_paperback" title="Paperback">trade paperback</a> in June 1994 under a new McKean cover, with identical content. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death:_The_High_Cost_of_Living&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The mini-series shared the <a href="/wiki/Comics_Buyer%27s_Guide_Fan_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award">Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award</a> for Favorite Limited Comic-Book Series for 1993 with Frank Miller's <i><a href="/wiki/Daredevil:_The_Man_Without_Fear" title="Daredevil: The Man Without Fear">Daredevil: The Man Without Fear</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For their work in the mini-series, Neil Gaiman and Karen Berger received <a href="/wiki/Eisner_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Eisner Award">Eisner Award</a> in 1994 as Best Writer and Best Editor.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death:_The_High_Cost_of_Living&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main character is a teenage girl named Didi, who appears to be an eccentric, orphaned <a href="/wiki/Goth_subculture" title="Goth subculture">goth</a>, but who also insists that she is <a href="/wiki/Death_(Sandman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Death (Sandman)">Death</a> personified, taking her one-day every hundred-year sabbatical as a living person. She guides a <a href="/wiki/Suicidal" class="mw-redirect" title="Suicidal">suicidal</a> young male protagonist called Sexton on a journey of self-discovery. As the story goes on, Sexton gains a reason for not wishing to die, his love for the girl claiming to be Death. </p><p>Gaiman's take, as he started in issue 8 of <i>The Sandman</i>, is a young, attractive, perky Death in this fresh interpretation of the concept. For it was said in <i>Sandman</i> #21: 'One day in every century, Death takes on mortal flesh, better to comprehend what the lives she takes must feel like, to taste the bitter tang of mortality.' Didi manages to eat from street vendors, run into a number of people including a megalomaniac known only as "The Eremite" (not overtly stated, but implied to be an alternative future version of <a href="/wiki/Mister_E" title="Mister E">Mister E</a>, after his return from the end of time at Death's hands in the original <i><a href="/wiki/Books_of_Magic" class="mw-redirect" title="Books of Magic">Books of Magic</a></i> miniseries), and a British woman named <a href="/wiki/Mad_Hettie" class="mw-redirect" title="Mad Hettie">Mad Hettie</a> who is looking for her heart.<sup id="cite_ref-vert-deat_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vert-deat-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A character similar to Didi appears in Gaiman's <i><a href="/wiki/American_Gods" title="American Gods">American Gods</a></i>, in which she is seen at Rock City where the "Old Gods" are about to go to battle with the "New Gods". Here, she is portrayed as a host of the Voodoo spirit <a href="/wiki/Baron_Samedi" title="Baron Samedi">Baron Samedi</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Film_adaptation">Film adaptation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death:_The_High_Cost_of_Living&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Film adaptation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For several years, a film based on <i>Death: The High Cost of Living</i>, to be called <i>Death and Me</i>, was under production at <a href="/wiki/New_Line_Cinema" title="New Line Cinema">New Line Cinema</a>. Gaiman wrote the screenplay, and would also direct, with <a href="/wiki/Guillermo_del_Toro" title="Guillermo del Toro">Guillermo del Toro</a> as <a href="/wiki/Executive_producer" title="Executive producer">executive producer</a>. Gaiman spent several days on the set of del Toro's film <i><a href="/wiki/Hellboy_II:_The_Golden_Army" title="Hellboy II: The Golden Army">Hellboy II: The Golden Army</a></i> to get pointers on how to direct.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other than two additional scenes at the beginning (set in a <a href="/wiki/Tibet" title="Tibet">Tibetan</a> monastery and <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a>), and a move from <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> to <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> for the main setting, the screenplay was relatively unchanged from the comic script. </p><p>After being in <a href="/wiki/Development_hell" title="Development hell">development hell</a> for several years, work on it was renewed in 2007, but quickly derailed again due to the <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%932008_Writers_Guild_of_America_strike" class="mw-redirect" title="2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike">WGA strikes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Gaiman, the studio "may still be New Line, but <a href="/wiki/Warner_Independent_Pictures" title="Warner Independent Pictures">Warner Independent</a> is keen on it too." <a href="/wiki/Shia_LaBeouf" title="Shia LaBeouf">Shia LaBeouf</a> may have had a role in the film, possibly as the lead character Sexton, due to his help in trying to get the movie developed.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 14, 2010, it was reported in an interview with Gaiman that as of June or July, DC and Warner Bros. had closed down work on the film and it was unclear if they would start it up again.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_Sandman_spin-offs">Other Sandman spin-offs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death:_The_High_Cost_of_Living&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other Sandman spin-offs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Death:_The_Time_of_Your_Life" title="Death: The Time of Your Life">Death: The Time of Your Life</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Destiny:_A_Chronicle_of_Deaths_Foretold" title="Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold">Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Irvine">Irvine, Alex</a> (2008). "Death". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). <i>The Vertigo Encyclopedia</i>. New York: <a href="/wiki/Dorling_Kindersley" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorling Kindersley">Dorling Kindersley</a>. pp. 54–56. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7566-4122-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7566-4122-1"><bdi>978-0-7566-4122-1</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/213309015">213309015</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Death&rft.btitle=The+Vertigo+Encyclopedia&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=54-56&rft.pub=Dorling+Kindersley&rft.date=2008&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F213309015&rft.isbn=978-0-7566-4122-1&rft.aulast=Irvine&rft.aufirst=Alex&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeath%3A+The+High+Cost+of+Living" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The reatialer's premium Platinum cover, described on itself as a "Collector's Edition" <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=114286">ComicBookDb: <i>Death: The High Cost of Living</i> #1 Platinum Edition</a>. 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