Neil Gaiman's modern classic American Gods will soon be arriving on TV screens, and to celebrate, there's a new edition of the book with cover art and illustrations by Daniel Egnéus.
Also getting gorgeous new editions are the other books in the American Gods Quartet – Anansi Boys, and two novellas, The Monarch of the Glen and Black Dog.
American Gods and Anansi Boys have new illustrations at the beginning of each chapter, while The Monarch of the Glen and Black Dog are illustrated throughout.
Egnéus told BuzzFeed: "I've always wanted to illustrate Neil's stories so I was very surprised and incredibly happy when Headline approached me."
"I knew his books very well, everything from Sandman, and American Gods to the short stories."
"I have always felt an affinity with the mystery, the horror and the magic of his visions."
"I saw this as an opportunity to add my perspective, to give it a visual darkness and attention to detail... a camera in the charnel house."
Black Dog & Monarch of the Glen.
"I had already figured out a lot of things in my head years before, especially for Anansi Boys."
"And the character Shadow, who is such a vague but great and deep character, I even felt I didn't need to make him look the same in all drawings."
"I've never had so much artistic freedom as with this project. Both Gaiman and Headline left me with free hands."
"Perhaps American Gods felt a bit daunting to illustrate. I didn't want to include cars or road movie elements."
"The last drawing when Shadow goes under the ice was a tribute to the suicide scene in Jack London's Martin Eden."
