Before The Sandman, There Was Violent Cases, The First Teaming Of Multi Award-winning Writer Neil Gaiman And Innovative Artist Dave Mckean. Now, To Celebrate The 30th Anniversary Of This Seminal Work, Violent Cases Is Being Re-issued In A Hardcover Edition Of One Of The Most Influential And Groundbreaking Graphic Novels Of All Time. A Sensitive And Ingenious Work, Violent Cases Reveals The Often Murky Nexus Between Memory And Imagination Through The Narrator's Cloudy Childhood Remembrance Of A Visit To Al Capone's Osteopath -- And The Impact Of His Seedy Stories On An Impressionable Youth. -- Amazon.com Summary.