Parasomnia: The Graphic Album - (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

For fans of mind-bending fantasy, a graphic novel companion to Dream Theater's Parasomnia album featuring eight vivid tales that blur the line between dreams and reality, brought to life by award-winning creators.

A companion to the acclaimed Dream Theater album, PARASOMNIA: The Graphic Album expands on the exploration of just how thin the line is between the waking world and the world of dreams, as each of the 8 powerful tales examines the impact of the dreaming world on our everyday lives; Brought to life by a stunning roster of award-winning writers and artists.

About the Author

Kevin James Anderson (born March 27, 1962) is an American science fiction author. He has written spin-off novels for Star Wars, StarCraft, Titan A.E. and The X-Files, and with Brian Herbert is the co-author of the Dune prequel series. His original works include the Saga of Seven Suns series and the Nebula Award-nominated Assemblers of Infinity. He has also written several comic books, including the Dark Horse Star Wars series Tales of the Jedi written in collaboration with Tom Veitch, Dark Horse Predator titles, and The X-Files titles for Topps. Some of Anderson's superhero novels include Enemies & Allies, about the first meeting of Batman and Superman, and The Last Days of Krypton, telling the story of how Superman's planet Krypton came to be destroyed.

Anderson has published over 140 books, over 50 of which have been on US and international bestseller lists, and he has more than 23 million books in print worldwide.

Anderson is working as a professor at Western Colorado University. Anderson has been a Literary Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker at the Life, the Universe, & Everything professional science fiction and fantasy arts symposium, on at least three occasions: 2016, 2006 and 1993. In 2021, Anderson was inducted into the Colorado Authors Hall of Fame along with Stephen King and James Michener. He has twice won the Scribe Award and in 2012 was elected Grandmaster of the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers.

Since coming through Clarion West in 2005, Cat Rambo's 300+ fiction publications have included stories in Asimov's, Clarkesworld Magazine, and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and frequently appear in year's best of collections. They work across genre, writing literary, thriller, science fiction, slipstream, fantasy, magic realism, historical, and humor with fluid ease, making them one of the leaders in American story writing.

Lydia is a Madrid-based comic artist and illustrator. She studied fine arts at the Complutense University of Madrid and has been active in the comics industry for several years, working on projects ranging from independent commissions to major publishing collaborations.

Most notably, she worked as an artist and inker for Marvel, contributing to the Women of Marvel comic anthology. Her work focuses on dynamic storytelling, expressive characters, and a deep love for the medium.

Raab made his Marvel debut as an interviewer for artist Gary Kwapisz in Marvel Age Special: The Punisher Anniversary Magazine. In the letters section of X-Men vol. 2 #31, Raab was announced as the new assistant editor on X-Men books edited by Bob Harras, receiving that credit on several titles cover-dated April 1994 to September 1996, including X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine, X-Force and Generation X. During that time, Raab also joined New York University's Stan-hattan Project. Administered by his editorial colleague James Felder, the project sought out and trained potential comic book writers.

Written work by Raab includes stints on The Phantom (both for Moonstone Books and Scandinavian publisher Egmont) and Excalibur (vol. 1 and 2) as well as the second of volume of X-Men/Alpha Flight and Union Jack with artist John Cassaday for Marvel Comics. For DC Comics, Raab penned a number of issues on Green Lantern following Judd Winick's run, co-wrote several Teen Titans-centric short stories and mini-series with Geoff Johns as well as The Human Race mini-series, the Elseworlds one-shot JLA: Shogun of Steel and several titles for the Wildstorm imprint. Later work includes the four-issue series Living in Infamy for Ludovico Technique, co-written with Deric A. Hughes, and the 96-page graphic novel The Phantom: Legacy, a retelling of the character's origin. In 2009, Raab served as the editor for The Phantom: Ghost Who Walks series by Moonstone Books. In 2012, Raab and artist Pat Quinn began self-publishing their 8-issue series Cryptopia, previously released as a one-shot via Image.

Raab and his writing partner Deric A. Hughes were staff writers on Warehouse 13 writing their first episode "Duped" which aired August 25, 2009. They penned seven episodes over the 5 season run and eventually became the producers on the final season. In 2015, Raab and Hughes joined Beauty & the Beast as supervising producers penning four episodes of the show. Following the series conclusion, they contributed to the 2016-2017 season of The Flash writing the episode "King Shark", before joining Season 3 as co-executive producers and writers. The duo subsequently joined the writing team of the third season of Scream and acted as writers and producers for the final season of Arrow.

Gianenrico Bonacorsi is an Italian comic book artist and illustrator living in Paris. His style is realistic and detailed, as he mostly works with traditional techniques such as ink, pencil, watercolor, pastels and gouache. He also draws live, and as a comic author he works with visual storytelling and storyboarding too. In 2018 he started publishing with the French publisher Glénat. With them, he already published six comic books about mythology: Dionysos, Sisyphe & Asclépios, Le Deluge, La Génese, Romeo & Juliette and La Carmen, all from La Sagesse des Mythes series. In 2020 he started collaborating with the Parisian art gallery Achetez de l'Art, and since 2022 he also works as an illustrator for the French-American board games publisher Open Sesame Games.

Dan Hernandez (born November 20, 1983) is an American film and television writer and producer. He is most notable for writing Pokémon Detective Pikachu, which he co-wrote with his writing partner, Benji Samit (along with Rob Letterman, Derek Connolly, and Nicole Perlman). On television, Hernandez and Samit have written for One Day at a Time, The Tick, Super Fun Night, and 1600 Penn. They were named in Paste Magazine's list of the top 28 comedy writers of 2018. In 2019, Samit and Hernandez signed a long-term deal with 20th Century Fox Television to develop, write and produce animated and live-action series.