# Is "Signal to Noise" by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Signal to Noise by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean (Victor Gollancz / VG Graphics, 1992) is identified by: First book edition: Victor Gollancz (VG Graphics imprint), London, 1992, collecting and revising the serialization that ran in The Face. Originally serialized in The Face magazine beginning in 1989; the 1992 Gollancz/VG Graphics book is the first book edition, with a near-simultaneous US Dark Horse edition the same year.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First book edition: Victor Gollancz (VG Graphics imprint), London, 1992, collecting and revising the serialization that ran in The Face
- Issued the same year in both a pictorial-board hardcover (ISBN 057505140X; no dust jacket was issued) and a softcover (ISBN 0575052848), with an introduction by Jonathan Carroll added for the book
- The US Dark Horse edition also appeared in 1992
- First printing identified by indicia with no later-printing statement
- Correct publisher/imprint: Victor Gollancz / VG Graphics

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean |
| Publisher | Victor Gollancz / VG Graphics |
| Year | 1992 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Comic / graphic novel |
| Key point | First book edition: Victor Gollancz (VG Graphics imprint), London, 1992, collecting and revising the serialization that ran in The Face |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First book edition: Victor Gollancz (VG Graphics imprint), London, 1992, collecting and revising the serialization that ran in The Face. Issued the same year in both a pictorial-board hardcover (ISBN 057505140X; no dust jacket was issued) and a softcover (ISBN 0575052848), with an introduction by Jonathan Carroll added for the book. The US Dark Horse edition also appeared in 1992. First printing identified by indicia with no later-printing statement.

## Is this the true first?
Originally serialized in The Face magazine beginning in 1989; the 1992 Gollancz/VG Graphics book is the first book edition, with a near-simultaneous US Dark Horse edition the same year. The expanded Dark Horse edition (2007) is 'first thus.'

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Signal to Noise* by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/signal-to-noise
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.