Well, this is of course, brilliant. But why? It occurs to me that the world Gaiman set up for himself was in fact the perfect tool for him: He could incorporate any mythology, religion, genre, location or time and still make it all self-consistent, hence allowing his imagination to go wherever it wa...
My least favorite of the group, but I could have just been in a bad mood. Or maybe this one just wasn't for me. I enjoyed the other installments in the series that were short stories, this one just didn't take. However, it sets the stage for vol. 7, which might just be my favorite thus far. So, ya k...
A sterling example of the kind of achievement in storytelling that graphic novels/comics can achieve
As much as I like the Lord of the Rings the unrelieved black and white of good and evil can become tiresome. The Orcs are always evil. Mordor is always evil. Aragorn is always good. The elves are always good, to a person. The real word isn't like this. I know this is fiction but the best ficti...
Oh don't worry, 'Sandman's still good. The series simply couldn't sustain the level of the first 20 issues or the superb "Season of Mists" and "A Game of You" arcs found in 'Absolute Sandman, Vol. 2'.Collecting issues #40-56, plus the usual bonus features, the two arcs here are "Brief Lives" and "Wo...
Yawn.
As always, good stories. I just wish the typefaces weren't so invariably hard to read.
My favorite was the story of Emperor Norton. I'm not sure I got the point of the Caesar story. The Orpheus story was just so sad. But I loved the grandfather telling the uninterested granddaughter a story about their people in the old country.Library copy.
I picked this up and started reading it the moment I finished volume 2. I hardly remember what was what anymore, and since it's all really one big story it hardly matters. I have read Sandman through at least four times (I've read individual storylines or even individual issues even more than that) ...
Like in Dream Country, the real strength of the Sandman series is in the one shot stories rather than the extended narratives. Stand outs included in this collection include August, Orpheus, and Ramadan. Ramadan alone would make the volume worth 5 stars.
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