by Charles Vess, Colleen Doran, Michael Zulli, Mike Dringenberg, Chris Bachalo, Todd Klein, Kelley Jones, Daniel Vozzo, Steve Parkhouse, Sam Kieth, Malcolm Jones III, Steve Oliff, John Costanza, Neil Gaiman
How good was Sandman, really? I asked myself. After all I was in my late teens and it was a long time ago. Also probably the first comic for adults I ever read. Should I take a risk on those gigantic anthologies, The Absolute Sandman or a lesser commitment on the comparatively tiddly first paperbac...
For some reason I can't seem to shake my image of DC as the stodgy, predictable, older cousin of Marvel. I grew up reading a lot of the DC Archive editions of gold and silver age titles, and as enjoyable as they were, they were pretty white bread. A friend in college loaned me 'Batman: The Killing J...
Yeah, I know Gaiman is God and Sandman is his avatar. Still didn't like it. Sorry.
This book is a beautiful bound tome with gorgeous art and some wonderful stories. Content-wise, I could tell that Neil Gaiman was experimenting when he began writing this now-famous series. The quality of the story is a bit uneven. Some of the novels were amongst some of the best graphic novels I ha...
It's been more than ten years since I first read Sandman, and I've read it through probably close to a dozen times since. This is my first crack at The Absolute Sandman. Obviously, I love Sandman, or I wouldn't be reading it yet again. And yet, I never read exactly the same Sandman twice. I see more...
This is an absolute must-have-and-read for anyone who is keen on graphic novels. The paper is really classic, if you like comic books this is an ultimate buyer and keeper. Nice stuff and high four stars.
When I first started reading Sandman, which was after I was introduced to Neil Gaiman through American Gods and Stardust, I had to interlibrary loan each volume, meaning (since I wanted to be able to keep track of them and ensure the loaning library got the books back in a timely fashion) I had to w...
I will start by saying that this is an absolutely gorgeous book. It's a compilation that was obviously done with great care and attention to detail, and as a result it has a very imposing physical presence. I found myself checking if my hands were clean before picking it up to read (and I'm not kidd...
now that i have all 4, it's time for a reread!
I'm a Gaiman fan, and I got this for Christmas '06. It was my first real introduction to graphic novels, (or as Mr. Neil still calls them: comic books.) I've branched out since then, but this is such an unbelievable body of work, compelling storyline, extraordinarily riveting artwork... If you haven...
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