The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 4
Written by Neil Gaiman Art by Marc Hempel, D'Israeli, Glyn Dillon, Charles Vess, Dean Ormston, Teddy Kristiansen, Richard Case, Michael Zulli, Jon J Muth and Kevin Nowlan Cover by Dave McKean This final volume includes behind-the-scenes extras plus issues #57-75 and a story from VERTIGO JAM #1....
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Written by Neil Gaiman Art by Marc Hempel, D'Israeli, Glyn Dillon, Charles Vess, Dean Ormston, Teddy Kristiansen, Richard Case, Michael Zulli, Jon J Muth and Kevin Nowlan Cover by Dave McKean This final volume includes behind-the-scenes extras plus issues #57-75 and a story from VERTIGO JAM #1. Don't miss the end of what Playboy called "a modern myth, as well as a precis on why the stories we tell matter so much." Advance-solicited; on sale November 5 - 608 pg, FC, $99.00 US - MATURE READERS
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781401210854 (1401210856)
ASIN: 1401210856
Publish date: November 11th 2008
Publisher: Vertigo
Pages no: 608
Edition language: English
Series: The Sandman -3 (#9)
The fourth Absolute Sandman volume completes the main story arc of the series, combining disparate elements and characters to produce a finale that I did not expect at all at the beginning. Initially I struggled with not being able to discern how anything related to anything else but the second half...
"The Kindly Ones" was an excellent story, a great plodding tragedy only slightly hampered by Marc Hempel's art -- never been a fan. "The Wake"'s art, on the other hand, was so drastically different that it was a bit jarring. The stories tie together a lot of the loose threads of Gaiman's complex uni...
And so our story comes to a close, in a way, and in a way continues into infinity. There are so many doors left open, and I imagine that most of them will remain open. It's one of the best endings to a saga I know. I'm left feeling content with how the story ended, but still wanting more of this wor...