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As you can tell from my name and the books I've reviewed, I'm a Neil Gaiman fan. I really liked the character of Thessaly, so I stole her name for this e-mail address. I read a lot. Not normally comics, but Neil Gaiman is an exception. (Anyone who hasn't read Sandman should, as I've said many a time and as I will say again.) Mostly, I'm into fantasy novels. Write to me if you want to chat ab… Read moreAs you can tell from my name and the books I've reviewed, I'm a Neil Gaiman fan. I really liked the character of Thessaly, so I stole her name for this e-mail address. I read a lot. Not normally comics, but Neil Gaiman is an exception. (Anyone who hasn't read Sandman should, as I've said many a time and as I will say again.) Mostly, I'm into fantasy novels. Write to me if you want to chat about comics--I can't seem to get any of my real-world friends to read Sandman. :(
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I was hoping that the Sandman Companion wouldn't be too much of a repeat of the Sandman Annotations online, and, happily, it isn't at all. There's definitely enough new stuff to make it worth the cover price. Besides that, some things many fans are already familiar with from rumors and/or interviews are clarified here, like the origin of Death, and the connection between Delirium and Tori Amos. Each Sandman collection is discussed, one at a time, with insightful essays by Hy Bender, and then the Neil Gaiman interviews. There really is a lot of new information. For every issue, almost, there's some neat fact you didn't know before, or a comment from Neil. (For example, it's… Read more
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_Season of Mists_ (volume 4 of 10) isn't my favorite installment in the Sandman series, but it's a very good one. The story is exciting, cool, and intelligent, as expected, and the ending made me cry. I like the way this story introduces some important themes (like the beginning of the change in Dream's character, Lucifer abandoning Hell...) which you probably won't see the significance of until much later. There's always more to discover... The only thing I don't like about this story is the art. While the prologue and epilogue are very well drawn, and the interlude is okay, Kelly Jones, who drew the rest of the story, is my least favorite Sandman artist. In one panel Dream… Read more
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but it is. It's really, really good. No, not as good as Neil Gaiman, but you couldn't have expected that. It's excellent, though. It's also a huge improvement on the first "Dreaming" anthology, Beyond The Shores of Night. Caitlin Kiernan (who wrote two story arcs in this collection made up of 3 issues each) is a worthy successor to the Sandman universe--which is not an easy thing to be--and Peter Hogan (who wrote two short stories) is close. I shall now discuss each story. The first is "Day's Work, Night's Rest" by someone whose name I don't remember. I didn't really like this one. It started out trying to be serious (as far as I can tell), but ended… Read more
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