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It has an original plot and characters that you just find interesting at the moment that they are introduced. Preludes & Nocturnes is instantly one of my favorite graphic novels. I can't wait until I get the next Sandman. This Graphic Novel is Breath Taking. I like Neil Gaimen's work but this would be my favorite. The writing style is wonderful.
This book is like nothing else I have ever read or experienced. I recommend it to everyone who is ready for a huge departure from your everyday superhero comic. Some find this book a little weird and rightfully so. But this book will forever change how you sleep. In that case this has to be the greatest series of all time because i thought the first volume was amazing. Even Neil Gaiman proclaims that this is his clumsiest and least favorite of all of the sandman titles. What lost it a star was it was a bit anti-climactic in places and the showdown with doctor destiny didn't live up to my expectations. But aren't our dreams trippy and crazy.
I read a lot of graphic novels and this was good, but not great. The art work is not that great and the story lines are not as good as his novels. In my opinion, they are just average. I bought the entire Sandman series based on two things: I am a huge fan of Neil Gaiman's novels and the reviews of the readers. To tell you the truth, I am not that impressed. I know that this is supposed to be the "weakest" in the series, but I haven't been blown away by any of them.
In The Sandman, Gaiman explores a broad range of worldly issues ranging from man's struggle with mortality to intra-familial communication to the onerous responsibilities of work. In public. Dream and his alliteratively-named family (Death, Destiny, Delirium, Despair, Desire, and Destruction) comprise the "Never-Ending," and it is the trials and travails of this group that makes up the heart of the Sandman series.Though this work falls squarely in the realm of "fantasy," it is the tales' pragmatic humanity that makes them great. Though I'm not overly familiar with the medium, I can safely say this: The Sandman is the first work I'd recommend to a reader completely unfamiliar with the genre.
But tear up. Gaiman's professional life, was originally published by the DC Comics imprint Vertigo, and is now available as a set of ten softbound "graphic novels." Each of these volumes boasts a foreword by a different notable personality, and these introductions share one commonality: they are positively lavish in their praise for Mr. And what comic book author quotes Kipling on life after death."They will come back, come back again,As long as the red earth rolls.He never wasted a leaf or a tree.Do you think He would squander souls."-Rudyard Kipling(You've got to give him points for brevity).The Sandman is the real deal. It was this list (which I discovered as I was idly perusing the back cover of my newly-purchased copy of "Preludes and Nocturnes") that gave me my first clue that I was onto something rare."OMG," I thought to myself (and yes, sometimes I think in acronyms). This series, which represents a decade of Mr. Gaiman's opus.The "introducers": * Karen Berger * Clive Barker * Steve Erickson * Harlan Ellison * Samuel R. "If THESE bad boys of fiction have deemed the Sandman worthy of praise, then it's certainly good enough for me."As for the books themselves.They did not disappoint.The Sandman series loosely chronicles the life of Morpheus, King of Dreams. Gaiman doesn't shy away from life's most fundamental affairs, and he somehow manages to do this in an easygoing style tinged with just the right amount of wry humor.
It's art, it's literature, and most importantly it's a damn good story. Any new review of Neil Gaiman's Sandman series must at least MENTION those who came before. Delaney * Gene Wolfe * Peter Straub * Stephen King * Frank McConnell * Mikal GilmoreThis list (in case you didn't notice) includes some of genre fiction's all-time greats. What's more, his literary acumen is such that EVERYONE will catch a reference to something they've read, and I suspect that everyone will miss many more.Comic books are supposed to make you laugh out loud.
But be warned this is an extremely dark and disturbing place. Death.This is not just a light reading comic book, this is a dark graphic novel. This is a twist in storytelling I hadn't seen before.4) The return of Doctor Destiny, is very interesting. This is a great graphic novel.
In the final chapter you meet her, the one none of us what to meet. There are very few books I can read or movies I watch were I can't either predict what will happen next or predict the end. You get taken on a trip, an adventure worthy of a vivid Dreamlord. Very original.3) Mr Burgess, the occult leader, wants to control death. Sandman is compelling and original in its characters especially in the way Neil Gaiman weaves myth and traditions into an unfolding scene. With Sandman Preludes I couldn't predict anything and it was great to be taken on a trip with dream.Which brings me to the five reasons for 5 stars:1) The showdown in between Chorozone, the High Duke of the Eighth Circle and the Dreamlord. (who doesn't) He ends up failing and ends up unintentionally bringing a sleep sickness onto the world. He has the finally element the Dreamlord seeks to restore order and it gets all screwed up.5) How weirdly indifferent, yet human the main character and his sister are.
It has some humor but I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone feeling dark already.The art work, ink colors and backgrounds are all fantastic and only serve to enhance the story. This piece of fiction is one of my favorites of any genre, not just graphic novels or comics. This was a very, very interesting twist on the old "shoot out at the OK coral." I loved it.2) The reaction John Constantine has to Dream and then their working together to find dust in the second quest. Even though they are not humans you will recognize them and their compassion, however, that side is juxtaposed against cold, unfeeling or maybe unknowing side of inhumanity.
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