The Annotated Sandman, Vol. 1
A Horror, Comics, Sequential Art book. Sometimes, in interviews, I am asked whether The Endless are a dysfunctional family. I do...
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERMeet the Endless, a family of immortals that govern all aspects of life and death throughout the universe. However, one of theirown lays captured--Dream, the Lord of Sleep. As Dream makes his escape and returns to his duties after 70 years of imprison-ment, he encounters countless characters from myth, legend and comics, from Lucifer himself to the tragic Greek hero Orpheusto the HELLBLAZER John Constantine.New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman's transcendent series SANDMAN is often hailed as the definitive Vertigo titleand one of the finest achievements in graphic storytelling. Gaiman created an unforgettable tale of the forces that exist beyondlife and death by weaving ancient mythology, folklore...
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- ISBN: 9781401233327 / 1401233325
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Sometimes, in interviews, I am asked whether The Endless are a dysfunctional family. I do not believe i have ever observed a "functional" family, families are comprised, in equal measure, of unquestioning and undeserved love and of unquestioning and cruelly undeserved irritation: we muddle along s best we can. And that's the best that can be said for us. Neil Gaiman, The Annotated Sandman, Vol. 1 //
I really love the dark and whimsical way Gaiman has with his work. The artwork is it's own style; it features interesting character designs reminiscent of 80's goth. My only complaint is the physical book itself has a weak spine in comparison to the size and weight of the book, meaning that you need to be a little more careful with... This is a black-and-white first volume of the first 20 issues of "The Sandman", an epic series written by Neil Gaiman.Leslie S. Klinger has annotated this volume, and will annotate the rest as well. The annotations range from historical - e.g. information on William Shakespeare's name and the versions of it - to clerical, the arcane... My rating reflects the annotations, not the sandman story itself (which i've already rated separately on my first reading):The opening essay may be the best thing about the whole annotated series: a broad overview of comics.First off it took me awhile to adjust to it being entirely in black and white, i understand it must be to save...
