Tag: The Sandman
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Netflix’s The Sandman – A Few Thoughts
I had my doubts when news broke that Netflix would release a series featuring The Sandman. This particular piece of literary greatness has been the focus of many, many would-be screen adaptations over the years, and none quite reached fruition. Furthermore, of late, Netflix has not bolstered my confidence in its overall quality. Honestly, even…
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The Sandman: Overture by Neil Gaiman and J.H. Williams – A Book Review
Though I have enjoyed comic books pretty much since the age of three (I am currently 36), I have not bought a single-issue comic book since 2006. I largely wait for the collections’ debut, and, because these collections often come out a few months after the end of a storyline, must work diligently to avoid…
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The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman – A Book Review
I somehow missed the boat on this series that began in 1988. It ran through 1997, and some believe it is the greatest comic series to have ever existed. I finally-FINALLY-decided I needed to check it out. Gaiman himself has admitted in the past that Preludes and Nocturnes was a bit of a rough start…
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The Sandman: The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman – A Book Review
The Kindly Ones encompasses the direct consequences of the earlier volume, Brief Lives. In Brief Lives, Lord Morpheus (Dream) changes, for better or for worse. The actions that lead to such change must have ramifications, and The Kindly Ones details such repercussions. In The Kindly Ones, Lyta Hall, a character who has made sporadic appearances…
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The Sandman: Brief Lives – A Book Review
I thought Season of Mists was my favorite The Sandman volume until I read Brief Lives. Brief Lives absolutely has it all-drama, action, comedy, romance, and philosophical ponderings. It focuses upon Morpheus rather directly-unlike other volumes where sometimes he exists within the stories only peripherally-as he helps his sister Delirium track down their brother known…
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The Sandman: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman – A Book Review
I’ve heard much about The Sandman series for many years, and so last summer I finally decided to experience it for myself. The first volume was adequate, but it didn’t “wow” me as much as I expected. Probably because, by this point in time, Gaiman’s concepts had been copied and recopied so many times by…
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