The Sandman: Book Six by Neil Gaiman

The Dream Hunters: I mostly skimmed this adaptation. I enjoyed the art, but not as much as that which accompanied the original. The story is still quite awesome.

The Sandman: Overture: Aaahhh! Victorian Death! She looks amazing. Truly, the art in “Overture” is amazing. I love it so much. So, so much to look at, too. Gonna have to go back and just peruse some of the pages just to see what I missed the first time.

The story is fantastic. I was riveted at every moment. Definitely an epic “beginning” to The Sandman.

The Sandman Universe: Eh, twas interesting. Not interesting enough to throw me down that rabbit-hole, but interesting. Nice art, too.

The Sandman: Book Five by Neil Gaiman

Midnight Theatre: Despite the pretty cool cover and the interesting enough art, I was very “meh” on this one. Not my style, really. All mystery and blackmail and exactly one semi-interesting character.

The Dream Hunters: Yoshitaka Amano’s art is frigging gorgeous. I love it, so so much. Seeing The Dreaming rendered this way is just amazing.

The story was fantastic as well. Gaiman’s very good at that old-school, fairy-tale vibe. This had it in spades.

Endless Nights: Feeling mostly “meh” about this little series. I do appreciate short stories, but reading them one after the other like this just isn’t my jam.

Green Lantern Lady falling at complete random for her own sun was… stupid. Hate it. I did think the art was really nice, though.

Not gonna lie, I skimmed most of Despair’s chapter. Just don’t need that shit in my head right now. Did not understand what was going on in Delirium’s bit, either. So there’s that.

In Other News

It's Eclipse Day!

I was lucky enough to be in the path of totality. It was so cool.

Image taken with my iPhone

The Sandman: Book Three by Neil Gaiman

Fear of Falling: Meh

The Hunt: Really liked this one.

Soft Places: I liked the concept of Soft Places. Kinda fun.

The Parliament of Rooks: Chibi Dream and Death are adorable. I enjoyed this one.

Brief Lives: Ultimately, Brief Lives is a meditation on change. I think it does a good job getting there. The characters throughout are some of my favorite since the first story arc. I do love me some Gaiman Old Gods. Delirium is quite delightful, and yes, I will be sticking with that semi-pun. I’m glad she got her closure.

Ramadan: I quite like the art in this one. The story, too, is pretty good. Kind of a “be careful what you wish for” thing.

World’s End: I really like the art for Cluracan’s story. “Hob’s Leviathan” and “The Golden Boy” were probably my favorites of this set. The concept of the Inn is neat.

Favorite Lines

"It is sometimes a mistake to climb; it is always a mistake never even to make the attempt." - Dream

"You shouldn't trust the story-teller; only trust the story." - Vassily

 

Cover Art Preceeding "The Parliament of Rooks"

This just amused me