The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll's House 30th Anniversary Edition

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My star rating is as much for Gaiman's material as it is for the notes Klinger adds to this particular edition of it, to be clear.

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Gregory the Gargoyle is Cain's pet at the House of Mystery and was a regularly featured character in that title. Most of the names that Burgess invokes during his incantation are the names of actual pagan gods and goddesses. I would love to hear audio productions of later arcs of The Sandman, like “Season of Mists,” in which a conclave of gods petitions Dream for the keys to Hell; “Brief Lives,” in which Dream takes his little sister Delirium on a cross-country road trip to find their lost brother Destruction; or the tragic, never-ending story of Dream’s son, Orpheus. This is the 2nd out of 5 volumes containing the complete comic series The Sandman. Continue to follow the adventures of Dream, as he regains power and control of his realm. In this volume, you slowly begin to gain more information on each of the endless and their realms. Morpheus has gained control of the underworld and others want it. A huge meeting is held to see who will win the key from him. Audible’s exclusive audiobook version of The Sandman is a well-produced, fascinating experiment. That’s fitting, given that the original story — a comics series about the king of Dreams — was also a weird experiment.But the Sandman audiobook is a fresh new creation, and the choice to re-create inessential instances of rape, homophobia, and queer tragedy — especially when working directly with the series’ original writer — simply reads as callous. Gaiman himself has said that he would change aspects of the comic if it were written today. Audible’s edition doesn’t. Image: Neil Gaiman, Mike Dringenberg/DC Comics The Sandman was written and set between 1988 and 1996, and was undoubtedly informed by contemporary events like the AIDS epidemic in America and England. Its treatment of queer people as sympathetic victims, rather than deserving ones, can be seen as progressive in its time. In that context, it’s perhaps easier to dismiss the comic’s use of homophobic statements as villainous chatter, easier to file its depiction of queer lives as often brutish and short under the umbrella of “contemporary realism.”

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And listen, I've known for years that fans loved this series, that it was one of the most critically acclaimed comics ever created. With all due respect to Alan Moore and Grant Morrison, it was Gaiman's Sandman that created the legacy of DC's Vertigo imprint, one that has proven impossible to live up to over the years. Even the many prose works Gaiman has released in the years since he completed his original Sandman run have not really, despite a broadened following, resulted in anything close to its equal. But it’s also the audiobook’s biggest weakness. The Sandman in audiobook is an adaptation where nothing has been lost in translation, except the opportunity to make a story about eternal stories more timeless. This issue is reprinted in Essential Vertigo: Sandman #1, Millennium Edition: Sandman (Volume 2) #1, Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes and The Absolute Sandman, Volume One. Reference is made to Brute and Glob in this issue. Brute and Glob were two nightmares that often worked alongside Garrett Sanford, the Silver Age Sandman. They were regularly featured characters in Sandman #. They make their first Post-Crisis appearance in Sandman (Volume 2) #11. As with volume 1, my rating and review relate only to the annotation work and the actual physical book in my hands, not to Sandman overall.One passage states that Unity Kinkaid dreams of a "tall dark man". On the surface it appears as if Gaiman is describing Morpheus, but it is also possible that he may be describing Desire. Desire's connection to Unity Kincaid is revealed in "The Kindly Ones" story-arc later on in the series. If I’m being blunt about this, it’s out of love; a deep affection and nostalgia for The Sandman and the quality of its storytelling when the series is at its greatest. Gaiman and his collaborators — a murderer’s row of industry giants like Kelley Jones, Colleen Doran, Chris Bachalo, and more — crafted one of the very best stories about stories that the canon has ever seen. I want that story to live as long as possible. still not loving the annotations but they are more informative in this one at least. still don't care or understand the reasons for telling me about every ad drop in the original book, that's less than useless.

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Burgess tells his prisoner that he hasn't had a decent night's sleep in over sixty years. He blames Morpheus for his current state. The issue was directly adapted into an episode of the Sandman Audible drama, and an episode of the Sandman Netflix series, both sharing the name with the issue. Dream's quote, "It was a dark and stormy nightmare..." is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night". The phrase was originally penned by Victorian novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton as the beginning of his 1830 novel Paul Clifford.First appearance of the Fashion Thing, another resident of the Dreaming. Like most beings who inhabit the Dreaming, the Fashion Thing goes by many different names. Her character is expanded upon in later issues.

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This issue establishes that many of the host characters from DC's various horror anthology titles of the 1970s are denizens of the Dreaming. Cain was the host of House of Mystery, while his brother Abel was the host of House of Secrets. The Three Witches were the featured hosts of The Witching Hour and Lucien was the host of the short-lived Tales of Ghost Castle. Another character that makes a cameo appearance in this issue is that of Raven Woman. Raven Woman is later revealed to be the Biblical Eve, who herself, was the hostess of Secrets of Sinister House. Eve, Cain and Abel were also recurring characters in the humor title Plop!.

One of the most popular and critically acclaimed graphic novels of all time, Neil Gaiman’s award-winning masterpiece The Sandman set the standard for mature, lyrical fantasy in the modern comics era. Illustrated by an exemplary selection of the medium’s most gifted artists, the series is a rich blend of modern and ancient mythology in which contemporary fiction, historical drama, and legend are seamlessly interwoven. The Sandman: The Deluxe Edition Book Two collects issues #17-31 of the original run of The Sandman, which includes the World Fantasy Award-winning “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and tales from the Angoulême International Comics Festival best script award-winning graphic novel “Season of Mists.” This volume also features the Sandman Special #1 and short stories from Vertigo: Winter’s Edge #1-3 that further chronicle the enchanting world of Morpheus, the Lord of Dreams, and his kin, the Endless. The Sandman: The Deluxe Edition Book Two by Neil Gaiman – Comic eBook Details