Previously: Sandman: ‘Preludes & Nocturnes’ Imperfect Hosts
Dream a Little Dream of Me is the third part of ‘Preludes & Nocturnes’. In it, Dream decides to go after John Constantine, the man who has his bag of sand. Continue reading
Previously: Sandman: ‘Preludes & Nocturnes’ Imperfect Hosts
Dream a Little Dream of Me is the third part of ‘Preludes & Nocturnes’. In it, Dream decides to go after John Constantine, the man who has his bag of sand. Continue reading
Previously: Sandman: ‘Preludes & Nocturnes’ The Sleep of the Just
Imperfect Hosts is the second part of Preludes & Nocturnes. It tells of Dream’s journey back into the Dreaming.
The Dreaming is the realm that Dream rules over. It is a vast realm, encompassing all that was dreamed, is dreamt, and will be dreamt. At the heart of the Dreaming is Dream’s castle, with a path winding around the Dreaming leading towards it. Continue reading
I’ll admit this first – I read Sandman out of order. (I read Volume 7, 3, 9, 8, 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, and 5). Looking back on it, I wish I could have read it in order. Even though it is possible to do otherwise, I really wouldn’t recommend it. Sandman isn’t rigorously based on continuity, but the experience is greatly enhanced by it.
Now onto the book. Continue reading
Well, having acquired all of the ‘Sandman’ comics, I’ve decided I’m going to do an issue-by-issue readthrough, recap and commentary.
For those of you who don’t know, Sandman is a really awesome comic series written by Neil Gaiman. It follows ‘Dream’, one of seven people in a highly dysfunctional family of god-like deities. Even though I really don’t like DC comics all that much, Sandman is a very unique comic – effectively using the comic book medium to deliver a unique blend of horror.
Anyways, next up: Sandman: ‘Preludes & Nocturnes’ The Sleep of the Just