Absolute Sandman

520 pages

English language

Published Nov. 11, 2011 by DC Comics.

ISBN:
978-1-4012-3202-3
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4 stars (5 reviews)

3 editions

Review of 'Absolute Sandman' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Easily the weakest volume, so far, in this series. The same story appears twice, once as illustrated short story, once as comic adaptation and whilst its a really good story, twice in a row isn't very interesting... The other pieces aren't bad, but are slight, and the focus is usually on someone or something other than Morpheus. Only the Overture volume to go; hoping for better than this.

Review of 'The absolute sandman.' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

How good was Sandman, really? I asked myself. After all I was in my late teens and it was a long time ago. Should I take a risk on those gigantic anthologies, The Absolute Sandman or a lesser commitment on the comparatively tiddly first paperback collection, Preludes and Nocturnes? How much of it did I actually read back then? There was Death and a Cereal Convention and a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream but there was definitely much more I had not read.

OK - let's play with house money and get The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 1 for my birthday.

Good choice! Because this book is utterly gorgeous simply as a physical object and the art is scaled up from the 8 issue paperback collections. (Also re-coloured, whatever that means for quality - ask a person who knows about comics.) There's also a pile of ancillary material collected at …

Review of 'The absolute sandman.' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

after hearing so many good things about this series, I'm finally starting it.
it's quite dense, plot-wise, and I'm still not sure if this sexy immortal-man-of-mystery is supposed to be a hero or villain (I'm imagining a mix of Neil Gaiman himself with a heavy dose of Alan Rickman's Snape) but I'm enjoying the romp so far. this was a huge volume - 600+ pages - and I didn't look ahead to see how many volumes there were, so imagine my oh cripes! reaction when I finally saw there are 5 volumes. so this will not be a quickly achieved goal.

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  • Comics & graphic novels, science fiction