The Kindly Ones was the epic climax, tying together myriad Sandman storylines into a delightful culmination of the series. The Wake, then, takes the loose ends left by those threads and elegantly offers endings for characters whose stories still go on after the universe-changing events of the previous volume. Hefty spoilers follow for Volume 9:…
Continue reading ➞ Sandman Volume Ten: The Wake – Loose Ends
Welcome back once again to the Dreaming, where we continue our jaunt through Neil Gaiman’s Sandman. The Netflix adaptation looms, lighting a fire under my ass to plow through the remainder of the series so I know all there is to know about Morpheus and his entourage of mystical friends and enemies. What started as…
Continue reading ➞ Sandman Volume Seven: Brief Lives – Delirious Road Trip
The Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman graphic novel series finally has a release date—August 5, 2022—and the announcement renewed my drive to finish the series. Thus my Sandman readthrough continues, this time taking me to Fables & Reflections, a mixed bag of tales. Fables & Reflections collects nine stories. Each narrative focuses on a…
Continue reading ➞ Sandman Volume Six: Fables & Reflections – Mixed Bag
The accolades for Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman have been piling up for years, gaining the series a well-earned audience and catapulting it to the top of many a “Best Graphic Novels” list. But this slumberific tale sat dormant on my shelves for years, waiting patiently for the right time to escape and plop right into…
Continue reading ➞ Sandman Volume One: Preludes & Nocturnes – Power Nap
