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The live-action adaptation of The Sandman on Netflix has arrived with an August 5th, 2022 debut for it on the service. PLEASE NOTE BEFORE SCROLLING: With this discussion thread, we’re hoping to change things up a bit because of the … Continue reading Sandman Season 1 Discussion
The live-action adaptation of Neil Gaiman‘s The Sandman is hitting Netflix on Friday August 5th, so today we will be discussing the comic series and its cast of characters. Our very own Beasterly wrote a series of Classic Comic Book … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – The Sandman
Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman Issue #70 Title: Which occurs in the wake of what has gone before Artist: Michael Zulli Collected in: The Wake Plot: The members of the Endless receive messages and they gather at the Necropolis. They create an envoy whom they name Eblis O’Shaughnessey to gather the sacred relics in order to have a funeral for Morpheus. In the Dreaming, Matthew is grieving. He feels guilty for leaving Morpheus to face his fate alone. Cain demands that Daniel recreate Abel, … Continue reading Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 70-72
Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman Issue # 65 Title: The Kindly Ones: 9 Artist: Marc Hempel Collected in: The Kindly Ones Plot: Rose takes up Paul’s offer to tour Fawney Rig. She discovers the secret chamber where Morpheus was imprisoned. Desire is there, and introduces themselves as Roses’s Grandfather. Rose wakes up and Paul finds a lighter in the shape of a heart. In Swartalfheim, [footnote] “Land of dark elves”. One of the nine worlds of Norse myth. [/footnote] the Corinthian and Matthew enter … Continue reading Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 65-69
Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman Issue # 61 Title: The Kindly Ones: 5 Artist:Marc Hempel & D’Isrseli Collected in: The Kindly Ones Plot: Still in her inner journey, Lyta Hall is offered Medusa’s place by the Gorgon sisters, but she declines, still searching for the Furies. Rose Walker visits Zelda, who is dying of AIDS. Zelda gives Rose a message from her dead grandmother, to go to the place where she slept and she will give Rose her heart back. Dream has remade the Corinthian. … Continue reading Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 61-64
Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman Issue # 57 Title: The Kindly Ones: 1 Artist: Marc Hempel Collected in: The Kindly Ones Plot: The trio are … Continue reading Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 57-60
Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman Issue # 54 Title: The Golden Boy Artist: Bryan Talbot & Mark Buckingham (framing story) Michael Allred (main story) … Continue reading Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 54-56
Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman Issue # 50 Title: Ramadan [footnote] The ninth month of the Moslem lunar calendar. [/footnote] Artist: P. Craig Russell [footnote] … Continue reading Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 50-53
Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman. Issue # 47 Title: Brief Lives Part 7 Artist: Jill Thompson & Vince Locke Collected in: Brief Lives Plot: Destruction … Continue reading Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 47-49
Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman. Issue # 44 Title: Brief Lives Part 4 Artist: Jill Thompson & Vince Locke Collected in: Brief Lives Plot: … Continue reading Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 44-46
Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman Issue # 41 Title: Brief Lives Part 1 Artist: Jill Thompson & Vince Locke Collected in: Brief Lives Plot: On … Continue reading Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 41-43
Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman Issue # 38 Title: “The Hunt” Artist: Duncan Eagleson & Vince Locke Collected in: Fables and Reflections Plot: A … Continue reading Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 38-40
Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman. Issue # 35 Title: “Beginning to See the Light” [footnote]The title is of a Velvet Underground song as well … Continue reading Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 35-37
Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman Issue # 32 Title: Slaughter on Fifth Avenue [footnote] Taken from the title of a song, “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue” … Continue reading Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 32-34
Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman. Issue #29 Title: Thermidor [footnote] The name comes from the revolutionary name for a summer month that mostly coinsided with … Continue reading Classic Comic Book Canon. The Sandman, issues 29-31, Special
Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman Issue # 25 Title: Season of Mists: Chapter Four Artist: Matt Wagner & P. Craig Russell Collected in: Season … Continue reading Classic Comic Book Canon. The Sandman, issues 25-28
Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman Issue # 21 Title: Season of Mists: Prologue Artist: Mike Drigenberg & Malcolm Jones III Collected in:Season of Mists Plot: … Continue reading Classic Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 21-24
Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman Issue #17 Title: “Calliope” Artist: Kelley Jones and Malcolm Jones III Collected in: Dream Country Plot: Author Richard Madoc has … Continue reading Classic Comic Canon. The Sandman. Issues 17-20
Welcome back. We’re continuing with The Doll’s House storyline. Issue #13 Title: “Men of Good Fortune” Artist: Michael Zulli and Steve Parkhouse Collected in: The Doll’s House Plot: 1389 Dream and Death enter a local pub. In this pub is … Continue reading Classic Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 13-16
Welcome back. We’re continuing with The Doll’s House storyline. Issue #9 Title: “Tales in the Sand” Artist:Mike Dringenberg and Malcolm Jones III Collected in:The Doll’s House Plot: A boy and his grandfather walk in the desert. He has been … Continue reading Classic Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 9-12
Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman Issue #5 Title: “Passengers” Artist: Sam Keith and Malcom Jones III Collected in: Preludes and Nocturnes Plot: John Dee escapes … Continue reading Classic Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 5-8
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