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The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country is a collection of four Sandman stories, plus a script version of one of the issues. The stories are interesting in that they mainly figure Dream as a presence, rather than a main character, and that works exceedingly well in giving a real sense of the Endless as things [...] In the first volume of Y: The Last Man, we were given the premise: a mysterious virus / curse / wtf has caused every mammal with a Y chromosome to die spontaneously, all at the same time. Not just adults, either: kids, embryos, even sperm are all toast. All except for Yorick, a hapless escape [...] There are three really great things about The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll’s House. One: Neil Gaiman’s writing is picking up steam. Two: the artwork is tons better than the first volume. Three: the story is awesome sauce. Alas, poor Yorick… or maybe not. Yorick, the titular “Y” in Y: The Last Man, is stunningly lucky. One day, in a single moment, all mammals with a Y chromosome (the other titular “Y”) spontaneously, and with much vomiting of blood, keel over and die. All except Yorick and Ampersand, the male capuchin helper monkey [...] The Sandman is, justifiably, one of the most famous comic series. Written by Neil Gaiman, it is, along with Watchmen, one of those series that even non-comic readers might have actually heard about (if you don’t count naive answers like, “Batman” or “Spiderman” as comic book series). The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes is where this [...] |
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