false 114857 4 When a tired Lucifer closes up Hell, leaving Dream in charge, Death finds the suddenly homeless souls are drawn to her like moths to a flame. What's a girl to do? Her sister Delirium throws a party, and in the ensuing chaos, Death is left to save not just the afterlife but the crockery as well. 110599 book 1 7 2003 Death: At Death's Door total:182|5:29|4:65|3:57|2:23|1:8| 182 630 240 33 2 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 24 00:22:39 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 24 09:11:52 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 08:33:30 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 18:16:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 12 22:03:54 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 17:50:04 -0700 2009 "Sandman" comic book series is his older sister, Death--no hooded grim reaper, but a perky, black-clad Goth chick.

In retelling the series "Season of Mists" story line, writer-artist Thompson depicts Deat...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 20 08:04:35 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 16:16:52 -0700 2009 Lucifer has quit, closed hell and set the dead/damned all free.

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A manga re-interpretation of Neil Gaiman's Sandman, the mixture of cute with the dark, sometimes gruesome storyline of that series is very neat.

...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 22:07:37 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 20:45:21 -0800 2009 The Dead Boy Detectives in mind). Her line is lovely, but little matters like plot arc, pacing, characterization, and coherence seem to dissolve halfway through her stories, if not earlier.

...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jul 22 14:32:08 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 11:00:45 -0700 2008 Death: At Death's Door through a bookswap site, and I hadn't look at it very closely before requesting that it be sent to me. I was surprised and little disappointed to learn that it's manga; I had expected it to be a graphic novel along the lines of Death: The Time of Your...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jun 02 14:33:41 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 14:33:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 10:53:51 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 10:57:45 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Sep 23 18:01:59 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 18:01:59 -0700 2008
Hilarity ensues.

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