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The first of four designed slipcased volumes, THE ABSOLUTE SANDMAN VOL. 1 collects issues 1-20 of The Sandman and features completely new coloring on the first 18 issues, as well as a host of never-before-seen extra material, including the complete original Sandman Proposal, a gallery of character designs from Gaiman and the artists who originated the look of the Sandman, and the original script to the World Fantasy Award-winning THE SANDMAN #19, "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," together with reproductions of the issue’s original pencils by Charles Vess.

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The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 1

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Endless amusement
And with parts better than wholes.
Dream as paradox.
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[[NOTE: This review covers the entire Sandman collection. And specifically the Absolute printing.]]

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Okay, I had heard about Sandman... seen the goth girls wearing ankhs (if you read Sandman you'll know why they wear them)... And had read how Neil Gaiman won very prestigious writing awards for this "comic book" of his.

But I was never a ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 23:12:25 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 08 10:58:42 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 13 21:40:09 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 21:40:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 07 20:27:07 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 11:01:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 11 19:45:16 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 19:51:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 15:26:36 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 09:13:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 11:42:18 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 11:42:18 -0700 2009
Very interesting conceptualizations. Mi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Jan 18 08:41:12 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 09:30:56 -0800 2009 Watchmen). But the Sandman books shouldn't be read in any other format. The oversized p...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 12 11:46:40 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 11:51:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 06:34:49 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 20:07:43 -0700 2009 4
I'm just gonna' go ahead and give this a 5, alright? Incidentally, I had no idea a standard-size comic book written when comic books weren't blown up could LOOK so good blown-up. This is a classic of writing, comic book canon, and art.

Thi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 08:51:56 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 06:29:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Jul 27 20:04:46 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 20:07:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 08:27:51 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 16:01:30 -0700 2009 Sandman in TPB form as a teenager; it’s always worrying re-reading something that meant a great deal to a younger self. Thankfully, Sandman completely holds up. The stories are smart, poetic, and rich in mythological and literary allusion. They are sometimes disturbing, too, more so t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 15:52:41 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 20:40:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Dec 29 12:30:31 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 06:24:40 -0800 2008
Oh my, this packaging is wonderful! Heavy, glossy, colourful. I will leave this on the coffee table for bouts of reading ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 20 18:32:07 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 18 15:41:08 -0700 2009
Absolute Sandman Vol. 1 covers the first three trades in the Sandman series: Prel...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 21:13:07 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 06:41:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 10:26:37 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 09:34:09 -0700 2008 multiple more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=23753