The Sandman #11: Moving In

The Sandman (Single Issues)

by Neil Gaiman

The search for her brother leads Rose to Florida, where she moves into a house filled with odd residents. Meanwhile, two of the escaped dreams reveal a bizarre connection to Jed, Rose’s brother, while the third dream continues their murder spree—and collects disturbing mementos from their victims.

Genres: Comics, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Horror, Graphic Novels Comics, Dc Comics

26 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 1, 1989

Reviews

[Semina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sometimes I wonder what was Mr Gaiman going through while he was writing these comics and more often than not, I don't want to find out.

[Snow]

Issue #11: Moving In (The Doll's House Part II)

aww I loved meeting the housemates (and Hal omg?? I didn't know he already did drag in the comics, these haters who've never read the series and are complaining about "wokeness" can go shut their faces) and I think it's amazing how much personality Rose shows just from her words in the letter. The panel where Dream is creating nightmares is incredible and seeing Morpheus absolutely pissed off is terrifying. Wouldn't want to get on his bad side. (but he looked so good though, I love his so much<3 I am also slightly amused haha)

ps: I saw a comment saying how the flames on his coat are directly proportional to his anger, which is really really cool and I wish we got to see that in the show too (apparently they did plan to add it, but unfortunately it did not look good enough in post, so they got rid of it. The markings for where the flames should be are still visible in the behind the scenes photo here).

[Dawn Cook · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liked it! Will definitely continue the series.

[Apoorva · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent continuation of what's turning out to be a great universe. I love how every tiny 25 pager end s on a cliffhanger (LOL KIDDING I HATE IT I LIKE CLOSURE)

[Rick Ray · Rating 4 out of 5]

The second part to the "The Doll's House" continues with "Moving In", where we follow Rose Walker begin her search for her long missing brother Jed. Turns out Jed is living in imposed squalor from his abusive foster family but copes by living a second life in his dreams in the company of Hector Hall (Doctor Fate) and his wife Lyta. It's gut-wrenching to see both Jed's living conditions and the tragedy behind Hector and Lyta, but it's artfully spun together to build a compelling narrative around the emerging dream vortex problem. Meanwhile, the Corinthian continues to carve his way through victims and lands a coveted spot in an upcoming convention for serial killers.

An excellent follow up to the previous issue, and Dringenberg really steps up here with the art duties. Some of the pages are homages to Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland, with Dringenberg adding just the perfect dose of horror and surrealism to make the homage land with the story at hand.

[Gunnar · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the first issue where I will begin to question myself on how I’m really rating these. From what I can remember, there is truly not an issue that I would rate less than 3 stars, as I enjoyed every single second of reading this story for the first time, and am enjoying it again in this re-read.

But, as a stand-alone issue, this is relatively weak compared to what I’ve read so far. But, at the same time it is incredibly important to setting up the main players for the Doll’s House arc, which is so fucking good.

Whatever, 3 stars for Fiddler’s Green at least.

[Iranoctis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Es ist eine Freude, Roses Nachbarn etwas kennenzulernen, aber das wahre Highlight ist die Binnenerzählung mit Jeds Träumen. Leider durchkreuzt der klischeetriefende Gassen-Zwischenfall etwas die Stimmung, die trotzdem kaum angespannter sein könnte und auf eine baldige Entladung hindeutet.

[Hugo · Rating 4 out of 5]

A busca por Zed! Novos aliados! Gilbert! A ameaça do Coríntio! O crime de Brute e Glob!

As coisas estão esquentando...

[sue rr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rose está em busca de Jed.

As coisas não acabam bem, Morpheus está possesso.

[Fay · Rating 3 out of 5]

Desire and Despair. Rules to live by.

[Alexander · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wish I knew what Gaiman was thinking/going through when he wrote these ...

[Lara · Rating 5 out of 5]

The story gets better and better as I progress through the comics. I'm so thrilled to be reading this and I'll definitely read more of Neil Gaiman's works once I'm done with Sandman.

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

El suspenso de esta historia me está matando. Los personajes excéntricos me encantan.

[Fernando · Rating 2 out of 5]

More weird characters as the plot get rolling. At least it’s going somewhere… I think

[Lola · Rating 4 out of 5]

So gore is back 😬. But the hero has some character development which is great.

[femmedenoir✨&#x1f98b; · Rating 4 out of 5]

Where?? Where does he draw his ideas from seriously ! He is eerily creative. His ideas are so out of the the ordinary and new. That’s it, never before seen ideas.

[Luiz Santiago · Rating 5 out of 5]

5

[Jenna Alcock · Rating 4 out of 5]

People never learn not to upset dream, can't wait to see that fight.

[OinkFish Pigs · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked how the story connected and I wonder what will happen next.

Low 10

[Jennifer Naveiras · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bueno,no me ha echo mucha gracia. De echo los episodios que plasman esta historia son los que menos me gustan.

[Merve · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was thinking of giving it three stars, but then, towards the end, it gave me some chills.

[Lucia]

2 stars

[Binati Sheth · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Doll House is building bit by bit... and now I await its collapse.

[C. Ting · Rating 4 out of 5]

im back hnggg, reading hiatus byebye :0

[Gege · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Conocen la ley. Mi ley. Y la han desafiado sin miramientos ¿Creían que podrían esconderse de mi?" solo con esta Villeta 5/5

[Nick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tiny peaks at the Dreaming, at Matthew, at vortexes.

[André Sousa · Rating 4 out of 5]

9/10

[Masiel Danae Turcios · Rating 4 out of 5]

Siento que la serie ensucio bastante una historia ingeniosa, pero las dos versiones sigue siendo muy buenas.

[Daniel Carvalho · Rating 3 out of 5]

O novo arco começa a ganhar forma e os momentos mais "mortos" dos fascículos anteriores começam a provar que conhecê-los valeu a pena.

[Roswitha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sandman #1 is called Preludes and Nocturnes. I prefer to get into the story rather than worry through tons of prologue, but in this case, I think I missed a lot by deciding to dive straight into v. 2, The Doll’s House, because I still don’t know WTF was going on. I’m trying to read the front matter Gaiman has supplied that says something about a guy named Burgess somehow nailing Morpheus, the Lord of Dreams. But the story is too dense and layered, and Gaiman is just summarizing it. So I dive into v. 2 with no preparation. The character whom some call the Sandman gets kicked to the curb early on, story-line-wise, while we fret about a young lady traveling with a guy named Gilbert looking for her brother who was kidnapped and is still being tortured by a strange couple who keep him tied up in the basement. She and her mother also reunite with her amazing grandmother who promptly dies. Is this some v. 1 stuff I would have enjoyed knowing more about? A convention of serial killers is meeting in the same hotel they’re staying at. And the girl turns out to have a dual identity that makes her a bit more interesting than a mere martyred sister. That’s all I can say without spoiling the weird ending.

And who is the Sandman? When will he reappear? Guess I'll just have to read v. 3. Or maybe I should start with v. 1.