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Posts tagged Neil Gaiman
Sandman Volume 5: A Game of You
One thing about the Sandman series that sometimes frustrates people is how many stories each book includes. There are usually multiple different stories filled with a slew of characters and how the stories are connected…
Sandman Volume 4: Season of Mists
The Sandman Volume 4: Season of Mists is my favorite volume so far because we see all of Dream’s siblings, the Endless. I love his siblings, the good and bad. I don’t think I’ve explained…
More than worlds in another zip code
There are things you forget about as an adult reader with just the most basic knowledge of, for instance, Harry Potter trivia. That is, namely, that there exists a world of ominous tent-shaped figures, evil…
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane is the first adult novel Neil Gaiman has written since 2005, and it’s very different from his previous works for adults. I was expecting more American Gods…
Sandman Volume 3: Dream Country
Sandman Volume 3: Dream Country is my least favorite in the Sandman series because it’s comprised of four stories, none of which are connected to the overall arc of the rest of the graphic novels….
Sandman Volume 2: The Doll’s House
It’s really hard to write about Neil Gaiman’s Sandman graphic novels because they are so rich in detail, complex, and include a lot of intertwined stories. In Sandman Volume 2: The Doll’s House, we get…
American Vampire Volume 1
I feel like I need to put Stephen King on the same pedestal where I have Neil Gaiman because I had as much fun reading American Vampire Volume 1 as I did reading Sandman. American…
Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes
In July, geek girls and boys all over the world collectively gasped when Neil Gaiman announced that a prequel to his Sandman comics will be released in 2013. I was one of those gasping geek…
It’s time for you to check out Rain Taxi’s annual benefit auction
Every year the fine folks at Rain Taxi gather up a slew of signed books and bookish ephemera and offer it up for auction. This year is no different. Head on over to eBay and…
Oh you Anansi Boys
One of the best things in the future will be brain internet. And one of the best things about brain internet will be making vacation plans to spend a week in Neil Gaiman’s melon. Cruising…
Best Of the Best American Comics
It has been three months since I fell in love with the young slacker Scott Pilgrim, and what a whirlwind these three months have been. In the aftermath of Book 6 of the series I…