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As sandman spinoffs go, this one is pretty good. I like the historical aspect of it. The whole book had a certain charm to it.
Scary, hypochondriac inducing, blend of fact, fiction, predestination and plague. Ebola must be really freaking Alisa out.
This was a fun spin-off to the Sandman series, but the story was not as solid as it could have been. I liked the variety of art styles used across the three issues of the volume.
One of the Endless (from the pages of Sandman), Destiny, and his connection to John Ryder and the big plagues that man underwent in the last 2.500 years, from Byzantine to a fictitious plague in the early 21st century. Interesting concept. 5 out of 12.
I love almost anything written in the Sandman world as created by Neil Gaiman. And this is no exception. While it isn't quite as good as the actual Sandman series or Jill Thompson's Little Endless, it is an enjoyable read. The artwork is a bit more surreal than I generally enjoy, but considering the story takes place, in the main, in a post-apocalyptic plague world, it does fit the story very well. I enjoyed watching John Ryder travel through the years, looking for his lady in white. I also felt...
"I see the end in every beginning. I hear the last word echo in the first. I do not desire, or dream, or destroy. I do not despair, or delight. I know."There are people who create wonders with Gaiman's world and his creations in the Sandman universe (Bill Willingham and Caitlin Kiernan come quickly to mind). Alisa Kwitney, a former editor at Vertigo attempts to tell the story of our near-future where the bubonic plague has struck and killed off most of the world's population. This is with the us...
3 stars for sandman, 4 for everything probably. It was an interesting story but felt a little too much like In Hell, & destiny could have been fleshed out better as a character
An Endless story of plague, apocalypse, and determinism- Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold is part historical fiction and part speculative fiction. The apocalyptical date given for the 4th great plague has come and gone, and thankfully we are all still here, but that does not take away from Alisa Kwitney's narrative. It may not hold up as strongly as the core members of the Sandman Series by Gaiman, yet held against itself, the work certainly has its merit as it takes its reader through th...
Beautiful and haunting.
Ohh... a graphic novel featuring Destiny of the Endless! How exciting given how little attention he tends to receive. In this companion work, pages of Destiny's book have been stolen, the thief becomes pestilence, and stuff happens? Readers are told stories about different eras of the plague which is neat, but the narrative is a mite unclear. There is the potential for a great story in this book, but I feel like it needed stronger editing and more pages to get where it needed to go. Still worth
"Destiny does not strike bargains. Do you not understand what I am? I see the end in every beginning I hear the last word echo in the first. I do not desire, or dream, or destroy. I do not despair, or delight. I KNOW." This is a masterful telling of the Destiny and the fate of one man known as John Ryder. It is present day and a plague has struck the world. A stranger named John Ryder meets Ruth, a survivor, telling her he will take care of her horse, Paladin, who has miraculously survived. H
The story is too complex for my taste, but I supposed others can find the mystery and interconnected nature of the stories enjoyable. The artwork isn't very consistent, give that several artists were involved, but I can't say it was bad. All in all, a good book, but without a definite conclusion.The world is plunged in a plague. The remaining people are reticent when it comes to strangers and live isolated lives. So when a stranger who calls himself John Ryder comes to one such community, the pe...
Destino: Crônica de Mortes Anunciadas (e não é coincidência que o título leve a obra de Gabriel Garcia Márquez...) destoa um pouco dos títulos que já li da coleção Sandman Apresenta, porque não tem uma conexão imediata com Sonho ou o Sonhar. Em vez disso, o protagonista – se é que assim podemos dizer – é seu irmão mais velho, Destino.No mundo de Sandman nós temos sete irmãos que são representações antropomórficas de determinados princípios abstratos. Morte. Destino. Desejo. Destruição. Sonho. De...
I liked it, and it was a great creepy choice for Halloween with a lot of striking moments, but in the end it didn't really go anywhere.
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The plot line is one of those which could have been improved to create a great work of art,like Sanman.But the authors obsession with plagues makes it kind of boring.If you have nothing else to do,you could read it as a pass time activity but,No I don't believe it requires more of this.
Hyvin pandemia-aikoihin sopiva Sandman-spinoffi. Vähän epätasainen kokonaisuus, mutta hyvät hetket tässä olivat kyllä erittäin toimivia.
I really enjoyed this book. Great writing and a lovely blend of art styles. A rare "expanded universe" addition worth reading!
A Marvelous literary feat with splendid visual rendering only true blooded artists can do.
So, I need to read more graphic novels. This was an interesting and random selection; I now need another lifetime to explore the richness here as well. . .
