I've read several of Gaiman's novels, but Sandman: The Overture (luckily it's a prequel) is my first exposure to the Sandman Series. What stands out right away is the art. So many of the illustrations have a fantastical and hallucinatory quality; you can't help but feel drawn into Gaiman's dream world. The narrative was interesting (as were the characters even when several of them were merely aspects of the same character); however, it somehow took me quite a while (maybe the pace was a bit slow...

6/30/20 I decided to reread the whole epic Sandman series by Neil Gaiman, written by him and mostly illustrated, issue by issue, by different comics artists. THIS volume was written as a prequel to the whole original series that had been completed in the mid-nineties. I just reread my review and feel laregly the same about it, that is terrific artwork, just gorgeous, and pretty well done as an overture, which is to say it introduces us to a series of themes we will see woven through the next ten...

I got this ebook from the publisher through NetGalley.2.5 stars. I'm rounding up because of the artwork, the cool McKean covers, and the great epilogue. Oh, and the special appearances of Merv Pumpkinhead and The Corinthian.Yes, it was fun to revisit some of our old friends from The Sandman. As per usual, Neil Gaiman's imagery is wonderful and goes perfectly with the excellent artwork provided. The story though, left me mostly confused and eager to get through it. I get that it's part of it, the...

Reading this was like sitting down with an old friend you haven't seen in years. Gaiman hasn't missed a beat. Felt exactly like when I was buying the single issues back in the late 80's. When I finished I instantly wanted to break out the old issues and read them again. Add in one of the best artists working today in J.H. Williams III and you have one of the best comics of the year.

Overture is at least technically a prequel to the Sandman series, and it ends with an explanation of how Dream came to be imprisoned by an evil magician in the first place. Well, some sort of an explanation. Actually, though, Overture is a rather involved, allusive series of meditations and philosophical disquisitions showing how Dream—and a score of other “Dreams” from parallel planes—attempts to cope with a crisis involving an angry star and how our own particular Morpheus ends up on the short...

The Sandman returns! This TPB is the Deluxe Edition, in hardcover format, including an extensive “behind-the-scenes” section and a gallery of sketches.Creative Team:Writer: Neil GaimanIllustrator: J.H. Williams IIICovers: Dave StewartLetterer: Todd Klein (NOT) UNUSUAL QUESTIONS It is hard to create things. We have such high hopes for our creations. When you may thought that The Sandman had ended, the series returns in this prequel storyline titled Overture.I enjoyed a lot the reading of

Re-Read 9/30/20:Despite this one being one of the most gorgeous artworks in the Sandman library, and despite the fact that it wraps up the complete story of Sandman in a way that is really quite fascinating, it's also ... unutterably sad.I do love it, but still... so very sad.Original review:And a glorious and great nomination for the 2016 Hugo nominations for Graphic Novel goes to: Sandman!To say that this is either a coda or a prequel, or both, is to entirely miss the point.The fact is, there'...

I mean, that was pretty freaking awesome and weird and cool!!! Although, this is the first book I have read in this world BUT, they have most if not all on kindle unlimited US so yay!! Right?! RIGHT!!?? Sorry, was having a moment. I’m funnier when I make my Animoji’s and drive my friends nuts! 🤣😂. See, I’m a cracked nut!! Not sorry! Happy Reading!! Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾

It’s taken two years for Neil Gaiman and his art team to complete the six issue limited series prequel, The Sandman: Overture, but they finally did it! It’s easy to see why it took them so long when the results are so utterly impressive - high quality work takes time but it’s always worth the wait. There are about four hundred billion cells in the human brain - all it takes is for one to misfire and start a reaction where a cancer forms and kills the human. There are about four hundred billion g...

Well I'm lost for words, The Sandman Overture is quite simply an extraordinary piece of work, one of Neil Gaimans finest, I've absolutely no doubt. So my version is the HC Deluxe edition, containing a good few pages of extras, exquisite, gorgeous and some serious drooling done over every page. The thing I have to mention first is the artwork, sublime, mesmerising, magnificently bewitching (artwork covered *tick* although I may mention it again) and I could've spent twenty minutes on dictionary r...

Do you know that feeling you get when you listen to your favourite album or piece of music and you’re just wiped out? You sit there. You think. You imagine. You dream. It’s cathartic. It’s purifying and cleansing; it’s almost liberating. Do you know what I mean? This piece of profoundness; this thing of beautiful art was that and more.I’m literally lost for words. I’m not going to give you a plot summary that would be to do this a great injustice. This was transcendental. I cannot define it or e...

A star has gone mad and has infected others with its madness, threatening all of creation. Dream of the Endless must put right something he left undone years ago. With him are a girl named Hope and another version of himself in the form of a cat...Confession time (I've been confessing a lot this week): In my late teens/early twenties, most of the comics I read were Vertigo or Vertigo-esque. The Sandman was at or near the front of the pack. I started in trade paperbacks and read the last ten or s...

They are called the Endless : Destiny, Death, Destruction, Delirium (who was once Delight), Despair, Desire, Dream.Where do they come from? where they present at the birth of the Universe? Will they be present at the final battle? How did Dream manage to lose his powers and become imprisoned before the start of the original run of the series? and, if the Endless are a family, who are their progenitors and why were they send out to play havoc with reality? Who wrote the rules of the game?(view sp...

An engaging tale with depth and scope bordering on brilliance. The artwork by J.H. Williams is out of boundaries and impressive.Gaiman is at his highest when working on Sandman IMO. OVERALL GRADE: A minus to A.

I am blown away. This book is a genuine thing of beauty. The last time comicbook artwork had such a deep and profound effect on me was Dave McKean's work in his magnum opus 'Cages'.J.H. Williams III has raised the bar for comicbook artwork in this incredible book. I defy any artist to read this book and not have to keep picking their jaw up off the floor. JHWIII has created a kalaedoscope of perfectly observed and rendered styles here that he has proven himself to be a master of the art form.Hav...

This is the most beautiful book I've ever read in terms of story combined with artwork. It is absolutely gorgeous!

They say you can never recapture the past...But this book warped me right back into a certain time and place that sure felt like it. There was a magic about discovering The Sandman back in 1989, and Gaiman & crew have still got it. It's also *about* time... and place... and going back to deal with what you've done in the past, with other versions of who you could have been - what is 'you' and what is 'other' - about responsibilities, and consequences, and being stubbornly independent to a fault....

Sandman: Overture: Stunning artwork enhances an excellent storyI re-entered the world of comics after a 30-year hiatus thanks to fellow FanLit reviewer Brad Hawley’s impassioned Why You Should Read Comics: A Manifesto! and his 10-part essay on Reading Comics. It was clear that Neil Gaiman’s SANDMAN series was the gold standard for sophisticated, intelligent comics for adults. Having read Brad’s review of the entire series, Welcome to The Dreaming: An Introduction to THE SANDMAN, I embarked on t

I have two confessions to make: 1) I don't like Neil Gaiman's fiction. I . . . just . . . can't. So kill me. 2) My single experience with Neil Gaiman in person left me feeling a little snubbed. Long story, but I met him at the World Fantasy Convention, where I approached him and tried talking to him, but I found him rather cold and uninterested, constantly looking for important people to talk to. I don't want to go on and on (I could) about the whole experience, but that is the summation of my f...

So this is the end. Or the beginning. Depends on your point of view.This is considered volume 0 as it comes before the very first Sandman comic Gaiman ever published. But it was written, designed and published AFTER the series was over. The art was beautiful:But I have to be honest with you: visually, I preferred volume 11. They are both gorgeous but that one had more chapters I not only loved but actually adored. This, in turn, had more story (the other was just 7 short ones giving us a closer