There's an issue in the first volume that's one of the most unsettling things I've ever read.
"24 Hours", I'm guessing?
I would say Sandman is not quite appropriate for an 11 year old.
Xander: Just once I'd like to run into a cult of bunny worshippers. Anya: Great. Thank you very much for those nightmares.
'Sleeper'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Atropa - May 09, 2013 2:42:53 pm PDT #20777 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jessica - May 09, 2013 2:47:06 pm PDT #20778 of 28370
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
(I should probably asterisk my own comment with the fact that the group of friends who introduced ME to Sandman probably did start reading it around age 11-12, but I didn't meet them until I was 14, and as an adult with children of my own, the idea of someone just out of elementary school reading "24 Hours" is making me clutch my hypothetical pearls in horror.)
Atropa - May 09, 2013 2:53:30 pm PDT #20779 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
the idea of someone just out of elementary school reading "24 Hours" is making me clutch my hypothetical pearls in horror.
I was going to say Pfffft, Sandman is totally appropriate for an 11 year old!, and then I stopped and asked myself if I'd be willing to give it to Princess Tickybox in three years. Ha, nope.
Polter-Cow - May 09, 2013 2:57:45 pm PDT #20780 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
"24 Hours", I'm guessing?
Yep.
My gut reaction was definitely um, no, not for an 11-year-old.
sj - May 09, 2013 4:28:10 pm PDT #20781 of 28370
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Thanks, everyone. It's been a while since I read them. I probably would let an 11 year old of mine read them, but TCG's brother and sister-in-law probably wouldn't. I ended up picking up a book on drawing superheroes for my nephew instead.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 09, 2013 5:12:08 pm PDT #20782 of 28370
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I have to agree about the appropriateness. Just because the stories are lovely and superbly written doesn't mean they're for all ages. Of Gaiman's catalog, I guess Coraline, The Graveyard Book and Mirrormask would be good for tweens?
Kat - May 09, 2013 5:17:11 pm PDT #20783 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Coraline and The Graveyard Book for sure. Also the picture book about trading dad for a goldfish because it's funny.
JZ - May 09, 2013 5:26:49 pm PDT #20784 of 28370
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Stardust, maybe? It's been ages since I even skimmed through it, but I don't remember anything glaringly inappropriate.
sj - May 09, 2013 5:29:39 pm PDT #20785 of 28370
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
He really prefers graphic novels to books, but I don't know what he has read, so I bought him the book on drawing superheroes instead, because I heard he recently started becoming interesting in drawing.
DebetEsse - May 09, 2013 5:30:57 pm PDT #20786 of 28370
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Stardust is sort of a hybrid of text and image, at least in the One True Edition (IMO), but it does include a sex scene in the beginning.