On that note, who reads Lucifer? I glanced through the first TPB and it looked well-written.
I've been reading it since the begining. It manages, IMO, to balance abstractness and philosophy with actual storytelling so that it doesn't go off the incoherent end like other Sandman spinoffs have.
There's a decent stable of supporting characters, who often carry a good part of the story themselves since Lucifer can be a little short on the sympathetic/fallible side.
A graphic novel called "Nirvana" came out not too long ago - it's a standalone storyline and it'll give you a taste of the style.
If I wanted a Spike action figure, where's a good place to get one? I don't care if it's mint or if it's a limited variant. I just want a Spike.
Jon, I don't know if this any help but there are some Australian sites that seem to list a few that they have currently, also some new ones that are due in March, and some that are listed as Australian exclusive.
Maybe you could organise with one of us Aussies to get one to you?
some links I found are www.fastbreak.com.au
and figuremania search page type in Spike
and www.figuremania.com.au
Anyone still interested in Lucifer... a new storyline just started this month.
Yes?
(or did you mean the comic books, acknowledged spawn of the devil since McCarthy?)
Since this is sort of the unofficial comic book thread, I thought I'd ask--I just ordered the Sandman Volume One Preternatural-somthingorother. Was that a good choice for an intro to Sandman?
Preludes and Nocturnes?
I think general consensus is that it's not the best of the Sandman series, but it's still worth reading. The whole thing picks up momentum with the last issue of that collection. "The Sound of Her Wings" (I think, memfault.)
The real problem is that once you start, you can't stop.
That's a problem?
Preludes & Nocturnes isn't the strongest of the series, but it's such an arcy series that I think it's worth reading them in order.
but it's such an arcy series that I think it's worth reading them in order.
Okay, because there's like nine more volumes after this one plus random extra ones, so I figured I'd go in order.
There are two that are collections of short stories (Dream Country and I can't remmeber the name of the other one), and they're good, but not strictly necessary. And A Game of You is also kind of tangential to the main arc (some people really like that one -- it's never been one of my favorites).
Everything else is absolutely essential.
