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?
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esse - Mar 26, 2003 10:35:54 am PST #355 of 10000
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Dana - Mar 26, 2003 10:37:02 am PST #356 of 10000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
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.
Jessica - Mar 26, 2003 10:38:12 am PST #357 of 10000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
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.
esse - Mar 26, 2003 10:40:05 am PST #358 of 10000
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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.
Jessica - Mar 26, 2003 10:44:19 am PST #359 of 10000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
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.
esse - Mar 26, 2003 10:50:30 am PST #360 of 10000
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There goes my paycheck.
Dana - Mar 26, 2003 10:51:06 am PST #361 of 10000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Amazon tends to bundle two books together and offer them at a slight savings. Bastards.
esse - Mar 26, 2003 10:57:29 am PST #362 of 10000
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Yeah, but I'm into supporting my local comic book store, considering the store just opened and they guy is really cool.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 26, 2003 11:35:37 am PST #363 of 10000
"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
The second collection, A Doll's House, has the stories that really knocked my socks off and made me a Sandman fan. Season of Mists is also very good.
-t - Mar 26, 2003 12:30:34 pm PST #364 of 10000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
If you come across a deal on the whole thing in a box set or something (or even the existence of such a set, doesn't have to be much of a deal), I would love to know about it! I read someone else's Sandman so i don't own any, but I must have them. Memory, for one thing, is fading.