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.
The money was too good. I got stupid.
Jayne ,'Ariel'
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Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.
esse - Mar 26, 2003 10:40:05 am PST #358 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
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
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
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
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
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.
Ms. Havisham - Mar 26, 2003 9:39:04 pm PST #365 of 10000
And we will call it... "This Land."
Dream Country contains my personal favorite Sandman - "Dream of a Thousand Cats". Plus the one he won a Nebula (?memfault) for, the Shakespeare one.
Jeff Mejia - Mar 26, 2003 10:06:14 pm PST #366 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
Plus the one he won a Nebula (?memfault) for, the Shakespeare one.
He won the 1991 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story with this issue, #19, "A Midsummer Night's Dream". It was the only time a monthly comic has ever won the award; they changed the rules shortly afterwards to make sure it couldn't happen again.
In Buffy comic news, issue #55 was in the stores today, containing a one-shot story about Dawn and Hoopy the Bear, still set in the time just before the series started. I picked it up, but haven't read it yet.
Also, Fray #8 was solicited for June 18, so it looks like we'll finally get the ending soon. (Fray #7 should be out on April 23).
Jon B. - Mar 26, 2003 10:08:51 pm PST #367 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Hoopy the Bear?! Yeah, that sounds promising...