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Absolute Sandman: v. 3

Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
Category: Book

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

6 reviews
Sales Rank: 35962

Media: Hardcover
Pages: 576
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.2
Dimensions (in): 12.8 x 8.7 x 2.1

ISBN: 1845766970
EAN: 9781845766979
ASIN: 1845766970

Publication Date: June 27, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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5 out of 5 stars

Packed With DVD Extras October 4, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Neil Gaiman's Sandman collects the first 20 issues of the comic series , and highlights one of the UK's brightest talents in the industry . The story focuses on an immortal being , Dream , who is one of the seven Endless . These demigods are eternally tied to all living things in the universe ( not just on Earth as is demonstrated in the first few issues ).

The book is presented in an enlarged "prestige" format , with high quality paper and binding , as well as recoloured artwork throughout the book . There is also the added extras of Neil Gaiman's initial pitch and plot synopsis for the first few issues , and a complete script for the award winning 'Midsummer's Night Dream' issue .

The book is beautiful , and as you read on ( almost three years worth of issues ) you can see the increasing maturity of Gaiman and his artists . It may be quite pricey , but is certainly no dearer than if you had bought each issue individually ( or even now in terms of the rarity value ) , and represents excellent value .

Thoroughly recommended .

5 out of 5 stars

Come on amazon! September 29, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This volume isn't out of print, and it's the start of a series the second of which is out this autumn... So why are you claiming you can't get hold of it?

5 out of 5 stars

Sandman rules! June 3, 2007
2 out of 5 found this review helpful

I completely agree with the reader from leicester below in that this needs to b listed as ideal for older teens. i too started to read sandman and the death comics at this time and it totally opened up my world, not only to mythology but to the world of comics in general which i had before percieved to be only about superheros.

I think there is still great misunderstanding about what the comic medium has to offer and pointing people as young as possible in this direction may go some way to help sort that out!

P.S. Buy this book, if u like sandman and u like gaiman, u cant really go wrong (so long as its not gunna put u in the red ofcourse ;) )

5 out of 5 stars

Never have the words February 6, 2007
14 out of 15 found this review helpful

First off, this is not an item you have to pay full price for so don't be daunted. Shop around and don't assume you have to fork over 70. I had to wait a bit, but in the end got it for about [...] new from america.

Onto the book itself. I've only really begun to read comics recently (Personally I don't much like the term graphic novel, I think it was Neil Gaiman who said "Graphic novel is to comic, what 'lady of the night' is to prostitute) and what I've read has mainly been restricted to the darker comics: Sandman, Hellblazer, Lucifer, Sin City, etc. Sandman is by far the stand-out. Simply for the scope of the narrative (I'm a sucker for old mythology and high tragedy anyway), the quality of the writing, and the beautiful artwork.

That little intro established, I would like to say that while I object very much to the stereotyped view of the teenager with a comic book obsession, harping on about a spiderman villain in issue #91, I confess that reading Absolute Sandman brings out something of the anorak in me.

Effectively, what we have on our hands here is the equivalent of your favourite film, remastered, extended, on solid gold DVDs, with a leather slip case and about as many comentaries and interviews as you could wish. Not only is the first quarter of Gaiman's superb comic series reproduced here with early editions recoloured (the colouring on some of the early issues not being great), in large format, on beautiful quality paper, superbly bound, with a big presentation slip case, large amounts of concept art, Gaiman's original proposal, and so on and so on...

This books is quite simply a joy to read, even if you almost feel bad about touching it. It's that nice.

I won't really repeat anything about the comics themselves, as it has all been said in other places far more eloquently than I ever could. Anyway, if you're reading this chances are you're a fan, as few people would fork over this much for 1/4 of a comic series they didn't already know.

But to all you Gaiman fans out there: Start reserving your expendable income, the other volumes are coming.

5 out of 5 stars

Absolutely the best way to read Sandman January 4, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful

The quality of this volume is hard to beat, both in terms of content and packaging. The first 20 issues of Neil Gaiman's Sandman have been collected in the Absolute oversize format with new colouring that compliments the artwork.
I had no prior experience of Sandman and was blown away. Highly recommended.