Another request from my friend Amanda.
Posts Tagged ‘Sandman’
228 – Death of the Endless
Friday, September 16th, 2011112 – Morpheus
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Sandman is one of those books I feel bad about for not reading more of. Back in the mid-90s, DC began publishing (along with black and white versions of Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing) Sandman under the header Vertigo Essentials. I bought ‘em all for the 20 issues it lasted, and I enjoyed it greatly. Then I forgot to ever go back and buy the trades or back issues.
Then a few years back DC began publishing the Absolute Editions, which were gigantic, hardbound, slipcased editions. The only one I ever bought was Sandman Vol. 1, which had those same 20 issues (which I had subsequently gotten rid of in the intervening decade) but recolored and gi-normous. And I loved it again, but forgot to buy the remaining volumes (though at 99 bucks a pop, you can see where the strain on my wallet might be).
What I’m saying is that I will gladly accept volumes 2-4 of The Absolute Sandman as gifts.
Sandman
Sunday, September 6th, 2009
I’ve had a fondness for the Golden Age Sandman for a long time, only reinforced by the criminally underrated Sandman Mystery Theatre by Matt Wagner, Steven Seagle and Guy Davis. There’s just something great and timeless about a guy in a suit, trenchcoat, fedora and gas mask. I have a smattering of SMT issues, but not the whole run. They are difficult to track down. Someday, I’d like to get the trades collecting the series, but someday I’d like to get a lot of trades collecting a lot of series. So there you go.
Incidentally, I’m a terrible inker. Looking at this piece, while I dislike it in general, I find a cleaner line that I am capable of when I ink something. I’ve always had a problem inking, but it’s really something that’s been bothering me more and more lately. There’s just more control in the pencils, but I am definitely not an admirer of comic art that is reproduced from pencils only. Ink is necessary. I just wish I could do it.
