Customer Reviews
Packed With DVD Extras - By: DocBhoy, 04 Oct 2007 
Neil Gaiman's Sandman collects the first 20 issues of the comic series , & highlights one of the UK's brightest talentsin 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 thingsin the universe ( not just on Earth as is demonstratedin the first few issues ).
The book is presentedin an enlarged "prestige" format , with high quality paper & binding , as well as recoloured artwork throughout the book . There is also the added extras of Neil Gaiman's initial pitch & plot synopsis for the first few issues , & a complete script for the award winning 'Midsummer's Night Dream' issue .
The book is beautiful , & as you read on ( almost three years worth of issues ) you can see the increasing maturity of Gaiman & his artists . It may be quite pricey , but is certainly no dearer than if you had bought each issue individually ( or even nowin terms of the rarity value ) , & represents excellent value .
Thoroughly recommended .
Come on amazon! - By: mariskrovelsen, 29 Sep 2007 This volume isn't out of print, & 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?
Sandman rules! - By: Sarah, 03 Jun 2007 I completely agree with the reader from leicester belowin that this needs to b listed as ideal for older teens. i too started to read sandman & the death comics at this time & it totally opened up my world, not only to mythology but to the world of comicsin 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 & pointing people as young as possiblein this direction may go some way to help sort that out!
P.S. Buy this book, if u like sandman & u like gaiman, u cant really go wrong (so long as its not gunna put uin the red ofcourse ;) )
Never have the words - By: C. Mccartney, 06 Feb 2007 First off, this is not an item you have to pay full price for so don't be daunted. Shop around & don't assume you have to fork over £70. I had to wait a bit, butin 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) & 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 & high tragedy anyway), the quality of the writing, & 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 villainin issue #91, I confess that reading Absolute Sandman brings out something of the anorakin 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 & about as many comentaries & 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, & so on & 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 saidin 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.
Absolutely the best way to read Sandman - By: D. A. Hudson, 04 Jan 2007 The quality of this volume is hard to beat, bothin terms of content & packaging. The first 20 issues of Neil Gaiman's Sandman have been collectedin the Absolute oversize format with new colouring that compliments the artwork.
I had no prior experience of Sandman & was blown away. Highly recommended.
