Product Description

One of the most highly acclaimed comics series of all time, the "New York Times" bestselling author Neil Gaiman's visionary "Sandman" received Eisner awards, an unprecedented World Fantasy Award, and countless others.Now Gaiman's addictive, literate series is re-presented in the popular "Absolute" format: issues twenty-one to forty are presented in an oversized leather-bound slipcase, featuring digitally recoloured artwork as well as rare Gaiman script extracts. This is an essential collection for any Sandman fan, or indeed any serious comics fan!Dream of the Endless has regained his stolen power, but Lucifer has plans for him, and there are ancient wrongs Dream must put right...Warining: It is for adults only!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #103637 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-23
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 616 pages

Review
"Easily the best comics series around." Time Out "A spellbinding series." The Sunday Times "A comic strip for intellectuals." - Norman Mailer"

About the Author
Neil Gaiman is the most critically acclaimed comics writer of the 1990s and is the author of numerous books and graphic novels. He is the New York Times No. 1 bestselling author of American Gods and Anansi Boys, and won critical acclaim for his first feature film, Mirrormask, with long-time collaborator Dave McKean. His current project is making a big-screen version of his comic Death: The High Cost of Living.

Customer Reviews

Sumptuous, heavyweight version of a classic comic
This second volume of The Absolute Sandman covers a purple patch in Neil Gaiman's epic series. Every page of the original run has been digitally remastered to produce the highest quality reproduction - and in the impressive hardback cover and larger page size, it's a sight to behold.

A couple of revisionist elements jar slightly. Colleen Dolan has re-inked her issue of "A Game of You" (originally Sandman #34), while a panel in "The Hunt" has been completely redrawn because the original (depicting a pair of werewolves mating) apparently looked a little too like just a man and a wolf. I remain unconvinced that the revisions bring any enhancements to the table.

The same cannot be said of the extras: a never-before-reprinted story about Destiny, various artists' interpretations of Morpheus (previously published as A Gallery of Dream), various other reprints and Gaiman's script for one of the Season of Mists issues, illustrated by the original pencil drafts for the same issue.

This impressive and weighty book is an invaluable record of one of the comics world's landmark series, and will be an essential part of any Sandman fan's (suitably reinforced) bookshelf.

The Absolute Sandman Vol 2
Please be aware that this is VOLUME 2 which is reprint of issues 21-39 of THE SANDMAN. Other than that, its a beautiful hard-backed copy of some of the best comics I've ever read. An absolute must for any Sandman/Neil Gaiman fan.