Ne samo to, nego je cijeli proces uzivanja bio popracen intenzivnim odobravanjem na onu predivnu misao koja se nade na svakoj od 600 njegovih stranica (ne karikiram. The first issue references the notorious 20th century occultist, Aleister Crowley and features a brief appearance by Wesley Dodds, the first DC character to bear the Sandman name. I read the first issue of The Sandman to see if I liked it, and then I did something wonderfully reckless and self-indulgent. She’s also illustrated the works of Margaret Atwood, Anne Rice, J Michael Straczynski, Clive Barker, and official graphic novel works for legendary rock band The Doors, as well as Blondie, Melissa Etheridge, and Tori Amos.

In fact, you get the impression that artists are being auditioned and selected for the roles they are to play and the stories they have to tell. We then are introduced to the world of the Endless with now classic stories, laid out in vivid retouched colour on high quality paper. Some were familiar and some were strange and new to me, and I loved seeing Dream interact with the people/creatures/things in each of them.Hey, I nearly forgot, just to top things off there are 66 pages of extras including the full script and original pencil art for the 'Midsummer Night's Dream' episode. The collected edition of the Sandman series have been reprinted countless time and in a myriad of languages, but this absolute edition contains the stories from the first three trade collections and a plethora of extras. Neil Gaiman revived the name of an early comic-book superhero only to give it to a protagonist whose utter difference, and that of the cohort of relatives who took the spotlight whenever he--the Sandman--absented it, refreshed mainstream comics even more than Frank Miller's overhauled Batman had a few years earlier. Dream is one of the three eldest of the Endless (Death and Destiny being the other two) and as such he is also one of the most powerful.

This volume is comparatively weaker than later volumes as Neil was still trying to find his place in the DC universe while setting up major events to come. Even the early stories that most resemble horror comics are remarkably well-written, reflecting the fact that Gaiman is remarkably well-read.Sam Kieth; Mike Dringenberg; Charles Vess; Michael Zulli; Kelley Jones; Chris Bachalo; Malcolm Jones; Danny Vozzo; Colleen Doran (illustrator). There are some amazing feats of imagination at work here- some sights will be beautiful and others depraved. A Dream of a Thousand Cats (Kelley Jones) - A cat gives a sermon to other cats about the power of dreams. This brings us back to Karen Berger, since I'm assuming she was largely responsible for teaming Gaiman up with the various artists who bring his stories to life on the page.