The Sandman Omnibus Vol. 1 Author: Visit Amazon's Neil Gaiman Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1401241883 | Format: EPUB
The Sandman Omnibus Vol. 1 Description
Review
Praise for Neil Gaiman's
The Sandman:
"The greatest epic in the history of comic books"—
The Los Angeles Times Magazine"One of the few comics that segued from the comics crowd, entering the intellectual and art worlds, winning over a large non-comics-reading audience..."—
The Hollywood Reporter"THE SANDMAN is a modern myth, as well as a precis on why the stories we tell matter so much."—
Playboy"The landmark comic-book series that actually made Death seem . . . cool."—
Entertainment WeeklyAbout the Author
Neil Gaiman is the New York Times best-selling author of the Newbery Medal-winning The Graveyard Book and Coraline, the basis for the hit movie. His other books include Anansi Boys, Neverwhere, American Gods and Stardust (winner of the American Library Association's Alex Award as one of 2000's top novels for young adults) and the short story collections M Is for Magic and Smoke and Mirrors. He is also the author of The Wolves in the Walls and The Day I Traded My Dad for Two Goldfish, both written for children. Among his many awards are the Eisner, the Hugo, the Nebula, the World Fantasy and the Bram Stoker. Originally from England, he now lives in the United States.
- Series: Sandman
- Hardcover: 1040 pages
- Publisher: Vertigo (September 3, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1401241883
- ISBN-13: 978-1401241889
- Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 7.6 x 2.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 6.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I'd like to start my review by pointing out I'll be reviewing the edition itself not the story. Sandman is a wonderful work of fiction and widely considered to be one of the greatest graphic novels of all time, if you haven't read it you likely just haven't been able to convince yourself it's worth the $100+ price tag (it is by the way). The point is, you shouldn't be asking yourself whether you should get Sandman, you should be asking yourself should I get this printing or one of the 10 that came before it.
Many would consider DC's absolute editions to be the pinnacle of collected editions, for my part I've always found them a bit too cumbersome and more than a bit too pricey. This Sandman Omnibus is much more in line with Marvel Omnibuses (which is to say it's nearly identical), you get a sturdy hardcover filled with approximately 1000 pages of material for roughly the same price tag as a single absolute that holds half the material. The main difference between this and Marvel's omnibuses is that this addition does not come with a dust jacket, but instead the hardcover itself has been turned into a work of art. The binding is stripped in a way that resembles an old textbooks, the cover is stamped with silver and black in just the right amount of flourish, and even the ends of the pages are dipped black (in a manner all too clearly meant to imitate a bible). Presentation wise its the first graphic novel I've purchased since the Dark Tower Omnibus that looks like a genuine work of art without even breaking it open.
When you do get around to breaking it open you'll notice the book uses the recolored pages found in the absolute editions (or most recent paperbacks), this might be a drawback for some but having read both editions I found the recoloring to be a plus.
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