Absolute Sandman Volume Two (Absolute Sandman, #2)

by Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman

Written by Neil Gaiman Art by Shawn McManus, Kelley Jones, Mike Dringenberg, Bryan Talbot, John Watkiss, Matt Wagner, Stan Woch, Colleen Doran, Duncan Eagleson, John Bolton, Malcolm Jones III, George Pratt, Dick Giordano, P. Craig Russell and Vince Locke Cover by Dave McKean DC Comics is proud to present the second volume of the comics classic THE SANDMAN in Absolute format! The second of four beautifully designed slipcased volumes, THE ABSOLUTE SANDMAN VOL. 2 collects issues 21-39 of THE SANDMAN and features remastered coloring on all 19 issues as well as brand-new inks on THE SANDMAN #34 by the issue’s original penciller, Colleen Doran, and a host of bonus material, including two never-before-reprinted stories by Gaiman (one prose and one illustrated), a complete reproduction of the never-before-reprinted one-shot THE SANDMAN: A GALLERY OF DREAMS, and the complete script and pencils by Gaiman and Kelley Jones for Chapter Two of "Season of Mists" from THE SANDMAN #23.

• ISBN10: 140121083X
• ISBN13: 9781401210830
• Publish Date: 31 October 2007
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: DC Comics
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 616
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781401210830

Reviews

[leahrosereads]

Clearly 5 Stars - as this is the type of Neil Gaiman that I'm realizing I like the best!

The start of this volume finds Dream being put in his place by Death, and I loved it so. And, we see his continuing adventure from the first volume from there.

We also see a lot of side stories (do they end up being necessary, I'm not sure, and I'm not a critical enough reader to find the connections - TBH), but I enjoyed each of them in their own ways.

The first of these side stories, we follow a young boy, who is unfortunate enough to have to deal with something directly related to Dream's plot. I really liked Charles and felt so bad for everything he goes through in his chapter. Dream has done him dirty and probably doesn't care.

Got to see some real life famous individuals reimagined by Neil, and I really love these stories. I'm not a history buff by any means, so I just really like meeting these characters through the eyes of fiction.

And of course, we saw where some of the secondary characters from Volume 1 are and how they're doing (again, dealing with the consequences of meeting Dream or unfortunate enough of getting into his path while he deals with all his business).


I really can't imagine myself giving these books anything below 5 stars. Did I enjoy every story, nah. But, did I appreciate the imagination it took to create them - hell yes. And that's why I'll always love them. Cannot wait to get to the 3rd volume and continue this story - hopefully meeting more of the Endless along the way!