The Sandman: Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman

The Sandman: Endless Nights (The Sandman, #11)

by Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman's enormously successful Sandman series, which won millions of fans as well as remarkable critical acclaim, introduced The Endless - Dream, Destiny, Death, Desire, Delirium, Despair and Destruction - a family of beings who existed outside the worlds of the gods. Now, in this all-new hardback collection, Gaiman presents tales of the Endless, accompanied by some of the world's finest artists, including Moebius (The Incal), Milo Manara, P. Craig Russell (Murder Mysteries), Bill Sienkiewicz (Elektra Lives Again), Miguelanxo Prado, Liberatore (Ranxerox) and Barron Storey.

Reviewed by empressbrooke on

4 of 5 stars

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Endless Nights was written years after the Sandman series ended - Gaiman returns his characters and provides a story for each of the 7 Endless.

I liked some stories better than others, and for the first time, I think my 4th star in my rating for this book is solely because of the artwork. It's a little more interesting and experimental than what was in the rest of the series - Despair's and Delerium's stories are really noteable in this aspect. While their stories weren't my favorite (my beloved Delerium was barely in hers!), I spent quite a bit of time just examining and admiring the art.

I also enjoyed the peek back in time when Delerium was Delight and Despair was her first aspect of herself. The small references to the worlds of the Green Lantern and Superman were nice touches.

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