Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes 30th Anniversary Edition

What more can be said about The Sandman that hasn't been said before. Great, masterful story telling, amazing characters, story arcs, amazing 2nd-ary characters and smaller ones that are just as great. Art, colors, dialog, lettering, ect. All of it is top notch and it gets better and better as the series goes. Just love re-reading these again every few years and it never disappoints and I find more things I missed or find a panel I love better then the 1st time. One of my favorite series of all time and one of the best ever.

I'm a 40yr old man. I haven't read comics since I was in junior high. I bought this on a whim. I opened up the book and got about 5 pages in and I was HOOKED. Took me about a day to read. I couldn't wait to read more. Sneaking pages in a stop lights. It's that good. Needless to say I've got Vol 2 in the mail right now. So if you're middle aged and want to reconnect to an older part of your life, this a great gateway.

Amazing read. More is better. Off to vol 2. I recommend this to anyone looking for different, bizarre, outstanding, and more

I had no idea this was a graphic novel when I picked it up on Kindle. I grabbed it because it was a Neil Gaiman book, who I read last year and really enjoyed. As far as graphic novels go, and I'll admit that I'm not expert, this was very well done. I really liked the premise – trying to capture Death, but catching Dream instead. The characters were interesting and there was plenty of good action. Even though I'm a Gaiman fan, I'm not really a graphic novel fan. But it would be unfair of me to compare this to novels, so I'm rating it solely against other graphic novels that I've read. 4 stars

It was hard to choose tags for this book... It's a weird ride but once you start, you are hooked. I avoided the Sandman comics for a long time because...? I was curious, but maybe I was afraid to take the leap. But I'm on a Neil Gaiman kick right now, so I decided to take the plunge and bought the 30th anniversary edition from amongst many options. I wanted to see what the fuss was about, why it's considered to be such a classic. Now I know. I had no idea what this was going to be when I started reading. It begins with a cult. The leader is trying to trap Death so he can achieve immortality. (No death equals eternal life!) But he catches Death's little brother instead. And while the Lord of Dreams, the Sandman, Morpheus is in captivity, three precious artifacts are stolen: his dream dust, his mask, and a ruby containing parts of himself. Volume 1 of the trade paperback series shows what happens to us all without the Sandman, and follows Morpheus along on his journey to reclaim his possessions. At times the story was horrifying, and sometimes it was really trippy. Morpheus is on earth, he visits hell, and he takes us to his dream realm. I enjoyed the eclectic story and characters, though Morpheus himself was by far my favorite. The art was a feast for the eyes. I can't wait to see where else the series takes me.

Back in the 90s, my brother was a huge fan of The Sandman. If he liked it, I figured I would hate it. So I waited many years to revisit the stories. Now that he’s gone, reading these reminds me a lot of him and the things he enjoyed, but it doesn’t surprise me at all that I found value in these stories as well. We didn’t have the same taste, but if I’d read these when he was alive, I think we would have found common ground. Neil Gaiman is a genius and though the tone may change from issue to issue, you can definitely see him working out the universe of the Sandman and finally nailing it. I can’t wait to watch the show and see how Gaiman interprets the Lord of Dreams for a new world.

Everything from the storyline to the art work is absolutely amazing in this series. The Netflix show recently came out and it as well hold true to the comic. It takes a few creative liberties from the comic but both are still quite amazing. The first Volume focuses mainly on Dream’s capture and the retrieval of his magical items that have fallen into the wrong hands. It’s going to be a battle to get his items back and re create his dream world, but if anyone is able to accomplish such a test is is the Lord of dreams.

A great start to a wonderful series. After his 70-year imprisonment, Dream of the Endless returns to find his realm in shambles and his immortal instruments stolen. He embarks on a quest to retrieve them, encountering many fascinating characters as John Constantine, Lucifer Morningstar, and Doctor Destiny. Neil Gaiman, known for creating the worlds of American Gods, Stardust, and Coraline, gifts us with a mesmerizing tale of dreams and nightmares as the God of the Sleeping World journeys to find what is his…and finds himself along the way.

A great story is shallow and untethered without great characters, and great characters are lost and aimless without a great story. Neil Gaiman is a master of both. I was so captivated by this volume that after finishing the third issue in it, I went and bought the next four volumes. If you love both grim, gothic, supernatural horror and all things magical and whimsical, the Sandman is a darkly fantastical marriage of the two. It's after 1:30am as I'm typing this review and I intend to jump straight into the next volume, sleep be damned. I truly cannot emphasise enough just how much literally everyone needs to read the Sandman.

This book is just magickal. I don't know how to say this, how to express the dept of the characters but this book really gets you. You will sunk deep into the endless adventure of Sandman. For some magickal reasons, I can read this book again and again! A masterpiece and ofcourse a definite read for people who love horror and fantasy.

For a long time I had hear opinions, suggestions from a friend of a friend, about the sheer depth of the Sandman comics. There is nothing in the realm of reality that I can share to rival the beautiful storytelling in graphic form that this is. Do not hesitate to read, you will thank me later.

This was actually my first graphic novel and I loved it. I was inspired by the Netflix show and this book did not disappoint. The artwork was beautiful and the writing and story are spectacular.

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