#1: Preludes & Nocturnes

Preludes & Nocturnes book. Read 5,498 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman's transcende...

Preludes and Nocturnes consists of The Sandman issues #1-8. Dream has been imprisoned for 72 years by The Order of the Ancient Mysteries. Upon escaping, he must reclaim his objects of power while still in a weakened state, confronting an addict to his dream powder, the legions of Hell, and an...

Not only is Sandman gigantic, it is also fantastic. Critically acclaimed, Sandman is one of the first comics to be taught with any regularity in literature classes; Sandman has won a World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction, and has been nominated for a Hugo Award.

Thirty years ago—in November 1988—the novel as an art-form sputtered out and died. And a man named Neil Gaiman killed it. None of that is true, of course. At least, none of it is true in the sense of being the actual particulars, the genuine facts on the ground. Novels didn't cease to be written. Novelists didn't forget that book-length fiction was one of the central devices by which modern times tried to explain itself to itself. Publishers didn't fold up their businesses and steal away into the night. There's a lot of ruin in an art-form, and the novel, with its sneer of cold command, yet gazes out on the world of art it claims to dominate.

Sandman, Neil Gaiman’s most prominent comic book creation, doesn’t become itself until issue #8, the final chapter in the Preludes and Nocturnes collected edition.

Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" issues #1-8 summaries and observations about the material as presented in the collection "Preludes & Nocturnes."

In Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes,” my perception changed because this is a graphic novel. The reader is given an illustration in addition to the written words to get a visual of events and characters in the Gothic novel.   This presentation makes the story more vivid. The reader is able to see the…

A whole pile of you want me to feature Sandman #6 by Neil Gaiman, Mike Dringenberg and Malcolm Jones III, the famous "24 Hours Diner" issue featuring Doctor Destiny tormenting a random group of diner patrons. So that's just what I'll do!

In this surreal and horrific fan film adaptation of the cult classic Sandman comic "24 Hours", a psychotic escaped patient from Arkham Asylum decides to…