tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post730250652281771445..comments2024-03-27T05:54:38.797-07:00Comments on <i>bare</i>•bones e-zine: Do You Dare Enter? Part Seven: April-May 1970John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082147756474762000noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-64474075639082791132013-08-12T18:14:46.677-07:002013-08-12T18:14:46.677-07:00Thanks, guys--I'll have to check it out!Thanks, guys--I'll have to check it out!Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-18933686966373254292013-08-08T11:20:53.691-07:002013-08-08T11:20:53.691-07:00It is basically a 75 chapter novel, but one has to...It is basically a 75 chapter novel, but one has to say that the first arc is a bit different i.e. more conventional then the rest. <br /><br />If you just want to sample the series take "Dream Country", a collection of 4 stand alone stories which really highlights the concept and has the Shakespeare issue drawn by Vess which won the World Fantasy Award. These are some wonderful stories.AndyDeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12806906746754478064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-31063786332417103512013-08-08T06:15:58.588-07:002013-08-08T06:15:58.588-07:00Fortunately there are many options - hardcover, om...Fortunately there are many options - hardcover, omnibus, annotated editions - you name it. While the obvious answer is starting with Volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes (available in trade paperback), my favorite arc is volume 4: Season of Mists. If you want to get a taste before you commit, the first issue is also available on Kindle. Though it does tie-in to the DC Universe, it's worth noting that it's unlike most anything you've probably read before (assuming that if you haven't read Sandman, you probably haven't dipped into any other Vertigo series).<br />John Scolerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15830334036783163702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-30808264999225935042013-08-08T05:01:41.125-07:002013-08-08T05:01:41.125-07:00Where would be a good place to start? I have never...Where would be a good place to start? I have never read Sandman.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-61806583895401050832013-08-07T23:05:11.421-07:002013-08-07T23:05:11.421-07:00For what it's worth, Jack, I don't think t...For what it's worth, Jack, I don't think there's a better written comic out there than Neil Gaiman's Sandman. He manages to incorporate aspects of the DC Universe (such as Cain and Abel as Andy notes) that might otherwise seem silly and somehow makes them work in the grand fabric he's woven together.<br />John Scolerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15830334036783163702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-49693316425533930282013-08-07T09:49:59.542-07:002013-08-07T09:49:59.542-07:00Short Version: Gaiman relocated both the House of ...Short Version: Gaiman relocated both the House of Secrets and the House of Mystery into the realm of the Sandman's Dreaming and made Cain and his brother Abel into aspects of the biblical Cain&Abel. So Cain kills Abel frequently in a rage, sometimes quite graphic, upon which he shortly after resurrects.<br /><br />Basically they featured as supporting characters in some issues of Sandman, among a host of other supernatural characters.AndyDeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12806906746754478064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-31038234731883617952013-08-05T16:14:46.390-07:002013-08-05T16:14:46.390-07:00Andy, I never read any of these comics before, so ...Andy, I never read any of these comics before, so I don't know what happened when Neil Gaiman took over. Did he integrate Cain into the stories?Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-66263762980378634382013-08-05T10:15:45.057-07:002013-08-05T10:15:45.057-07:00"House of Mystery selling an average of 173,2..."House of Mystery selling an average of 173,206 copies per month."<br /><br />Today they would have difficulties to sell 5000 if you look at the average Vertigo numbers in the last years. Unbelievable for an anthology title. <br /><br />The Cain story is a nice reminder how smart for once they re-imagined the characters when Gaiman took over.<br />AndyDeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12806906746754478064noreply@blogger.com