Posts Tagged ‘graphic novel’

Death: The High Cost of Living and Death: The Time of Your Life by Neil Gaiman

{ February 20, 2009 @ 8:45 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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I’d have enjoyed these more if I’d read them the right way round… They were both still very good though.

I’ve been looking at graphic novels more this year and have read the first collection in the Sandman Library. In the last story Death turns up and I think I preferred her character. I went back to the library for more Sandman but the next book wasn’t there, so I picked up these instead, and I still think I like her more.

The High Cost of Living tells the story of her day as a mortal, takinggreat delight in simple things like eating, going to a nightclub etc while also searching for a 250 year-old mad woman’s heart. The Time of Your Life concentrates more on some characters who pop up briefly in the first one (which made more sense once I’d realised that). I didn’t like this as much, but it was still very good.

Definitely looking forward to more Sandman now 🙂

Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman

{ January 24, 2009 @ 6:51 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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I have “read more graphic novels” as a rather vague goal for this year and, as I like Neil Gaiman’s books, I thought this would be a good place to start.

It took me a while to get into the swing of reading it – I’ve never read a graphic novel/comic book before and I didn’t get my head round it straight away. I enjoyed it a lot though, and I particularly liked the last story in the book which featured Death. I understand there’s a series featuring her so I’ll be looking that up too.

The basic story is about Morpheus (the sandman) who is captured and imprisoned for 60 years. He manages to escape and this series of stories is about him regrouping and regaining his power. I’m looking forward to reading more of this now that the groundwork has been laid.