Sandman

Sandman Omnibus Volume 1 by Neil Gaiman, 1034 pages

Having seen Kara blogging about this and hearing it hyped from multiple other sources I decided to try this series out. It might seem strange to try a series with an omnibus but I felt I could trust their recommendation.

The Sandman series is about Dream, the ruler of the dream world. It follows him on various adventures and stories that take place in hell, dreams and here on Earth. Along the way we meet various figures from mythology, gods, angels and demons. We also meet Dream's brothers and sisters Destiny, Death, Desire, Despair and Delirium.

There is a lot of chronological jumping around as some stories take place back in ancient times while others are present day. Gaiman also seems to play around with different art styles at times. The majority of the comics are like a modern day graphic novel, but then he will throw in one with a realistic or more abstract style. As a whole the series is very good and I enjoyed reading it.