The Sandman is a graphic novel (or comic book, if you prefer) written by Neil Gaiman. I was recommended Neil Gaiman’s novel American Gods by my friend Hele in 2007 and I’ve enjoyed all of his work that I’ve read so far. Naturally, when my friend Frazer offered to lend his collection of the comic books to me, I jumped at the chance. I haven’t read many graphic novels – The Sandman is my third, after Watchmen and Those Left Behind (the first of the Firefly/Serenity comics available) – but I can understand why The Sandman has the acclaim it does.
The Sandman consists of seventy-five issues available in ten collections and tells the story of Morpheus, Dream of the Endless, the Lord of Dreams, and, would you believe it, the anthropomorphic personification of dreams (and, I suppose, nightmares). But it is much, much more than just the story of Morpheus.
