Book 22: The Sandman: The Dream Hunters

Book 22: The Sandman: the Dream Hunters

By Neil Gailman and Yoshitaka Amano
Vertigo
1999
Rating:
3

From Library Journal
Gaiman's enormously successful Sandman monthly comic book (1989-96), which won eight Eisner awards in a row for comic book excellence, has been collected in a series of equally successful graphic novels. This book, representing Gaiman's first Sandman story in three years, retells Japanese folk tale "The Fox, the Monk, and the Mikado of All Night's Dreaming." The central characters are the Fox and the Monk, and the Sandman only plays a peripheral role. The book isn't really a graphic novel, as there are roughly 60 pages of typed prose and 60 pages of illustrations. It is an illustrated novel that remains true to both the Japanese tale and the motifs that made the Sandman series so popular. The illustrations are reminiscent of Japanese brush work and gently push the text along. Not the best first Sandman purchase for any library, this book is a necessary purchase if your patrons are Sandman readers, or if your world folk tales collection needs strengthening--Stephen Weiner, Maynard P.L., MA


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What Do I think?
This 'novella', graphic novel, or whatever you choose to call it made me think. It made me think about how dreams can capture real life, and how they can alter reality if you let them. Recomended for anyone with a days time and looking for a folk tale to make you think.