A review by tumblehawk
The Absolute Sandman, Volume Four by Michael Zullli, D'Israeli, Daniel Vozzo, Marc Hempel, Charles Voss, Neil Gaiman, Teddy Kristiansen, Jon J. Muth, Todd Klein, Dave McKean, Glyn Dillion, Dean Ormston, Richard Case, Kevin Nowlan

5.0

Eight years ago when my friend Bucket was moving away from NYC, he sold me all four humongous leather bound volumes of the remastered “Absolute” editions of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman comics. I had read all these comics in high school and been profoundly affected by them, to the point of weeping multiple times in the final issues of the 75-issue-long series. I decided to reread the whole series during quarantine and oh. my. god. I doubt I ever appreciated, as a teen, the absolute orchestral majesty of this series, how nearly every thread from every issue builds to the crescendo at the end. I was just so delighted every single time I cracked one of these huge tomes open, curled my knees up closer to my chest, and spread its colorful wonders across my thighs. Just one of the greatest worlds/mythos ever. I can’t wait to reread it all again someday.