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A review by michael_benavidez
Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days by Neil Gaiman
4.0
More Neil Gaiman, huzzah!
Seriously, ever since I've been turned on to his Sandman works, if I see a graphic novel or even a comic strip with his name on it, I get it.
This contains a sort of one-off/small arcs from various titles he wrote for including Swamp Thing, Hellblazer, Sandman Mystery Theater , and House of Mystery.
The Swamp Thing and Sandman Mystery Theater seem to take up most of the book which isn't necessarily bad. There's three Swamp Thing tales, one is a nice short lil story that's quite innocent in a way. The other is a bit longer and better, focusing less on the Swamp Thing (I don't know where this takes play continuity wise, but it's probably after I had a read in it) but is a deeper and a hopeful story in a way, with it's balance of hardened personalities. The last story seems to be a bit of a whimsical thought and less of a story, where there were tons of ideas but not much to go on for a full story. It's not bad, just seemed to lead nowhere.
Next was my favorite, the Hellblazer one. It's a gut wrenching one, and the art is a beautiful match for the story and the type of story that it is. Being rather short I don't want to spoil it. That actually goes with all these stories. Gaiman seems to hype up many of these without meaning to, though he definitely hypes up Hold Me, and it may lead to an overly hyped expectation.
The next is Sandman Mystery Theater. It's a hell of an arc, and though I've seen it around, I never really read them. It seems to be a pretty straight forward kind of comic mythos, though this one does feature a nice little cameo, and the art is sublime. Very noir style. It really made me want to read this comic.
The last seemed out of place. It's an intro to the House of Mystery, and yet it's all the way in the back. I think the placement would have been best at the beginning. It is funny, cute styled, but just at the end? I don't know, that bugs me for some reason.
All in all, it shows Gaiman's taste for all types of genres, and his talent for writing without any limits.
Seriously, ever since I've been turned on to his Sandman works, if I see a graphic novel or even a comic strip with his name on it, I get it.
This contains a sort of one-off/small arcs from various titles he wrote for including Swamp Thing, Hellblazer, Sandman Mystery Theater , and House of Mystery.
The Swamp Thing and Sandman Mystery Theater seem to take up most of the book which isn't necessarily bad. There's three Swamp Thing tales, one is a nice short lil story that's quite innocent in a way. The other is a bit longer and better, focusing less on the Swamp Thing (I don't know where this takes play continuity wise, but it's probably after I had a read in it) but is a deeper and a hopeful story in a way, with it's balance of hardened personalities. The last story seems to be a bit of a whimsical thought and less of a story, where there were tons of ideas but not much to go on for a full story. It's not bad, just seemed to lead nowhere.
Next was my favorite, the Hellblazer one. It's a gut wrenching one, and the art is a beautiful match for the story and the type of story that it is. Being rather short I don't want to spoil it. That actually goes with all these stories. Gaiman seems to hype up many of these without meaning to, though he definitely hypes up Hold Me, and it may lead to an overly hyped expectation.
The next is Sandman Mystery Theater. It's a hell of an arc, and though I've seen it around, I never really read them. It seems to be a pretty straight forward kind of comic mythos, though this one does feature a nice little cameo, and the art is sublime. Very noir style. It really made me want to read this comic.
The last seemed out of place. It's an intro to the House of Mystery, and yet it's all the way in the back. I think the placement would have been best at the beginning. It is funny, cute styled, but just at the end? I don't know, that bugs me for some reason.
All in all, it shows Gaiman's taste for all types of genres, and his talent for writing without any limits.