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pretty_plantAfter having read The Sandman, I have to say that it has now officially become my favorite Gaiman's work. I do not know why even though I have read a good number of Gaiman's book and admired their merits, I can never call any one of them "my favorite". He is a great writer so this is just personal thing. However, I love The Sandman. I love its exploration of stories and myths and its clear love for the tradition and act of storytelling. I came in without knowing much about the comic so I expected the story to be about Morpheus but I when actually read it, surprisingly, Morpheus is actually more like a supporting character in a lot of stories. The parts I enjoy the most in the comic are not the long ones that span many issues, they are the short stories in which Morpheus show up little or not at all. In those stories, Gaiman shows his breadth of imagination.
A long time ago, I used to say that Clarke's description of Dream really reminded me of John Uskglass. Now that I have actually read The Sandman, I have to say that there are really some resemblances between the two of them. Both wear black and are pale. Both are powerful and prideful. Both have disastrous love affairs that do not end well (in defense of Uskglass, we only know his love affairs from sources that are likely to be unreliable). However, I do think that Clarke's style of prose exaggerated that similarity so if you read her short story, you will see more similarities between the two of them than if you actually read The Sandman. Also, the whole thing about the pearls does not seem like something that Morpheus would do.
A long time ago, I used to say that Clarke's description of Dream really reminded me of John Uskglass. Now that I have actually read The Sandman, I have to say that there are really some resemblances between the two of them. Both wear black and are pale. Both are powerful and prideful. Both have disastrous love affairs that do not end well (in defense of Uskglass, we only know his love affairs from sources that are likely to be unreliable). However, I do think that Clarke's style of prose exaggerated that similarity so if you read her short story, you will see more similarities between the two of them than if you actually read The Sandman. Also, the whole thing about the pearls does not seem like something that Morpheus would do.
