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Title The Infernal Comedy
Author Dan Watters
Illustrator Max & Sebastian Fiumara
Publisher Vertigo - 2019
First Printing Vertigo - 2019
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Title The Divine Tragedy
Author Dan Watters
Illustrator Max & Sebastian Fiumara, Kelly Jones
Publisher Vertigo - 2020
First Printing Vertigo - 2020
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Title The Wild Hunt
Illustrator Dan Watters
Cover Art Max & Sebastian Fiumara, Fernando Blanco
Publisher Vertigo - 2020
First Printing Vertigo - 2020
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Title The Devil at Heart
Illustrator Dan Watters
Cover Art Max & Sebastian Fiumara, Brian Level
Publisher Vertigo - 2021
First Printing Vertigo - 2021
Category Graphic Novel
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Main Characters Lucifer, Detective John Decker
Main Elements Gods, demons
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I absolutely adore The Sandman and since I finished the original run of the series, I was eager for more. I found The Dreaming which picks up with Daniel, but he too has gone AWOL from the Dreaming just as his predecessor did...which I found kind of an odd premise. After all, he just came into being, he shouldn't get bored for at least another couple millenia. The second collection explains what actually happens, but it almost felt like the authors, after doing the first collection thought, wait a minute...he shouldn't get bored and wander off so soon, let's make up a reason for why he can't come back. Kind of like how Lestat is pure evil in Interview with the Vampire, but when Rice wanted him to be the protagonist in The Vampire Lestat she had to go back and explain away all the behaviours, that he really wasn't all that bad a guy, he was just trying to do his best. Kinda same thing here.

The Dora character also got on my nerves, she was more annoying than sympathetic. But there were moments, like that sex scene with Bal the demon which was hilarious, and Dora eventually grew on me. And I must admit I found the new "Endless", Wan, to be kind of fascinating...and it made sense, in this day and age, why can't an AI emerge as a new god, a schizophrenic who was trying to be kind but occasionally went batshit crazy?

Though there was humour and darkness, mystery, insanity, and complete randomness, it just didn't have the same feel. Gaiman was involved I understand but he didn't write it. And while I still enjoyed getting to spend more time in the Dreaming (though Dream himself was mostly absent) it wasn't quite the same. I did like the emphasis on the importance and meaning of stories as well as beginnings and endings. It just...it felt more like a fanfic? And the last book got almost melodramatic.

Ironically I started reading The Sandman because I had watched the Lucifer TV series and discovered it was based on a character in The Sandman, and while I've now read all the Sandman series, as well as the Dreaming, Lucifer didn't manage to fit into my gods/angels/demon themed year of 2021. Well, something still to look forward to.




Posted: November 2021

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