Yeah, I bought
this yesterday:
The Annotated Sandman was just too tempting to pass up, especially with gift cards warming up my pocket.
Leslie Klinger edited
The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, so he was a good choice for this volume, which contains the first 20 issues of
Sandman. The volume is chock full of copius same-page annotations covering historical facts, bits from the original scripts which never made it onto the page, and information from
Gaiman himself. It's good stuff.
CAVEAT EMPTOR: This volume is
entirely in black & white. That is not mentioned
ANYWHERE in the solicitations, or the ads, or on the cover of the cellophane-wrapped book itself. Frankly, that's
unacceptable, and
border-line dishonest, and
DC/Vertigo should be
roundly smacked for not disclosing that fact ahead of time.
Shame on you guys. It's not a deal-breaker for me, but a buyer
shouldn't be surprised like that when they get home and take off the plastic. So if color is important to you, or you were planning on making this four-volume set your primary Sandman collection, this might not be for you.
You can click on the links above to buy it online, and you'll get it for only $30 and I'll get a couple of shekels. But really, you
should get it at your
local comics shoppe (assuming they have it, of course), as I did. It will cost a little more, but they deserve your business when possible.