the sandman volume 1 preludes and nocturnes

Death is his older sister, a gorgeous goth girl, with the most refreshing outlook on life that I have ever come across, Despair and Desire are twins (quite logical, when you think about it) Desire being a drop-dead gorgeous androgynous being and her twin, Despair, a troll-like woman with a hooked nail. Preludes collects the first eight volumes written. He is a beautiful, tortured man, full of angst. The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes is the first volume of the graphic novel series of Sandman comics by Neil Gaiman. The books are set around Dream, the Sandman, Lord Morpheus of the Dreaming. Dream and his alliteratively-named family (Death, Destiny, Delirium, Despair, Desire, and Destruction) comprise the 'Never-Ending,' and it is the trials and travails of this group that makes up the heart of the Sandman series.

Consisting of 9 books, that should be read in sequence, Gaiman has created 'The Endless', 7 immortal brothers and sisters, that interact with our world in their specific roles, they are: Dream (Morpheus), Death, Despair, Desire, Destiny, Delirium and Destruction. The Sandman series loosely chronicles the life of Morpheus, King of Dreams. Gaiman set a standard that has yet to be matched. I firmly believe they are responsible for the graphic novel as a genre, becoming so popular. The Sandman books are definitely the thinking person's graphic novel. Having discovered Sandman in 1987 (yes, my copies DO have the original dust jackets, now not available anymore), they completely rocked my world and my perceptions. The Sandman: Volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman

The sandman volume 1 preludes and nocturnes