Neil Gaiman returns to the Endless giving each sibling their own story. Let's get this out of the way. The Despair story is awful with terrible art. It almost makes me wonder if Gaiman did it on purpose, to give the reader a sense of despair. The rest of these are golden. Dream, Death, Desire, Destruction. They are all wonderful stories making it well worth the price of admission. It's nice to have a visit with old friends you haven't seen for years and feel like no time has passed.

Endless Nights is an enjoyable, albeit unnecessary, addendum to “The Sandman” epic: seven unrelated tales, each one of which featuring one the “Endless,” the group of seven sisters and brothers which includes the Sandman (AKA Dream, AKA Morpheus) himself. I did not find any of them particularly memorable (I had to pick up the volume again to remember exactly what they were about) but my favorites are the one about Death (which features a singularly decadent party hosted by a degenerate 18th cent...

Singer-songwriter Fish has a line about returning to your past. When asked, as he often is at concerts, to play one of the seminal songs from his former band Marillion, he responds, "I'm not playing fucking Grendel!" His point is that to try and relive the past like that would make no sense--he can't sing it the way he used to, the meaning's not there. It would be nostalgic at best, off-key at worst. Trying to relive something you did years ago and have moved on from is not the best plan.Which b...

Endless Nights is a gem. Beautifully illustrated and wonderfully told it is yet another example of why I think so highly of Neil Gaiman. This is a collection of short stories about the Endless. Each story covers a different member of the Endless family. Each story has its own unique art style.Follow the stories of Death, Desire, Dream, Despair, Delirium, Destruction and Destiny. I enjoyed the Death, Dream and Desire stories the most-though none of these stories is bad. The Despair and Delirium s...

Okay, I really enjoyed this. I always felt that Neil Gaiman liked Death the most and so I was really happy to see that each sibling got an individual beautiful story... except for maybe Despair, but Despair is not supposed to beautiful either way.Death in Venice was interesting. It was another of these mind-fucking moments of "how can times and places overlap" (are the concepts of past, present and future really just man-made and non-existent)? Of course every mail protagonist has to fall for De...

I thought that Sandman was over... how happy am I that there is more? I'm ecstatic! This is absolutely fabulous; I really need more! Death: I really liked this one, but I was slightly confused at first. Desire: For some reason, I have a sense of déjà vu. Was this story already featured somewhere? Because I would swear that I already read this one. Dream: It's fascinating that I almost forgot that before Delirium there was Delight, at first I thought that it was a mistake. Despair: Thi...

Another brilliant volume! At this point I'm not sure what to say, I feel like I'm just repeating myself. And by this point, you're probably reading it because you love it too (or hate to leave a story unfinished). The last few volumes have felt quite sad to read, knowing that I have finished the main story, and am now finishing collections like this, and then The Sandman: Overture. It's been an amazing reading experience.

Sandman, Vol 11: Endless Nights: Individual tales of the EndlessHaving just finished the 10-volume epic SANDMAN saga, it’s hard to imagine anything that can top this achievement. In aggregate, it is certainly the most ambitious comic of its time, and having depicted the character arc of Dream, also known as Morpheus and the Sandman, there is isn’t much to add to that. At the same time, since the Endless have lived for the lifetime of the current universe (and perhaps previous iterations), there

Absolutely beautiful. I’m a little stunned. It made me want to paint.

This addendum to the Sandman series gives us a glimpse at each of the 7 Endless. For the order in which we meet them, see my status updates.It's an addendum, like I said, with mini stories, sometimes, and simple portraits at other times. What stands out is the art, definitely. So I shall let the art speak for itself.A wonderful way to take another look at the siblings and I LOVED how every Endless had his or her own art style!

Out of all the books neil gaiman wrote after the Sandman 75 issue main series concluded, this has to be the closest he has come to capture the old feel, so far at least. This wasn't cheap or without purpose, it actually mattered in the sandman universe and you were transported back to those characters we grew to love.I wish he would write more of these single issue stories, but capturing that and doing it justice is not easy it seems. 4.5 out of 5.0 stars

Re-read 9/30/20:Between the *mostly* gorgeous artwork (Despair aside -- there's nothing in Despair I actually ENJOYED reading) and the poignant tales of each of the Endless, it turns out I'm still a fan.Original Review:This one is more in line with the rest of the series, disjointed but interwoven with stories, odd artwork and sometimes painful text. In other words, part of the classic series.With one caveat.I loved it to death for a slightly different reason than the rest. They were individual

Seven siblings that are each more powerful than gods in their own way make for one rather odd and insane family. Who wouldn’t want to be part of it? I just love the concept behind it all. In here they all have their own issue to establish exactly what their purposes within the universe are. In a way, they all work together to create much of reality. Without Destiny there could be no dreams or desires. Without dreams there could be no delirium or despair. And without destruction there would be no...

Sandman: Endless Nights made history; it was the first graphic novel to ever make the New York Times Bestseller List. In it, each of the Endless get their own chapter, and each tale is illustrated by a different artist in an often experimental style. The stories are stand-alones and independent of each other, except Delirium's and Destruction's, which are also the only ones that take place after the events in the main Sandman series. I wouldn't normally review a graphic novel issue by issue, but...

Endless entertainment! This volumen is a special presenting short stories featuring each member of The Endless.The general rating is an average sum of the ratings given to each story contained in this comic book.All stories are written by Neil Gaiman.A very amusing thing is that while each story is focused in a member of The Endless (the family of Morpheus, the Lord of Dream), you may be able to appreciate how each other member of The Endless causes some level of impact in some way or another

4.5 stars! After reading almost all of Neil Gaiman’s fantastic run on the “Sandman” series (to the point where I called the year 2012 “The Year of the Sandman” since I had spent the year reading the Sandman comics), I wanted to read Neil Gaiman’s latest story on the “Sandman” series, “The Sandman: Endless Nights,” even though The Sandman, Vol. 10: The Wake was actually considered the final story arc in the “Sandman” series. “The Sandman: Endless Nights,” which is also a Bram Stoker Award winn

This graphic novel was absolutely breathtaking! I really loved getting to know each of the Endless and their back story, it made me want to dive deep into their world and never come back. Gaiman has truly come up with something just beyond fascinating with this series. The story is just SO interesting and it wraps itself around you until you don’t want it to let go! And then the artwork is just BEYOND stunning and brings the graphic novel to a whole other level of awesomeness!

Endless Nights was written years after the Sandman series ended - Gaiman returns his characters and provides a story for each of the 7 Endless. I liked some stories better than others, and for the first time, I think my 4th star in my rating for this book is solely because of the artwork. It's a little more interesting and experimental than what was in the rest of the series - Despair's and Delerium's stories are really noteable in this aspect. While their stories weren't my favorite (my beloved...

I have a love hate with this one. Love the Death / Dream / Desire stories. Hated the Destiny / Delerium stories. The Destruction story was... sort of just there. The Delirium story was really quite charming. It's actually the funnest in the bunch because it's her calling a bunch of crazies to come and rescue her. I don't know, man, this series is sort of the David Bowie of comics. It's all over the place, good and bad. Sometimes it's better suited for wall art in MOMA, other times it breaks the

On this, many times multiple, re-reading I still find this collection as good as ever. It may well be my favourite of the Sandman companion books (though, let's be honest; my favourite tends to be whichever I am reading at the time), partly because it is such a lush book. It has that lovely Dave McKean artwork and the textured pages and it is just a bit of an art experience to read it.The stories are all quite perfect little gems in themselves, we finally get to read the story of why Dream and D...