STAFF PICKS :: SANDMAN: OVERTURE #1 :: OCTOBER 30, 2013
SETH’S PICK :: SANDMAN: OVERTURE #1: Â Like it or not, it’s hard to deny the depth and range of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, or the mark it left on our beloved comics medium. Â Like it or not (part two), Sandman is a book that warrants all the attention it’s received over the years. Â It is nothing if not thought-provoking. Â So here we are twenty five years after Sandman debuted, and Vertigo is appropriately ushering in a new mini series from Gaiman. Â Overture is notable for a few reasons. Â Aside from the fact it’s the first time Neil’s returned to these characters in a good while, the series features art from J.H. Williams III, whose particular artistic inclinations seem ready-made for Sandman work. Â What’s more is that Overture deals with an often puzzling chapter of Dream’s past: what happened to him that lead to him being imprisoned prior to Sandman #1? Â Sandman: Overture is at the very least a book worth noting in your comic travels this week. Â Who knows? Â This could very well be a fine addition to the legacy of one of comics’ most enduring libraries of the past quarter century.Â