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The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 4 | 
 enlarge | Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: DC Comics
Category: Book
List Price: $99.00
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 3789
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 608
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.1
Dimensions (in): 12.8 x 8.5 x 2.1
ISBN: 1401210856
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781401210854
ASIN: 1401210856
Publication Date: November 11, 2008
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Gaiman shines December 16, 2008
As is the case with the first three volumes, this over-sized, expensive book is more than worth the purchase price. Unlike many of DC's hardcover volumes, the quality of the Absolute editions is impeccable.
As for the material itself, it's Neil Gaiman. What more is there to say?
a worthy conclusion to a great series December 16, 2008
Vol 4 is a very much a worthy conclusion to the Sandman series. It does an amazing job of bringing together all of the many (many) disparate threads into a single resolution that is totally and completely satisfying. While some may not like the simple art style featured in "The Kindly Ones," you'd be hard pressed not to admit that the art for "The Wake" looks beautiful and sets the tone perfectly.
Despite Second Tier Art, Gaiman Delivers November 29, 2008
4 out of 12 found this review helpful
Despite Second Tier Art, Gaiman Delivers
A review of Ultimate Sandman Volume Four
By Michael DeMeritt
This is the penultimate of graphic art story telling, otherwise know as comic books. Neil Gaiman's Sandman stories are by the far the greatest fantastical setting tied to a modern world with real problems written in comic book form. Volumes 1, 2 and 3 are superior to volume 4 only because the art is significantly better. The last issues of Sandman decided to take an ugly, if not boring, turn artistically. The result separates the reader from the characters they have come to love and fear. It is unfortunate the overly cartoon style was incorporated in the final story run of an otherwise fantastic series, but the story to be told is just as powerful as those that came before it. So well written, in fact, you simply look at the so-so art for reference and allow yourself to get lost in the story. Despite the distracting drawings. Ironically, the latter effort becomes more short story than any of the prior works because the art has so little impact on the tale. Unlike most of the earlier Sandman efforts, it can simply be read aloud, with little descriptive moments, and have pretty much the same impact as if you never looked at the pages at all. A great read.
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