Sandman auf dem Höhepunkt, 8. Januar 2004

Die gesamte Serie Sandman von Neil Gaiman ist ein Meisterwerk, aber mit dem Handlungsbogen Seasons of Mist ist Gaiman auf seinem Höhepunkt angelangt.

Nachdem er sich am Anfang der Serie Luzifer selbst zum Feind gemacht hat zwingen die Umstände Morpheus zu einer Rückkehr in die Hölle. Er erwartet einen Kampf, verabschiedet sich sicherheitshalber von all seinen Freunden, aber am Ende kommt alles ganz anders als er gedacht hat. Denn Luzifer hat einen ganz speziellen Empfang für Morpheus vorbereitet. Einen der ihm schwerer zu schaffen machen wird als jeder Kampf.

Diese Story hat einfach alles: Eine wunderbare Geschichte, originelle Charaktere, und die gewohnte Gaiman-Magie, von der man meint in einen Traum gezogen worden zu sein anstatt das ganze auf einfachen Comic-Seiten zu lesen.

Fazit: Ein Muß in jedem Comic-Regal!

       Excellent...as usual from Gaiman, 6. April 2000

_Season of Mists_ (volume 4 of 10) isn't my favorite installment in the Sandman series, but it's a very good one. The story is exciting, cool, and intelligent, as expected, and the ending made me cry. I like the way this story introduces some important themes (like the beginning of the change in Dream's character, Lucifer abandoning Hell...) which you probably won't see the significance of until much later. There's always more to discover...

The only thing I don't like about this story is the art. While the prologue and epilogue are very well drawn, and the interlude is okay, Kelly Jones, who drew the rest of the story, is my least favorite Sandman artist. In one panel Dream grins like a chimpanzee. Death is just weird, and bears almost no physical resemblance to her usual self. And what happened to the Lucifer from issue 4? He was cool, but I don't like the way he looks now. BUT...none of this should impact your enjoyment of the story. Can't judge by appearances, and all that, yes? Season of Mists remains one of the best Sandman story arcs (aren't they all). And *you* may like the art; some people consider it the best in the series. I just don't, that's all. Definitely, whether you're new to Gaiman or already a fan, pick up Season of Mists; you're in for a really great read.

       Amazing Modern Mythology, 8. Januar 2000

Upon my first reading of this story of The Sandman series, i was struck by how simply and profoundly Gaiman interwove so many mythologies, all the while writing the most original modern myth of our time -- dare i say _all_ time -- something that a dust cover blurb would say "if William Blake and Mark Twain colaborated on the story of what Lucifer is doing these days..." Everything from the Angels, Duma and Remiel (quite wonderful choices -- check out G. Davidson's "Dictionary of Angels" for how accurate!), to the enraged expelled demons, Azazel and company, and the self-admitted profound absence of the Greek dieties. With each successive reading, i found these threads are strung together into an amazing story of what might happen should the Ruler of Hell abdicate. Told through the perspective (and responsibility) of the Prince of Stories, the Lord Shaper Morpheus himself. i found this to be a as great a starting point as any for the series, if for no other reason, because of the wondrous introduction of Dream and his family, The Endless. The resolution of plot and every subplot, is quite tasty, and having Lucifer acknowledge the beauty of sunsets that The Creator (and his nemesis) provides daily, gives me chills just to think of it. And the bookended cliche phrases of "Once Upon A Time" and "Happily Ever After. In Hell." Give this esoteric mythos tale the finishing air of mundanity (?) that place it within the realm of each and every one of us. Aside from being my own personal favorite longer story within the series, it is in my opinion, the best. ["The Kindly Ones" would be a close second.]

       Sandman : Season of Mists, 29. November 1999

This story is one of the most compelling and engaging stories to find a new population of readers in quite awhile. Simply put, the story reminds us that no one sends you to Hell, that all Hells are self imposed and that the key to freedom lies within the mind of those trapped there. No one else can forgive you till you forgive yourself. Mixed with mythology and ideas fom many cultures, this book creates a blending of ideas that shows how similar we all are rather than how different. Most people will find the story entertaining and thought provoking on many levels. The entire series of Sandman Books is one big story that simply says, "We are, what we dream we are."

      its a book, 11. Oktober 1999

i don't want to say that neil gaiman is overrated, but neil gaiman is overrated. This book is good, yes, maybe even great, but it is by no means the most intelligent and mindexpanding thing you will ever read. The way gaiman strings together his sandman universe is magnificent, but I felt that this story had something lacking. the use of religous icons from other cultures was great, the interlude story about the boy in the boarding house was cool. As for Gaiman's theories about hell and its purpose, that's just his opinion and it wasn't very insightful to me. But this is a good sandman book, as sandman books go, and if you are a gaiman or sandman fan it won't kill you to pick this baby up.