The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country

Now it's getting good. This volume was much shorter than I expected. I liked how it was less focused on the sandman. His brooding got old quickly. Instead it features Calliope (the muse that inspired Homer), the inspiration and creation of A Midsummer Night's Dream and then ends with a reference to Ra (the egyptian sun god). The issue with Calliope was a bit dark for my taste. Overall, the volume was well done.

Also liked the Sandman's new look. Looks less like Neil Gaiman now. Easier to focus on the story instead of the author.

I feel like an apostate, but I just didn't like this much. (Even #1 didn't wow me that much, and this didn't come up to that level.) It's just a collection of short stories with Dream shoehorned in. The art ranges from mediocre to dreadful (Calliope looks like she has 150% of the normal allotment of vertebrae, and I'm pretty sure it's not a deliberate attempt to make her look inhuman).

So. Yeah, not my favorite.

Sorry, I know many of you love this collection, but I just can't connect with it... I couldn't read the first volume so it was suggested that I skip to this one. But I'm just not FEELing it. Intellectually I understand that it is GOOD, I recognize it's value in the world but... it just isn't for me.

And maybe I'm just coming off of reading a couple comics I really really connected with, heart and mind, and this just didn't live up to that....