Comics To Read If You Love Netflix’s The Sandman
Of all the many comic book series that will leave fans of Netflix’s “The Sandman” engrossed and in awe, one stands above them all for one very simple, straightforward reason: It’s the official, canonical continuation of Dream’s story.
After Neil Gaiman wrapped up the original series, he revisited it only once, with the award-winning and critically adored “The Sandman” Overture.” And then the Dreaming, and the larger universe around it, sat silent and unused for years. That is, until DC and Gaiman decided to let the characters live on through a string of comics that focus on the Dreaming, its inhabitants, and the greater world they inhabit.
The first and perhaps best of these sequels is “The Dreaming,” by Simon Spurrier, which follows the titular dimension of dreams as it’s forced to adapt to a new lord — a strange, arcane being of logic and numbers. Even if it weren’t connected to “The Sandman,” Spurrier’s writing and Bilquis Evely’s art alone make it worthy of a read. The series was published under the banner of “The Sandman Universe,” and it shares that banner with a number of other sequels and spinoffs, all of them worthwhile comics to read if you love Netflix’s “The Sandman.”
Of all the many comic book series that will leave fans of Netflix’s “The Sandman” engrossed and in awe, one stands above them all for one very simple, straightforward reason: It’s the official, canonical continuation of Dream’s story.
After Neil Gaiman wrapped up the original series, he revisited it only once, with the award-winning and critically adored “The Sandman” Overture.” And then the Dreaming, and the larger universe around it, sat silent and unused for years. That is, until DC and Gaiman decided to let the characters live on through a string of comics that focus on the Dreaming, its inhabitants, and the greater world they inhabit.
The first and perhaps best of these sequels is “The Dreaming,” by Simon Spurrier, which follows the titular dimension of dreams as it’s forced to adapt to a new lord — a strange, arcane being of logic and numbers. Even if it weren’t connected to “The Sandman,” Spurrier’s writing and Bilquis Evely’s art alone make it worthy of a read. The series was published under the banner of “The Sandman Universe,” and it shares that banner with a number of other sequels and spinoffs, all of them worthwhile comics to read if you love Netflix’s “The Sandman.”