The Sandman #44: Brief Lives Part 4

The Sandman (Single Issues)

by Neil Gaiman

"Four: The Other Side of the Sky-A Bear and His Shadow-Departed Secrets-"Twinkle's A Nice Word. So's Viridian."-Three Keys-A Treatise On Optics-The Perils of Smoking In Bed?""

A man becomes a bear to cheat death.

Dream and Delirium are tracking down people on Delirium's list of Destruction's friends. The first person on their list is no longer alive, but his son has some very interesting things to show them.

They stop off in a motel, where Delirium psychically tracks the next person on the list and Dream thinks back to a meeting with Destruction, while their driver is caught in a fire.

Genres: Comics, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Dc Comics, Graphic Novels Comics, Horror

26 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1992

Reviews

[Storm · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Reason was never an important part of my dominion. But certain conclusions become inescapable."

Some quarry has already started to run and hide, after the first of Destruction's old friends meets an untimely demise. Someone is behind it. Will Morpheus stay neutral, or get pissed? Someone else wants badly to drive. And it looks like they're going to get a chance.

[Daniel Guglielmo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very happy to come back to the mainstream plots surrounding Dream and his family members. Listened to the audio-experience Audible Act 3 which encompasses Volumes 7-8 (Brief Lives and Worlds' End)[1], the Sandman Special #1, and other short stories from Vertigo: Winter's Edge #1 & #3 and Vertigo Preview #1.

Looking forward to more backstories and "day in the lives" for other family members such as Desire, and Despair as we've seen with Dream and Death.

[Maria Fernanda Fabricio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Estou gostando bastante deste arco da história, pois a Delírio possui maior participação. A coluna HQ Press desta edição, está bem interessante também.

[Iranoctis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Road Trip ist nicht unbedingt Gaimans Sahne-Disziplin, aber Delirium und Dream machen es einem leicht, mit Begeisterung zu folgen.

[Suellen Rubira · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tem uns lance aqui bem massa.

[OinkFish Pigs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty great issue but I rlly hope Ruby is somehow still alive.

10

[Jenna Alcock · Rating 5 out of 5]

Something is definitely trying to stop them finding their brother.

[André Sousa · Rating 4 out of 5]

9/10

[Thrishni Subramoney · Rating 4 out of 5]

"I got 15 thousand years. That's pretty good isn't it?" a dead man asks Death
"You got what everyone else gets Bernie. Exactly one lifetime. No more and no less," she answers.

This issue is the literary equivalent of watching characters prepare to go on a trip. Book flights, arrange transport. Should be boring but there are high points which warrant those 4 stars.

[Steven · Rating 3 out of 5]

Delirium is hilarious. Dream is not.

[Tawfek · Rating 5 out of 5]

ruby the driver is dead
destruction is not needed for man thinking has changed and the chaos is over