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Death of the Endless #2
Death: Il grande momento della tua vita
Death incarnate, as defined by master storyteller Neil Gaiman (THE SANDMAN), is a genuinely likeable young girl with a fondness for ankhs who truly cares about people. It's small wonder then that when a rising star of the music world wrestles with revealing her true sexual orientation just as her lover is lured into the realm of Death that Death herself should make an appearance. A practical, honest, and intelligent story that illuminates "the miracle of death."
95 pages, Hardcover
First published June 5, 1996
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September 4, 2020
Okay, no! Minor, minor and personal issue. Don't mind me. This book and the previous one, were totally awesome.
Plus this story needed more Death in it, or more death?
I'm just so sad that this is just so short. I would love the Death to have a longer series. She's one of my fave characters.
I so much enjoy Gaiman's version of Death, she's not a negative character. One of my favourite versions out there if not the favourite.
Plus this story needed more Death in it, or more death?
I'm just so sad that this is just so short. I would love the Death to have a longer series. She's one of my fave characters.
I so much enjoy Gaiman's version of Death, she's not a negative character. One of my favourite versions out there if not the favourite.
May 14, 2015
As great as the first time that I read it!
This the collected edition of the story “Death: The Time of your Life” with an introduction written by the actress, Claire Danes, who is a personal friend of Neil Gaiman, and she was the lead actress in the film adaptation of “Stardust” (another story by Neil Gaiman).
Creative Team:
Writer: Neil Gaiman
Illustrators: Chris Bachalo & Mark Buckingham
Letterer: Todd Klein (since he is the best letterer in the business, always it’s relevant to mention that he was involved)
BUYING THE FARM
People don’t bore me, I like people.
Really? All of them?
All of them.
Even the creepy ones?
Nobody’s creepy from the inside, Hazel. Some of them are sad, and some of them hurt, and some of them think they’re the only real thing in the whole world. But they’re not creepy.
This was my first Neil Gaiman’s. I bought it some years ago, some months after watching the film adaptation of Stardust (and of course, I had watched the film adaptation of Coraline), so I knew that it was very likely that I’d enjoy to read Neil Gaiman’s works but until then I hadn’t buy anything yet. I found this TPB in my local store and odd enough, nobody knows if somebody had ordered, but it was there, and I didn’t think it twice and I bought it.
I read it and I liked it a lot, but of course, I didn’t know anything else about The Sandman’s related material or even the character of Death, but I like a lot the reading experience.
Now, that I had read it for second time, right after reading Death: The High Cost of Living, I like it even more, and definitely, I appreciated it even more, since Hazel and Foxglove, the main characters here, they were introduced as support characters in the previous story, so it was awesome to realize that.
Neil Gaiman was careful to avoid a repetition of how he did The High Cost of Living where Death was the main character, to understand her, and her reaction to the support characters. In here, The Time of your Life is just the opposite, in the sense that now Death is a support character, and you have Hazel and Foxglove as the main characters, and you appreciate the reaction by Death due their interconnected stories.
Other great thing is that Hazel and Foxglove aren’t perfect, and while Hazel seems to be a better person, it’s not like Foxglove is a bad person, she is just human, susceptible to commit mistakes. And Death is right there to help them both.
CASHING IN THE CHIPS
I care about everyone, Hazel.
Neil Gaiman is a storyteller, and if you want to understand him, maybe a tip is that not always the story will be part of a grand scheme, the tale won’t be vital to the survival of the universo, even the story doesn’t have to be about the title character but about the “support characters”, but if you have time, and you want to know a story, a wonderful story about the human condition, you are in the right place with the right material in your hands.
Death again is this lovely smiling girl in black clothes, and while she has a duty to perform, she isn’t sad about it, and while she doesn’t do deals, she always love to hear the people and if they want to make a deal, she is in the game.
You need to enjoy life, to understand what’s really important and be prepared because if you smile enough, you will know when the time of your life is finally around you.
This the collected edition of the story “Death: The Time of your Life” with an introduction written by the actress, Claire Danes, who is a personal friend of Neil Gaiman, and she was the lead actress in the film adaptation of “Stardust” (another story by Neil Gaiman).
Creative Team:
Writer: Neil Gaiman
Illustrators: Chris Bachalo & Mark Buckingham
Letterer: Todd Klein (since he is the best letterer in the business, always it’s relevant to mention that he was involved)
BUYING THE FARM
People don’t bore me, I like people.
Really? All of them?
All of them.
Even the creepy ones?
Nobody’s creepy from the inside, Hazel. Some of them are sad, and some of them hurt, and some of them think they’re the only real thing in the whole world. But they’re not creepy.
This was my first Neil Gaiman’s. I bought it some years ago, some months after watching the film adaptation of Stardust (and of course, I had watched the film adaptation of Coraline), so I knew that it was very likely that I’d enjoy to read Neil Gaiman’s works but until then I hadn’t buy anything yet. I found this TPB in my local store and odd enough, nobody knows if somebody had ordered, but it was there, and I didn’t think it twice and I bought it.
I read it and I liked it a lot, but of course, I didn’t know anything else about The Sandman’s related material or even the character of Death, but I like a lot the reading experience.
Now, that I had read it for second time, right after reading Death: The High Cost of Living, I like it even more, and definitely, I appreciated it even more, since Hazel and Foxglove, the main characters here, they were introduced as support characters in the previous story, so it was awesome to realize that.
Neil Gaiman was careful to avoid a repetition of how he did The High Cost of Living where Death was the main character, to understand her, and her reaction to the support characters. In here, The Time of your Life is just the opposite, in the sense that now Death is a support character, and you have Hazel and Foxglove as the main characters, and you appreciate the reaction by Death due their interconnected stories.
Other great thing is that Hazel and Foxglove aren’t perfect, and while Hazel seems to be a better person, it’s not like Foxglove is a bad person, she is just human, susceptible to commit mistakes. And Death is right there to help them both.
CASHING IN THE CHIPS
I care about everyone, Hazel.
Neil Gaiman is a storyteller, and if you want to understand him, maybe a tip is that not always the story will be part of a grand scheme, the tale won’t be vital to the survival of the universo, even the story doesn’t have to be about the title character but about the “support characters”, but if you have time, and you want to know a story, a wonderful story about the human condition, you are in the right place with the right material in your hands.
Death again is this lovely smiling girl in black clothes, and while she has a duty to perform, she isn’t sad about it, and while she doesn’t do deals, she always love to hear the people and if they want to make a deal, she is in the game.
You need to enjoy life, to understand what’s really important and be prepared because if you smile enough, you will know when the time of your life is finally around you.
May 16, 2018
I have a bit of a thing for Death. I really like the concept behind the character so much, and, well, I think she’s rather lovely.
Rather than death becoming an idea associated with negativity; it is something to be embraced and accepted. It is a natural part of life; thus, she is relaxed and very mellow. She does not need to give those at their end much coercion to go with her. Her calming presence is all they need. She’s also rather wise:
“People don’t bore me, I like people.”
“Really? All of them”
“All of them.”
“Even the creepy ones?”
“Nobody’s creepy from the inside, Hazel. Some of them are sad, and some of them hurt, and some of them think they’re the only real thing in the whole world. But they’re not creepy.”
And then there's this:
As great as she is, she took a back-seat in this story and did not feel very present like she did in the previous volume. It felt like she was appearing in someone else’s story rather than her own. This needed far more of her for it to truly belong to her.
Overall, it was entertaining though hindered by the central character’s lack of presence.
Rather than death becoming an idea associated with negativity; it is something to be embraced and accepted. It is a natural part of life; thus, she is relaxed and very mellow. She does not need to give those at their end much coercion to go with her. Her calming presence is all they need. She’s also rather wise:
“People don’t bore me, I like people.”
“Really? All of them”
“All of them.”
“Even the creepy ones?”
“Nobody’s creepy from the inside, Hazel. Some of them are sad, and some of them hurt, and some of them think they’re the only real thing in the whole world. But they’re not creepy.”
And then there's this:
As great as she is, she took a back-seat in this story and did not feel very present like she did in the previous volume. It felt like she was appearing in someone else’s story rather than her own. This needed far more of her for it to truly belong to her.
Overall, it was entertaining though hindered by the central character’s lack of presence.
July 26, 2023
Why do we hurt?
why do we die?
why isn't life good all the time?
why isn't it fair?
I knew it was Alvie, That baby was suspiciously sooo cute, that it had to be him.
Honestly i will not be putting this Graphic novel in my fantasy shelf, the story was mostly about the Life of Hazel and Foxglove, it was mostly a story about a couple of lesbians, how they fell in love and how they drifted apart, and how they eventually came back together.
Also i am not sure how to view This couple, Body positivity? or Lesbian Stereotypes? if the first then Yaay Great if the second then BOOO not great.
First Two parts of the story didn't even feel remotely tied to Sandman world at all, as the revelation of what Death wants was in the last part.
For those of you fine ladies and gentlemen who read Death: The High Cost of Living, Hazel and Foxglove first Debuted there.
Which makes it perfect honestly that they eventually Got collected in Death: The Deluxe Edition
We even see Sexton as well from the first graphic novel at one of the flashbacks.
Funniest person in this story was the Buddhist Underwear model guy, like why the fuck are you even going with them everywhere, some people don't know what's good for them.
It was really touching that Boris, who actually didn't believe in a being personifying Death, would be the one who sacrifices himself so that Hazel and foxglove and Alvie get to continue on living.
I liked the Scene when hazel told foxglove how she is wrong about not loving her anymore, since foxglove did follow her to the afterlife!
Often through life we really don't notice the things that clearly indicate that someone truly loves us.
The point? Walk the world, help to feed the hungry, help comfort those in pain, do what you can to leave the world a better place.
December 28, 2014
A nice, short story that doesn't actually feature the main character (Death) very much at all.
It's probably best to think of this as a tangent book to the Sandman series, as it deals mostly with the characters from those books.
That said, it works fairly well as a stand-alone story, and I think most anyone could read this by itself and still enjoy it quite a bit.
It's probably best to think of this as a tangent book to the Sandman series, as it deals mostly with the characters from those books.
That said, it works fairly well as a stand-alone story, and I think most anyone could read this by itself and still enjoy it quite a bit.
April 11, 2019
Μια ακόμη ωραία ιστορία για την Death αν και στην πραγματικότητα πιο πολύ μου φάνηκε σαν μια extra story για κάποιους από τους χαρακτήρες από τη βασική σειρά του Sandman.
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August 27, 2011
In Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman universe, Death is not a “tall guy with a bone face, like a skeletal monk, with a scythe and an hourglass and a big white horse and a penchant for playing chess with Scandinavians” (cliché much, Sexton Furnival). Gaiman’s interpretation of Death is exactly the concept’s opposite: a quirky, perky Goth girl with a jovial demeanor, a down-to-earth aura lingering about her, a sunny smile, and the Egyptian symbol of life dangling around her neck. As if that paradox is not enough, Gaiman spawned yet another mini-series featuring Death in a gritty yet hopeful tale that celebrates life, talks about how love can change a person’s way of living, and shows what it means to be alive.
A follow-up to Death: The High Cost of Living, Death: The Time of Your Life takes us back to the story of the lesbian couple Donna “Foxglove” Cavanagh and Hazel McNamara. The couple was first introduced in The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll’s House and was seen again in the first spin-off featuring our favorite antropomorph of demise. The spotlight is now focused on them as they crossed paths once again with Death…and this time, there is a bargain involved.
After a drunken one-night stand with a co-worker, Hazel becomes pregnant and gives birth to a baby boy, Alvie. Foxglove forgives her partner and accepts Alvie as her own. But happy-ever-afters are hard to come, especially for same-sex couples. Hazel and Foxglove's relationship screeches close to the brink of collapsing, what with the latter being engulfed in the suffocating arms of fame. Foxglove is a successful and globetrotting rockstar, and to maintain her status, she must never reveal her true sexuality to the public. To top of it all, Alvie dies. Now, normally, Death doesn't make deals, but she remembers Hazel fondly when she walked the earth as a mortal not so long ago (requirement of being a psychopomp). So she agrees with the bargain: she extends Alvie’s life for a time, and when that time finally runs out, Hazel, Foxglove, and Alvie will be meeting up with her in her realm and someone must stay behind as a payment. At the final turn of the glass, everyone meets up in the limbo in the borders of Death’s realm to do what needs to be done…after all, a bargain is a bargain. Death may be a cheerful as your chummiest neighbor, but she plays by the rules of the universe’s book, not even sparing the concept of palabra de honor.
What I liked the most about Gaiman is that he can easily beguile everyone who is touched by the magic of his words, even if the very bones of the tales he’s telling are already bordering on trite. The premise of this little tome is something I’ve heard of ages ago. But Gaiman being Gaiman, he finds the best angle to tell it from, and populates it with people you would surely care about.
Unlike The High Cost of Living, this story resembles the usual pattern of The Sandman novels, where the featured Endless only stands as a character that serves as the bobbin where the threads are being pulled into, without standing as an outright protagonist or heroine.
As for the art, hands down: I loved it. Carefully drawn and inked, the illustrations appear to be vibrant with life yet still give off the dark theme of this "purported" story about demise.
Over all this is a satisfying read: a story of music, sacrifices, friendship, sexuality, mortality, and unconditional love that is sure to resonate with a lot of readers.
*edited
A follow-up to Death: The High Cost of Living, Death: The Time of Your Life takes us back to the story of the lesbian couple Donna “Foxglove” Cavanagh and Hazel McNamara. The couple was first introduced in The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll’s House and was seen again in the first spin-off featuring our favorite antropomorph of demise. The spotlight is now focused on them as they crossed paths once again with Death…and this time, there is a bargain involved.
After a drunken one-night stand with a co-worker, Hazel becomes pregnant and gives birth to a baby boy, Alvie. Foxglove forgives her partner and accepts Alvie as her own. But happy-ever-afters are hard to come, especially for same-sex couples. Hazel and Foxglove's relationship screeches close to the brink of collapsing, what with the latter being engulfed in the suffocating arms of fame. Foxglove is a successful and globetrotting rockstar, and to maintain her status, she must never reveal her true sexuality to the public. To top of it all, Alvie dies. Now, normally, Death doesn't make deals, but she remembers Hazel fondly when she walked the earth as a mortal not so long ago (requirement of being a psychopomp). So she agrees with the bargain: she extends Alvie’s life for a time, and when that time finally runs out, Hazel, Foxglove, and Alvie will be meeting up with her in her realm and someone must stay behind as a payment. At the final turn of the glass, everyone meets up in the limbo in the borders of Death’s realm to do what needs to be done…after all, a bargain is a bargain. Death may be a cheerful as your chummiest neighbor, but she plays by the rules of the universe’s book, not even sparing the concept of palabra de honor.
What I liked the most about Gaiman is that he can easily beguile everyone who is touched by the magic of his words, even if the very bones of the tales he’s telling are already bordering on trite. The premise of this little tome is something I’ve heard of ages ago. But Gaiman being Gaiman, he finds the best angle to tell it from, and populates it with people you would surely care about.
Unlike The High Cost of Living, this story resembles the usual pattern of The Sandman novels, where the featured Endless only stands as a character that serves as the bobbin where the threads are being pulled into, without standing as an outright protagonist or heroine.
As for the art, hands down: I loved it. Carefully drawn and inked, the illustrations appear to be vibrant with life yet still give off the dark theme of this "purported" story about demise.
Over all this is a satisfying read: a story of music, sacrifices, friendship, sexuality, mortality, and unconditional love that is sure to resonate with a lot of readers.
*edited
August 31, 2017
Another story of death, with Death as a character in it! Nice short story, but Death wasn't featured as much as in the first one.
The artwork is stunning in this one! The drawings are, still, a bit old-school but the general artwork is amazing!
It loses a star because the story was not something extraordinary, but it was cool...
The artwork is stunning in this one! The drawings are, still, a bit old-school but the general artwork is amazing!
It loses a star because the story was not something extraordinary, but it was cool...
December 4, 2012
I admire this rather than like it, which means I appreciate very much the beauty of the story and the illustrations, but ultimately don't feel moved by it. I think the difference between this and the earlier Death: The High Cost of Living is how the first book dealt with far broader concerns and themes, rather than just the single story of Foxglove and Hazel that appears in this one. In this case, the problem faced by the protagonists--a life is saved at the cost of a life--is really specific to them, and Death is a side character instead of the central figure. Me, I want the Endless stories featuring Death to be about universal, common-to-humanity things, so I failed to connect with this more narrowly-focused story. Aside from that, I think Gaiman did some interesting things with Hazel and Foxglove's relationship, particularly in forcing Foxglove to finally grow up and become a better person, and in allowing Hazel to grow up and discover that her gentle nature is a source of strength.
September 12, 2023
A bit more complicated a story than the first Death miniseries.
Death incarnate, as defined by master storyteller Neil Gaiman (THE SANDMAN), is a genuinely likeable young girl with a fondness for ankhs who truly cares about people. It's small wonder then that when a rising star of the music world wrestles with revealing her true sexual orientation just as her lover is lured into the realm of Death that Death herself should make an appearance. A practical, honest, and intelligent story that illuminates "the miracle of death."
Here we follow two characters from A Dream of You: Donna Foxglove and her partner Hazel McNamara. Hazel was pregnant last we saw her but they had the baby (Alvie) and are still in a relationship. In the first Death miniseries our protagonist helped Donna get a music contract - and now she's a famous popstar! Unfortunately her public persona has her as a heartthrob and she's kept her relationship (and sexual orientation) secret.
The pressure of fame threatens the relationship.
Plus Alvie dies! But Hazel makes a deal with Death to save him for now. Everything comes to ahead as Foxglove joined by her fake boyfriend and manager journey to Death's realm to help Hazel and Alvie.
Chris Bachalo and Mark Buckingham's artwork here is way more clean and crisp than it was in the first miniseries. I wonder what changed, if you didn't know any better you couldn't be blamed for thinking this was a different art team.
Death incarnate, as defined by master storyteller Neil Gaiman (THE SANDMAN), is a genuinely likeable young girl with a fondness for ankhs who truly cares about people. It's small wonder then that when a rising star of the music world wrestles with revealing her true sexual orientation just as her lover is lured into the realm of Death that Death herself should make an appearance. A practical, honest, and intelligent story that illuminates "the miracle of death."
Here we follow two characters from A Dream of You: Donna Foxglove and her partner Hazel McNamara. Hazel was pregnant last we saw her but they had the baby (Alvie) and are still in a relationship. In the first Death miniseries our protagonist helped Donna get a music contract - and now she's a famous popstar! Unfortunately her public persona has her as a heartthrob and she's kept her relationship (and sexual orientation) secret.
The pressure of fame threatens the relationship.
Plus Alvie dies! But Hazel makes a deal with Death to save him for now. Everything comes to ahead as Foxglove joined by her fake boyfriend and manager journey to Death's realm to help Hazel and Alvie.
Chris Bachalo and Mark Buckingham's artwork here is way more clean and crisp than it was in the first miniseries. I wonder what changed, if you didn't know any better you couldn't be blamed for thinking this was a different art team.
April 19, 2022
I know I keep saying it, but Neil Gaiman is awesome! The characters he creates and stories he writes are amazing. Death is fantastic. She is truly original. This volume is wonderful. I enjoy reading about the Sandman universe characters.
February 18, 2020
I’m not a rereader. I read, epic, copious amounts of mostly recent and future (thanks to Netgalley) books, but seldom do I want to revisit a book already read. This was an exception. Many moons ago I was positively obsessed with Sandman, it rekindled my love of reading and provided me with so much entertainment and delight. Not just the main novels, but the numerous spin offs too, the main ones of which were probably the Death graphic novels. Gaiman’s cryptic gothette, she is nearly as famous as her brother Morpheus and beloved by all ankh wearing all black clothed girls. Or she was, anyway, at the time. Now, two decades later, for me as an adult…it just doesn’t quite work. I can appreciate Gaiman’s writing and the artwork and how revolutionary awesome it was for him to make two main characters lesbian in that day and age, but the entire thing is just too…young, is it. Yeah, that’s the best way I can describe it. The energy of the comic is just too young, not dumbed down YA style, but not really a thing for mature readers either. Or for this one, anyway. I mean, the introduction is provided by Claire Danes, who was the hot young thing at the time. It’s almost sad, in a way, that one of the Endless isn’t quite timeless. But it’s also a fascinating experiment to track one’s own changing/evolving tastes and mentality. I think for me it’s a thing of the past and should be left well enough alone to rest there upon the clouds of fondest memories.
March 12, 2019
Loved it. RTC :)
October 31, 2021
****1/2
May 27, 2009
Morpheus' sister, Death, returns for a second solo outing in a haunting tale of music, mortality, friendship and the power of love in the face of death. In the hands of most ordinary writers, this story would've been a disaster. It juggles a myriad of complex issues, such as sexuality, the fleeting nature of fame, the multiple meanings of love, desire, and commitment, and the value of friendship and life. But this Gaiman we're talking about so rest assured, he's going to take us for a ride that leaves Sandman fans picking up clues as allusions to The Sandman story arcs.
Foxglove is struggling personally even as her fame shoots through the roof--she wonders whether she should stay in the closet, and whether she should stay with Hazel and their son Alvie. Hazel is struggling too; she wants to know the value of her relationship, and to save her son's life, most of all. Death listens, understandingly, patiently. And because of her, Hazel and Foxglove realize what matters most to them.
My advice would be for readers to follow the story arc backwards to "The Sandman: The Doll's House" where Foxglove's "small world" is perhaps at its tightest. You will meet someone who knows Donna Cavanaugh, before she turns into Foxglove. You will meet someone who will later share an apartment building with Foxglove and Hazel. You will find several allusions to, and a newspaper clipping of, a defining moment in Foxglove's life. This story is woven into Gaiman's existing tapestry with care, subtlety, and expert craftsmanship.
"Death: The Time of Your Life" also includes a gallery of favourite renderings of Death by the likes of Dave McKean, Bill Sienkiewicz and many others. Though it lacks the immediacy and emotional power of "Death: The High Cost Of Living", this is still a captivating companion piece.
Book Details:
Title Death: The Time of Your Life
Author Neil Gaiman
Reviewed By Purplycookie
Foxglove is struggling personally even as her fame shoots through the roof--she wonders whether she should stay in the closet, and whether she should stay with Hazel and their son Alvie. Hazel is struggling too; she wants to know the value of her relationship, and to save her son's life, most of all. Death listens, understandingly, patiently. And because of her, Hazel and Foxglove realize what matters most to them.
My advice would be for readers to follow the story arc backwards to "The Sandman: The Doll's House" where Foxglove's "small world" is perhaps at its tightest. You will meet someone who knows Donna Cavanaugh, before she turns into Foxglove. You will meet someone who will later share an apartment building with Foxglove and Hazel. You will find several allusions to, and a newspaper clipping of, a defining moment in Foxglove's life. This story is woven into Gaiman's existing tapestry with care, subtlety, and expert craftsmanship.
"Death: The Time of Your Life" also includes a gallery of favourite renderings of Death by the likes of Dave McKean, Bill Sienkiewicz and many others. Though it lacks the immediacy and emotional power of "Death: The High Cost Of Living", this is still a captivating companion piece.
Book Details:
Title Death: The Time of Your Life
Author Neil Gaiman
Reviewed By Purplycookie
March 28, 2017
3.9
La Muerte es Vida
Hasta dónde serías capaz de llegar por el amor de tu vida...
Muerte: Lo mejor de tu vida por Neil Gaiman (Chris Bachalo, Mark Buckingham y Mark Penningtones) es un especial de la serie "The Sandman" donde nuestra protagonista es nada más y nada menos que la mismísima Muerte personificada, con un aire punk-rock que la hace lucir excelente. Pero ella no es la única que luce bien en las viñetas, también tenemos a una estrella de rock (Foxglove) que tiene que lidiar con su fama mientras lucha por mantener su familia a su lado (Hazel), ella es lesbiana, sí, pero el mundo no debe enterarse o su carrera se iría al garete.
Una historia repleta de chicas que lejos de ser las típicas "señoritas en peligro" son las que verdaderamente aportan todo el carisma a esta novela. Sin duda una novela repleta de mensajes y con mucha filosofía detrás, como es costumbre en Gaiman.
Opinión Personal
Para ser sinceros me gustó y mucho, estoy empezando a adentrarme en todo este universo y creo que me va a gustar bastante, todo este aire filosófico-existencial que le aporta Gaiman a sus obras es único. Si bien no me conmovió tanto como "Cazadores de Sueños" no deja de ser una novela gráfica muy buena.
El personaje de la Muerte es sencillamente sublime, y me pegan unas ganas de saberlo todo sobre "Los Eternos", "El Panteón de los Eternos", "Morfeo", "Muerte"... Estoy muy entusiasmado con este universo y espero que me siga gustando.
Hasta dónde serías capaz de llegar por el amor de tu vida...
Muerte: Lo mejor de tu vida por Neil Gaiman (Chris Bachalo, Mark Buckingham y Mark Penningtones) es un especial de la serie "The Sandman" donde nuestra protagonista es nada más y nada menos que la mismísima Muerte personificada, con un aire punk-rock que la hace lucir excelente. Pero ella no es la única que luce bien en las viñetas, también tenemos a una estrella de rock (Foxglove) que tiene que lidiar con su fama mientras lucha por mantener su familia a su lado (Hazel), ella es lesbiana, sí, pero el mundo no debe enterarse o su carrera se iría al garete.
Una historia repleta de chicas que lejos de ser las típicas "señoritas en peligro" son las que verdaderamente aportan todo el carisma a esta novela. Sin duda una novela repleta de mensajes y con mucha filosofía detrás, como es costumbre en Gaiman.
Opinión Personal
Para ser sinceros me gustó y mucho, estoy empezando a adentrarme en todo este universo y creo que me va a gustar bastante, todo este aire filosófico-existencial que le aporta Gaiman a sus obras es único. Si bien no me conmovió tanto como "Cazadores de Sueños" no deja de ser una novela gráfica muy buena.
El personaje de la Muerte es sencillamente sublime, y me pegan unas ganas de saberlo todo sobre "Los Eternos", "El Panteón de los Eternos", "Morfeo", "Muerte"... Estoy muy entusiasmado con este universo y espero que me siga gustando.
February 1, 2009
Death: The Time of Your Life is another story which includes Hazel and Foxglove, their son, and Death. You need to have read Death: The High Cost of Living and the volume of the main series which involves them, or you won't really get what the big deal is. It's quite a strange story, in which Hazel actually makes a deal with Death -- something apparently unheard of, and which certainly doesn't seem to fit into The Sandman canon. It basically has a message about/from Death: that she and her job, in a sense, remind us to live. Still, it's not really a story about Death, despite the title, it's a follow up on Foxglove.
It's an interesting little story, the art is good, and it's good to see some old characters again. Again, like many of the spinoffs, not wonderfully special.
It's an interesting little story, the art is good, and it's good to see some old characters again. Again, like many of the spinoffs, not wonderfully special.
February 5, 2018
Even though some people might be upset that this is supposed to be a book 'about' Death and she's barely in it, I think that's kind of the point because a lot of Death's more standalone stuff is really focused more on the people she interacts with and that's because she just straight up likes people. She likes meeting them and hearing about their lives and very occasionally even bending her rules to help them out a little bit. I really enjoyed this story but if you are looking for something that heavily features Death you might want to look somewhere else.
September 5, 2007
I loved the concept -- I'm going to try the first "Death..." and see how it is. This one started out strong but didn't live up to Death's potential as a character, in my opinion.
December 15, 2019
Charming. It's easy to understand why Death is such a popular character.
Library copy
Library copy
October 2, 2015
Další úžasný počin pana Gaimana. :)
August 28, 2022
'Death: The Time of Your Life' (Death of the Endless #2) by Neil Gaiman, Chris Bachalo, Mark Buckingham, et al.
Issues Covered: Issues #4 to #6.
Rating: 4.25/5.
Review:
After a mediocre first arc, 'Death: The Time Of Your Life' successfully revitalizes Neil Gaiman's take on the fan-favorite Death of the Endless.
It is a tale of love lost and responsibilities forsaken. It is a tale of one's rising fame and the pitfalls of popularity. It is a tale of affections, betrayals, and an ultimate sacrifice. Ultimately, it was a tale of life and death.
I love Neil Gaiman's depiction of Death. She isn't scary or cruel as often portrayed in popular culture. Almost everything about the story was perfect, right from the characterizations to the ideas it presented. The third (and the final issue) is a gold mine of meaningful quotes. I'm amazed at how Neil Gaiman could pack so much in mere three issues covering this arc. Chris Bachalo and Mark Buckingham's combined artwork was exquisite and enhanced Gaiman's story in multiple folds.
Despite being almost perfect, the second Death of the Endless arc is not without its shortcomings. Death deciding to return someone to life out of the blue (despite not doing so for billions of lifeforms over the last billions of years) is completely incomprehensible. Death was established in the earlier comics to be impartial, reaping the souls of all those whose time has come to an end. Death's reason for the deal is flimsy too. Her insistence on requiring someone's sacrifice in place of the life returned (despite there not being any need for such a sacrifice as mentioned by Death herself) seems baffling. All these things don't make sense, and it seems like these things simply happen for plot convenience.
'The Time Of Your Life' is a tragic tale of redemption and facing one's responsibilities. It is a fantastic addition to Neil Gaiman's Sandman Universe. I'm saddened by the fact that the arc was so short and we have no more Death-focused arcs in the Sandman Universe. Highly recommended for the fans of the Sandman comics!
Issues Covered: Issues #4 to #6.
"That’s what you were trying to say, isn’t it? I mean, I think … mostly we’re too busy living to stop and notice we’re alive. But that sometimes we do. And that that makes the rest of it matter."
Rating: 4.25/5.
Review:
After a mediocre first arc, 'Death: The Time Of Your Life' successfully revitalizes Neil Gaiman's take on the fan-favorite Death of the Endless.
It is a tale of love lost and responsibilities forsaken. It is a tale of one's rising fame and the pitfalls of popularity. It is a tale of affections, betrayals, and an ultimate sacrifice. Ultimately, it was a tale of life and death.
I love Neil Gaiman's depiction of Death. She isn't scary or cruel as often portrayed in popular culture. Almost everything about the story was perfect, right from the characterizations to the ideas it presented. The third (and the final issue) is a gold mine of meaningful quotes. I'm amazed at how Neil Gaiman could pack so much in mere three issues covering this arc. Chris Bachalo and Mark Buckingham's combined artwork was exquisite and enhanced Gaiman's story in multiple folds.
Despite being almost perfect, the second Death of the Endless arc is not without its shortcomings. Death deciding to return someone to life out of the blue (despite not doing so for billions of lifeforms over the last billions of years) is completely incomprehensible. Death was established in the earlier comics to be impartial, reaping the souls of all those whose time has come to an end. Death's reason for the deal is flimsy too. Her insistence on requiring someone's sacrifice in place of the life returned (despite there not being any need for such a sacrifice as mentioned by Death herself) seems baffling. All these things don't make sense, and it seems like these things simply happen for plot convenience.
'The Time Of Your Life' is a tragic tale of redemption and facing one's responsibilities. It is a fantastic addition to Neil Gaiman's Sandman Universe. I'm saddened by the fact that the arc was so short and we have no more Death-focused arcs in the Sandman Universe. Highly recommended for the fans of the Sandman comics!
November 21, 2022
This was as much the story of Foxglove, Hazel, and Alvie as of Death, not to mention a depressing peek behind the curtain of material success, a curtain which smothers and stagnates. Death comes to change that, revitalizing with her presence those she doesn’t take, remaining the same cherry Goth girl who likes everyone. She’s also a good listener for Hazel. Hazel blossoms in these tales of Death, revealing she’s far more than the comic relief whom made Barbie roll her eyes and a rebound girlfirend for Donna after she lost Judy. In this book in particular, Hazel shows her dreams and her hopes. She treasures memories Foxglove has forgotten and has a life no one regards as special, not even her. It was a humbling eye opener to have her speak, reminding me of all those quiet people whose hopes and dreams we may not notice. Those people have stories of their own which can touch even powerful entities that like everyone. It was beautiful and humbling to see this happen in the pages, even as Death reached out to touch others, getting Foxglove to re-evaluate her life, giving Hazel some well-needed attention, a chance for everyone else to stop and think about what to do with the time of their lives.
July 22, 2019
I love anything to do with the Sandman universe especially the Endless, Death is an interesting and understated protagonist. Casting Death itself as an affable teenage goth is a master stroke. Death is a young girl & her approach is subtle, she is the end of all things and has duality in that she is also an important part of birth. It's great to see the early work of Chris Bachalo I have always been a fan of his since his run on Generation X & then the X men, his art is ornate and decorative a truly special artist & illustrator. I need to reread the books about death by Neil Gaiman to be honest...
June 2, 2019
Now this was a story about Death, of the Endless.
She loves us, and she's here to remind us to actually live. It's amazing how easily we forget that.
She loves us, and she's here to remind us to actually live. It's amazing how easily we forget that.
March 19, 2018
It was good experience reading this comic. There were parts where it got boring and obvious but it had its unique touch in the end anyhow.
The comic was made really well, though the concept was fine, as well as the story lie for one could do too much more than that concept. The characters were good and so was the end. Goodread
The comic was made really well, though the concept was fine, as well as the story lie for one could do too much more than that concept. The characters were good and so was the end. Goodread
May 3, 2020
"Can I ask a stupid question?"
"Sure. Ask away."
"It's sort of more than one question. But... Look, um... Why do we hurt? Why do we die? Why isn't life good all the time? Why isn't it fair?"
"Those aren't stupid questions, Hazel. For some people they're the only questions that matter."
"Does that mean you won't answer them?"
"Sure, I'll answer. But it's kind of a big subject, and it's got lots of answers, and the answers don't really mean anything-- They aren't stupid questions but they could just as well be 'When is purple?' or 'Why does Thursday?', if you see what I mean..."
"Not really."
"Well, I think some of it is probably contrasts. Light and Shadow. If you never had the bad times, how would you know you had the good times? But some of it is just: If you're going to be Human, then there are a whole load of things that come with it. Eyes, a Heart, Days and Life.
It's the moments that illuminate it, though. The times you don't see when you're having them... They make the rest of it matter."
Like Death: The High Cost of Living Collected, this volume mostly stands apart from the main Sandman series, so it can probably be read alone. But the main characters are from that series, so reading this separately would mean missing some of the context.
I love the art for this volume, which is pencilled by Chris Bachalo & Mark Buckingham, and inked by Mark Buckingham & Mark Pennington. The way Death is drawn here is one of my favorite renditions of her, along with Mike Dringenberg (The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists), and Marc Hempel (The Kindly Ones) in the main series.
This volume brings Hazel & Foxglove, the lesbian couple that first appeared in The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You back for a story focused on their relationship. I think this is the stronger of the two Death volumes, but this is one of those times when I’ve already read a great review and would rather link to it than write one myself. I loved Tim Callahan’s take from Tor.com’s 2013 Sandman reread:
http://www.tor.com/2013/04/03/the-san...
"Sure. Ask away."
"It's sort of more than one question. But... Look, um... Why do we hurt? Why do we die? Why isn't life good all the time? Why isn't it fair?"
"Those aren't stupid questions, Hazel. For some people they're the only questions that matter."
"Does that mean you won't answer them?"
"Sure, I'll answer. But it's kind of a big subject, and it's got lots of answers, and the answers don't really mean anything-- They aren't stupid questions but they could just as well be 'When is purple?' or 'Why does Thursday?', if you see what I mean..."
"Not really."
"Well, I think some of it is probably contrasts. Light and Shadow. If you never had the bad times, how would you know you had the good times? But some of it is just: If you're going to be Human, then there are a whole load of things that come with it. Eyes, a Heart, Days and Life.
It's the moments that illuminate it, though. The times you don't see when you're having them... They make the rest of it matter."
Like Death: The High Cost of Living Collected, this volume mostly stands apart from the main Sandman series, so it can probably be read alone. But the main characters are from that series, so reading this separately would mean missing some of the context.
I love the art for this volume, which is pencilled by Chris Bachalo & Mark Buckingham, and inked by Mark Buckingham & Mark Pennington. The way Death is drawn here is one of my favorite renditions of her, along with Mike Dringenberg (The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists), and Marc Hempel (The Kindly Ones) in the main series.
This volume brings Hazel & Foxglove, the lesbian couple that first appeared in The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You back for a story focused on their relationship. I think this is the stronger of the two Death volumes, but this is one of those times when I’ve already read a great review and would rather link to it than write one myself. I loved Tim Callahan’s take from Tor.com’s 2013 Sandman reread:
http://www.tor.com/2013/04/03/the-san...
July 26, 2010
Casi inmaculada. Me gustó más que la primera miniserie pero aun así me dejó un poco insatisfecho en un par de aspectos. La historia, la narrativa y el dibujo, muy buenos; la resolución, emotiva y muy bien pensada. Los personajes, queribles y con mucho carisma. Al menos los principales. Porque en cuanto a los secundarios, peca de presentarnos unos sujetos que son muy relevantes para la trama pero no llegan a su "spotlight" en ningún momento. Hay poca intromisión en sus sentimientos y sus motivaciones, así que cuando toman tal o cual decisión más que importante para la trama uno dice "Ah, pará, ¿entonces era para tanto lo que le pasaba?".
En fin, ya me queda muy poco por leer del universo Sandman de lo que escribió su creador, así que cuando consiga los platos que me faltan, trataré de saborear cada bocado con paciencia sibarita. Si mantiene el nivel, va a ser uno de los manjares literarios* más exquisitos que haya probado.
*tómese este adjetivo en un santido amplio.
En fin, ya me queda muy poco por leer del universo Sandman de lo que escribió su creador, así que cuando consiga los platos que me faltan, trataré de saborear cada bocado con paciencia sibarita. Si mantiene el nivel, va a ser uno de los manjares literarios* más exquisitos que haya probado.
*tómese este adjetivo en un santido amplio.
February 21, 2008
The storyline is basicly as follows: Young lesbian mother strikes a deal with Death to save her child - at the same time her partner is pursuing her career as a rock star and that put a strain on their relationship. But Death teaches them the ultimate lesson - both love and life takes sacrifices.
It kind of reminded me of one of my favourite Hans Chrstian Andersen stories The story of a mother.
I actually liked this one even better than the first in the series - so it's five stars plus.
It kind of reminded me of one of my favourite Hans Chrstian Andersen stories The story of a mother.
I actually liked this one even better than the first in the series - so it's five stars plus.
October 25, 2020
There isn't anything outright offensively terrible about this comic, but it doesn't do anything for me whatsoever. Nothing to hate, but nothing to like either. It focuses on a couple of minor characters from The Sandman, about whom I never especially cared, and it doesn't do anything to endear them to me. There isn't much of a plot, and most of the comic just consists of fairly dull dialogue. The only real positive is a handful of really nice panels from Chris Bachalo and Mark Buckingham (when they're not just drawing talking faces).
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