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The Dreaming: Waking Hours
The Dreaming: Waking Hours #1
A new chapter in the Sandman saga begins with an all-new miniseries populated by faces both familiar and new!
One of Dream’s heaviest responsibilities is the creation of nightmares-the beings that haunt our sleep and turn our thoughts toward darkness. In the form of Ruin, the nightmare of catastrophic failure, Dream was certain he’d built his next masterpiece…but Ruin can’t help but live up to his name, sending every situation into a spiral of unexpected consequences. Unfortunately, Shakespearean scholar (and exhausted new mother) Lindy has dreamed of Ruin…and in the process, she’s delivered him unto the waking world!
The Sandman Universe is changing-and Hugo and World Fantasy award-winning writer G. Willow Wilson (Wonder Woman, Ms. Marvel, The Bird King) and breakout artist Nick Robles (Euthanauts) are here to welcome you!
One of Dream’s heaviest responsibilities is the creation of nightmares-the beings that haunt our sleep and turn our thoughts toward darkness. In the form of Ruin, the nightmare of catastrophic failure, Dream was certain he’d built his next masterpiece…but Ruin can’t help but live up to his name, sending every situation into a spiral of unexpected consequences. Unfortunately, Shakespearean scholar (and exhausted new mother) Lindy has dreamed of Ruin…and in the process, she’s delivered him unto the waking world!
The Sandman Universe is changing-and Hugo and World Fantasy award-winning writer G. Willow Wilson (Wonder Woman, Ms. Marvel, The Bird King) and breakout artist Nick Robles (Euthanauts) are here to welcome you!
23 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 4, 2020
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G. Willow Wilson
484 books3,327 followersHugo, World Fantasy and American Book Award-winning author of novels and comics, including THE BIRD KING, INVISIBLE KINGDOM, and ALIF THE UNSEEN. Co-creator of Ms Marvel. Honorary doctor of letters, Rutgers University. I accidentally started a dutch baby baking cult during quarantine. Not very active on here right now, but often found on Twitter.
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Displaying 1 - 9 of 9 reviews
November 17, 2024
a woman does her dissertation on shakespeare and finds herself taken to stratford house everytime she sleeps and dreams. it delves into one of my favorite theories, who really wrote the shakespeare plays? who IS william shakespeare? who is to be credited?
September 30, 2020
Hey it's Shakespeare!! And Shakespeare.... and Shakespeare...
March 23, 2021
So many Sandman stories start with an interesting concept that then is pulled along into a fairly conventional but still unusual narrative.
The idea of a nightmare named Ruin waking up in the place of the person having the nightmare is such a... oh, what's the word I'm looking for? Neat? Cool? Radical? Bodacious? Bonkers? Amazing? Creative? Ludacris? Wonderful? All of the above, concept?
Well, whatever it is, it's one of those words.
I especially found the ending peak Sandman esque. "Someone let them out."
It's clear to me G Willow Wilson understands the fundamentals of making a great Sandman story while also feeling wholly different from Gaimam in both tone and in writing.
It's so much better or worse than the originals than it is a parallel and complimentary cousin of it.
And the art is great- as expected. In cases like these you can't be dropping the ball. Weird dream shit needs to look cool and hey, it does in this case.
I think what I will remember most from this is a woman chasing a cat up endless stairs to nothing in a twisty warped house in the middle of space. I'm quite simple and I take images with me when I read comics. That image begins the journey and with its striking observations of imagination I am both awed and appreciative for having read this odd little tale.
As with most Sandman tales, I'm not so much compelled to read the next issue, but I do feel a weird and inexplicable summoning to continue the journey.
Like a lot of dreams, it just feels nice to be there when you're there.
The idea of a nightmare named Ruin waking up in the place of the person having the nightmare is such a... oh, what's the word I'm looking for? Neat? Cool? Radical? Bodacious? Bonkers? Amazing? Creative? Ludacris? Wonderful? All of the above, concept?
Well, whatever it is, it's one of those words.
I especially found the ending peak Sandman esque. "Someone let them out."
It's clear to me G Willow Wilson understands the fundamentals of making a great Sandman story while also feeling wholly different from Gaimam in both tone and in writing.
It's so much better or worse than the originals than it is a parallel and complimentary cousin of it.
And the art is great- as expected. In cases like these you can't be dropping the ball. Weird dream shit needs to look cool and hey, it does in this case.
I think what I will remember most from this is a woman chasing a cat up endless stairs to nothing in a twisty warped house in the middle of space. I'm quite simple and I take images with me when I read comics. That image begins the journey and with its striking observations of imagination I am both awed and appreciative for having read this odd little tale.
As with most Sandman tales, I'm not so much compelled to read the next issue, but I do feel a weird and inexplicable summoning to continue the journey.
Like a lot of dreams, it just feels nice to be there when you're there.
September 23, 2020
Honestly, this is a BEAUTIFUL comic perfect for fans of the starless sea and anything else that has that mystical feeling to it. I adored the art and found the characters interesting. Overall it was a really quick but satisfying read
August 17, 2020
Looks like we're off to a great start.
October 10, 2022
3,5
Una historia del universo sandman por lo menos decente. Una investigadora de Shakespeare que intenta averiguar la autoría de sus obras se ve arrastrada al sueño.
Una historia del universo sandman por lo menos decente. Una investigadora de Shakespeare que intenta averiguar la autoría de sus obras se ve arrastrada al sueño.
January 12, 2023
after spurrier’s run, almost anything would seem inspired… luckily, this actually is ^.^ and lopes is in the credits, always a marvel with the colors
February 9, 2021
Interesting idea to start out with. Can't wait to see where it goes!
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