Prelude and Nocturnes

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The first eight issues of Sandman, which is like seven and then kind of an epilogue issue. This was collected when it was first issued as a trade paper back in 1991. Came out in hardback in 1995. It did just want to do like a top level plot summary in case we missed stuff or do things out of order. In 1916, a magician named Roderick Burgess attempts to summon death and instead traps death's brother Dream who is Morpheus.

Welcome to our newest show-within-a-show! We're working our way through Neil Gaiman's signature graphic novel series THE SANDMAN. Some Patreon supporters get these episodes monthly, but every two months we'll combine them for general consumption.

In Episode 1, we do some table-setting on the series, and Gaiman -- then we dive into the first trade paperback Preludes & Nocturnes, which introduces Dream and his whole deal over the first 8 issues.

In Episode 2, we dig into the second book The Doll's House (which actually came out first). Dream is on the hunt to track down some rogue underlings, and a woman named Rose learns a lot about her family. Also there's a Cereal Convention!

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