The Dreaming #18 (2020) - "The Crown, Part Four"

[laughing_tree]

Being the thin-skinned addict of fakey online validation that I am, it’s been strange following the reaction to the new Sandman titles. There’s little of the familiar modes of comment and discourse one expects of a mainstream big-2 title, at either end of the analytical/shrill spectrum. None of the big spikes in engagement and excitement (nor arseholery and abuse) every New-Comicbook-Wednesday.

Rather, the Sandman fandom is a patient, thoughtful bunch who don’t so much declare their views as matriculate them, often over the course of the whole month between issues, or indeed only after the trade has dropped. They’ve taken us in with gradual (and often cautious) enthusiasm, and have - I hope - been rewarded. They’ve certainly been very effusive, in often downright cerebral fashion, about the work.

-- Si Spurrier