https://www.arschkrebs.de/sandman/annotations/
You can access them now via the internet wayback machine:
Or here:
https://www.enjolrasworld.com/Miscellaneous/Sandman/
It was the first set of annotations we had read for any work of literature and it was eye opening. Not only did it help us to understand more deeply what the artists creating Sandman were doing (and the fun they were having), but it helped us to read more richly into literature more generally.
Decades since the online annotations, Vertigo has published an official Annotated Sandman series by Leslie Klinger. We're reading it now, and it is good in some ways (Klinger provides info from the original scripts), but he often focuses on the wrong things (e.g., how long it takes to get to Fawney Rig) and ends up being more "behind the scenes" than "behind the ideas." The free online annotations provide much of the same info and are often more interesting. If you're reading the series, read some annotations, and before you drop $50+ on the official annotations, check out Hildenbrandt's archive.
It was the first set of annotations we had read for any work of literature and it was eye opening. Not only did it help us to understand more deeply what the artists creating Sandman were doing (and the fun they were having), but it helped us to read more richly into literature more generally.
Decades since the online annotations, Vertigo has published an official Annotated Sandman series by Leslie Klinger. We're reading it now, and it is good in some ways (Klinger provides info from the original scripts), but he often focuses on the wrong things (e.g., how long it takes to get to Fawney Rig) and ends up being more "behind the scenes" than "behind the ideas." The free online annotations provide much of the same info and are often more interesting. If you're reading the series, read some annotations, and before you drop $50+ on the official annotations, check out Hildenbrandt's archive.
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