Tuesday, January 02, 2007
I haven't posted since before Christmas, so here's a quick update...
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were busy, as Jacquie and I ran back and forth between our place, my parents' house and her parents' house. While it's nice to do some visiting, I was quite happy to stay away from people on Boxing Day. The rest of the week was fairly quiet, although we got together with our parents again on the 30th. We rounded out the year with a dinner and gaming night at Dave's place in Pickering on New Year's Eve.
Throughout my week off, we played a lot of games, watched a lot of DVDs and did a bit of reading. I finished reading Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes last night, and I'm reading through the introductory chapters of Samuel B. Griffith's translation of Sun Tzu's The Art of War.
When it comes to Sandman, I have to admit I expected a lot more than a gothy, artsy-fartsy book. The stories were simplistic and lame, and the characters are two-dimensional. The Sandman himself is a tired cliché of goth archetypes. Despite all the love the Sandman series gets, I'm not sure I'll really be able to get into it.
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were busy, as Jacquie and I ran back and forth between our place, my parents' house and her parents' house. While it's nice to do some visiting, I was quite happy to stay away from people on Boxing Day. The rest of the week was fairly quiet, although we got together with our parents again on the 30th. We rounded out the year with a dinner and gaming night at Dave's place in Pickering on New Year's Eve.
Throughout my week off, we played a lot of games, watched a lot of DVDs and did a bit of reading. I finished reading Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes last night, and I'm reading through the introductory chapters of Samuel B. Griffith's translation of Sun Tzu's The Art of War.
When it comes to Sandman, I have to admit I expected a lot more than a gothy, artsy-fartsy book. The stories were simplistic and lame, and the characters are two-dimensional. The Sandman himself is a tired cliché of goth archetypes. Despite all the love the Sandman series gets, I'm not sure I'll really be able to get into it.
// posted by Chris @ 11:14 AM 
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Certainly the goth stuff was more interesting circa 1990 than it is now (see also: World of Darkness), there is more than that to Sandman. It is very much Gaiman's effort to explore classical storytelling, including various forms of fairy tale. While it has aged a bit, I feel it still stands up pretty well, especially in comparison to most modern comics.
YMMV :)
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YMMV :)
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