Sandman, Band 2 - Das Puppenhaus

Von Neil Gaiman und Mike Dringenberg

SANDMAN ist aus gutem Grund die meistgelobte und mit Preisen ausgezeichnete Comic-Serie der 90er-Jahre: Die intelligente, tiefgründige Story, elegant geschrieben von Neil Gaiman und abwechselnd illustriert von den gefragtesten Künstlern der Comic-Branche, bietet eine reichhaltige Mischung moderner Mythen und finsterer Fantasy, in der zeitgenössische Literatur, historisches Drama und Legenden nahtlos ineinander übergehen. Die Saga des Sandman enthält eine Reihe von Erzählungen, die in der neunten Kunst einzig dastehen, und die Geschichte als solche werden Sie nie mehr vergessen. In DAS PUPPENHAUS findet Rose Walker mehr, als sie gesucht hat – lange verschollene Verwandte, den Kongress der Serienmörder und zum Schluss ihre wahre Identität. Der Herr der Träume versucht, das Geheimnis zu lüften. Nicht ahnend, dass ein anderer ganz in seiner Nähe die Fäden zieht. DAS PUPPENHAUS ist das zweite Buch aus der 10-bändigen SANDMAN-BIBLIOTHEK. Die SANDMAN-Bücher können sowohl in der Reihenfolge ihres Erscheinens als auch einzeln gelesen werden. "Ein einzigartiger, literarischer Comic, reich an Anspielungen, Humor, durchgeknallten Archetypen und einer gesunden Dosis Perversionen." The San Francisco Examiner "The Sandman ist Neil Gaimans persönliche Bestandsaufnahme der Bücher der Hölle, neu geschrieben und mit reichlich Ehrgeiz und Selbstsicherheit." Steve Erickson, L.A. Weekly

• Sprache: Deutsch
• Herausgeber: DC COMICS bei Panini Comics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 28. Jan. 2020
• ISBN: 9783736711488

Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling and multi-award winning author and creator of many beloved books, graphic novels, short stories, film, television and theatre for all ages. He is the recipient of the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and many Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner Awards. Neil has adapted many of his works to television series, including Good Omens (co-written with Terry Pratchett) and The Sandman. He is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR and Professor in the Arts at Bard College. For a lot more about his work, please visit: https://www.neilgaiman.com/

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[booklove2 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

An actual graphic NOVEL with a storyline all the way through. I like it expanded on some characters from the first book. A great continuation of the series. There are many "dolls" here.

[charrlygirl · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

The Doll's House kicked ass. Most especially the section involving the serial killer (Cereal) convention.
How fun is that? The answer is: LOTS!

Featuring an introduction by Clive Barker and artwork that I often found to be stunning, I can't find any fault with it at all.

Highly recommended for fans of graphic novels and/or dark fiction.

[bobbybslax · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

There are a few great issues in here, but I feel like I’ve already lost the main plot thread. The whole thing with Rose was not of interest to me much.

[fancypantalons · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Dark and haunting is probably the best way to describe this volume. The story revolves around a number of agents of the dreamworld who, in Morpheus' absence, have decided to have a little fun of their own. You can start to see the mythos really start to flesh outself out in this storyline, though the ending seemed to come a bit easily...

[lisamorr · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

I really enjoyed this second entry in Neil Gaiman's Sandman graphic novel series. Morpheus, the Sandman, has identified a dream vortex that is disrupting dreams, which he will have to address. That dream vortex happens to be Rose, a young woman searching for her brother. There are a few other storylines going on - what's happened to some escaped denizens of dream world and what's happened to someone Morpheus has given essentially eternal life to. I will have to get to the next one sooner than I did this one.

[pdcread · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

The second volume of the Sandman series opens with a tale of an African Queen who falls in love with Morpheus himself. It is forbidden for mere mortals to fall in love with the dream king, and she suffers for it.

After this little sojourn, you are straight into the story properly. There are several stories and threads that weave their way through the narrative, Morpheus is trying to recover the position and authority that he held before, and you meet his cohorts. There is Rose, a teen who has just discovered that she has a wider family, and is trying to track her brother down, but the hotel she is staying is is hosting (unknowingly) a convention of serial killers. As she is attacked by one of the delegates she calls for Morpheus who rescues her and confronts the guest speaker Corinthian and the conference. He tells them to leave, with the chilling judgement: "You shall know at all times, and forever, exactly what you are. And you shall know just how little that means"

Morpheus confronts a man dressed as a super hero who thinks that he is the new sandman, and we come across another of his siblings, Desire. But the primary story rotates around Rose, as she is the greatest threat to his domain.

Gaiman really know how to take the simple comic strip genre and make it dark, sinister and disturbing, It is hugely imaginative too, with these threads and storylines weaving in and out. The graphics are great, bright when the story needs it, and gloomy and moody when required. Great stuff!!

[al9g · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

I confess to a partiality for Gaiman's work - he has a delightfully twisted way of telling a story that offers tones of the macabre and a modern perspective on mythology that pulls the reader into another world - one that is both fascinating as well as, times, repelling This 2nd graphic novel in the Sandman series is an excellent follow up to the first and while it stands alone, it entices the reader more deeply into the story of the master of dreams and tempts one ever further into the world of the Sandman.

[drfuriosa · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

The most frightening dreams are the ones that reveal our darkest selves.

[whitewavedarling · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

There was a point in the second half of the book where I felt the story lagging, but on the whole, I really enjoyed this installment in the series. I can't quite say it lived up to the first volume, which had me entranced from page one on through the duration, but where the story here held to the main characters it followed, I truly enjoyed it. As would be expected, the storytelling and the artwork were both stellar, and I look forward to moving into the next book in the series.

[ray_-1 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

This was far better than the first book.
And even though I loved the first one, this one is miles away from it.

I really enjoyed going through this book, the main plot was very interesting though sometimes very confusing, and the side plot lines that were weaved throughout the book.
Some of them looked like fillers at first, as I was reading them I kept wondering how can what I was reading possibly relate to what I did already read or what was to come, but then somethings would happen and make things clear as a summer day.

I loved the graphics as always, they didn't stray from what the first book held, and they fit the story's content quite well.

This book was brutal as was the first one, but it was far smarter and better written than the first one was. One could sense Gaiman's improvement as a writer and storyteller.

All in all this was an incredible, interesting read that I enjoyed a great deal and I can't wait to start the next one.

[juva_3 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

In this collection a descendant of Unity Kinkaid is introduced: Rose Walker. Rose is searching for her missing younger brother, Jed. Jed and Rose lost touch after their parent's divorce. Jed moved away with their father and when their dad died suddenly, Jed was moved on to other more and more distant relatives. Now Rose is marshaling her grandmother's vast economic resources to find him at last. But Rose keeps having these weird, vivid dreams, and some of her flatmates are really strange. Something is up, and it's all coming to a head at the Cereal Convention.

[mrslee_1 · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

I've limited these novels to three stars for the dark content within, but I do enjoy much of the storyline. Very imaginative images and topics, and the homage to G.K. Chesterton was sweet. I like the way Gaiman plays with ideas and his characters are compelling, at least the ones which aren't repulsive are compelling.

[wiremonkey · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

The novel Coraline intrigued me so much, gave me such shivers, that I wanted to read more of Neil Gaiman. So what do I do? As a good librarian, I consulted my library catalogue and reserved a bunch of his books. This was the first tantalising selection that was available. I am not sure if it is sequential, but volume two reads well as a stand alone. I am not quite sure what to say exactly, as I am not well versed in graphic novels nor the horror genre. The premise was interesting- that their is a netherworld of the "dreaming" with nightmares that can escape into reality and, taking human form, create some pretty gruesome havoc. However, the illustrations were not as spectacular as the cover page would lead you to believe and the writing felt a little bit contrived at times. In terms of sheer horror, I would have to pick Coraline over the Doll's House, but that might be just my familiarity and comfort with the novel format rearing its ugly head.

[xicanti_1 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

A young woman searches for her missing younger brother, unaware that she is drawing stray dreams and nightmares to her.Ask me to choose a favourite SANDMAN volume and you'll place me in a tricky position indeed, but I think this one might be it. As is the case with Preludes and Nocturnes, it's a fairly simple story that gains surprising depth when you consider it in light of the series as a whole. Gaiman really hits his stride here; he gives us a creepy, sometimes gory horror tale that also manages to be a personal story about a young woman and her complicated family dynamic. And man, are there ever some great graphic twists! The scene in which we slip from the waking world into Rose's dream is one of my very favourites. It draws the reader straight into the story; in order to follow along, we must physically alter the way we're reading the book. It's great stuff.The book can be read as a stand-alone, but it nevertheless adds a great deal to the whole SANDMAN mythos. We've already met Death, and we've heard mention of Destiny; now we meet Desire and Despair, two more of Dream's siblings. We also hear mention of Delirium and the mysterious, as-of-yet-unnamed "prodigal." Some events from the first volume play a role in this one, and we begin to get a feel for the ways in which all these stories are interconnected. I'm leery of saying too much for fear of letting spoilers slip, but you'll want to pay close attention to what's going on here. Look at how Dream is characterized, and consider which characters from the first volume have made repeat appearances here. Consider the exchanges between Desire and Despair, and between Desire and Dream. There's some great stuff going on here, and it astounds me that Gaiman, over the course of SANDMAN's eight-year run, managed to weave all these little bits and pieces into such a rich, meaningful tale.Highly recommended. You'll probably want to start with Preludes and Nocturnes, but it's not absolutely necessary.

[capiam1234 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

The first big story arc where we meet many new characters including some of Sandman's siblings. The storytelling is just remarkable and puts you in a state of not feeling worthy of reading its greatness.

[sammii507 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

Like the first volume, this book was a joy to read. :)

I really can't believe that I spent my whole life looking down on comics when there was stuff like this out there waiting to be read. I suppose I shall have to take the time to catch up now. :)

The writing and the stories are creative, visionary and interesting, and the characters are fascinating. I really love the 'metaphysical' characters, or as Death says in the first volume "anthropomorphic personifications." Dream is still by far my favorite of them, although Desire was really...something. Still not exactly sure what s/he was trying to do, but hopefully we'll find out about that more later. :)

Can't wait to read more!

[cheriedooryard · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

I'm working my way through a reread of these and they are just as enjoyable the second time through. If by "enjoyable" I mean disturbing, dark, gruesome, lurid, confusing, and yet still somehow lovely. And I guess I do.

[bookworm12_1 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Volume II begins with a recap of everything that happened in the first volume. There’s a story set in the midst of a barren desert about a queen named Nada. She falls in love at first sight, but she can’t find the man who stole her heart.Then we move onto Rose the main character in this volume. She discovers her real grandmother is alive and well in England. She returns to America to search for her missing brother Jed. She moves into a boarding house with a collection of strange characters, Gilbert the landlord, Ken and Barbie, and two creepy sisters who collects spiders.We learn that Rose is actually a dream vortex and her presence is causing problems. While the people in the boarding house all dream very different dreams, but walls begin to break down and Rose's vortex merges their dreams. Meanwhile Morpheus is searching for the missing nightmares who escaped from the dream world while he was imprisoned. We also stop by a horrifying “cereal” convention. Without going into detail I’ll just note that this part was seriously scary.One of my favorite stories in this volume was about Hobbs, a man who wants to live forever. He meets Morpheus and the two decide to meet up once every hundred years. During that time they run into Shakespeare and other major historical events. I love that Morpheus, who is so lonely and distant, finally has a friend of sorts in Hobbs. Neil Gaiman always weaves mythology, religion, fables, and pieces of history together in such an interesting way. Nothing is off limits in his writing. I love that he uses all those elements in his stories. It’s the plot, not the illustrations that keep me coming back to these. Although I do love how every character’s thoughts and dialogue has a different font.BOTTOM LINE: Whenever I read one of the Sandman comics I struggle with how dark some of the content is. But when I get to the end I tend to love the overarching message, depth of character and the well-thought-out plot. I am glad that I got a more balanced taste of the Sandman comics instead of just stopping after the very first one, but I do think they are a bit too dark for me."Life as a human contains substance I never dreamed of in the dreaming, Lord. The little victories, and the tiny defeats."

[sarah_rubyred · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

This lived up to my expectations as part 2 of the Sandman series. The character of the sandman is introduced further and some idea of his role in the world is given.I will read all of these. I love the dark twistedness of it.

[stormraven_1 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

The Doll's House is the second book in Neil Gaiman's Sandman series detailing the activities of Dream. Dream is one of the Endless, along with his siblings Death, Desire, Delerium, Destiny, and Despair, they are essentially the embodiments of perpetual elements of human life.The story of this volume involves more of the fall-out from Dream's enforced absence from his realm that was detailed in Volume 1 as the sand man sets out to collect some wayward subjects of his realm. The focus character in The Doll's House is Rose Walker, a fairly ordinary seeming teenager who turns out to be more important than she realizes, and more important than even Dream realizes. The book explores what can happen when dreams are left to run amuck in the human world, essentially the flip side of Preludes and Nocturnes, which showed the dangers of humans having control of the power of dreams.The four missing dreams take different paths, one nightmarishly inspiring an army of horrific imitators, two aspiring to elevate themselves to power, but dealing with the very smallest of arenas, and third simply trying to discover what it means to be human. In between is sandwiched the story of Hob, a man who simply refuses to die, and as a result becomes Dream's friend, probably Dream's only friend.Eventually, the interference of the runaway dreams, the unique nature of Rose Walker herself, and the plotting of Dream's own relatives creates the crisis of the story. In the end, the sotyr turns out more or less happy, although several elements, such as the way Dream leaves the human attendees at the "Cereal" convention leaves much open to interpretation.This, like the other volumes in the Sandman series, is Gaiman at his creepy best. One can see, in graphic novel form, the ideas that spurred him to create American Gods. Gaiman mixes the etheral world of the Dream realm with the harsh reality of the real world, and adds to it a raw edge of harsh evil even beyond that to create a truly memorable story.

[aitken_ka · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

I'm not going to bother with the plot of this book, it is ultimately as surreal and as disconnected as the very best of dreams. If you like linear easy to understand plots then this is really not for you. I loved it, and I can't wait to read the next in the series. So, if you are looking for something a bit different that rewards a little commitment and effort then give it a go.

[ninjapenguin_1 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

This is the best volume to start the series with. Except for the brilliant "The Sound of Her Wings," the first volume is rather lackluster and might fool people into thinking this series is something it's not. The Doll's House, though, is a great, fairly self-contained introduction to many of our main players in Sandman. It's creepy, surreal, fantastic, romantic, and thought-provoking. While you can read this volume without the first, you shouldn't move forward until you've read this.

[deslni01 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Gaiman grows the universe of the Sandman in the second volume, The Doll's House. Collecting Sandman issues 9-16, Dream resumes picking up his life and kingdom, attempting to recover several of the nightmares who left his kingdom during his absence - Brute, Glob, and the Corinthian. During his searching, Dream discovers another vortex in the dream-world, this one being a young girl named Rose Walker.Rose is looking for her younger brother, Jed, who she hasn't seen for many years. Jed, however, falls into the hands of the Corinthian, a serial-killer nightmare. The Corinthian is on his way to a serial-killer convention, and this is part of the volume is one of the reasons The Sandman is under the horror genre, as descriptions and depictions of the serial killers and the Corinthian are quite horrific.Part four (The 13th issue), Men of Good Fortune, is an interesting deviation from the other chapters, as Dream meets a man in a tavern in the 14th century who tells his friends he won't ever die because he thinks everyone else does it to fit in with the norm. Dream then offers the man a meeting, 100 years from that night, at the same bar. This continues for many meetings, each a century apart, and shows an interesting transition and growth in the man - and growth in the Sandman at the end.

[iftyzaidi · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

This is where the Sandman series really hits its stride. The Doll's House story line is entertaining, horrifying and amusing at the same time, and the stand-alone 'Men of good Fortune' is a wonderful interlude. The art work remains distinctive with its muted tones and shades. Excellent.

[theboylatham_1 · Bewertung: 1 von 5 Sternen]

Five out of ten. CBR format.

Morpheus tracks down rogue dreams that escaped the Dreaming during his absence. In the process, he must shatter the illusions of a family living in dreams, disband a convention of serial killers, and deal with a "dream vortex" that threatens the existence of the entire Dreaming.

[readingover50 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

This series just gets better and better. It is so imaginative and I can't wait to read the next volume.

[librarycin · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

3.5 starsRose and her mother are flown to England and are in for a surprise when they arrive. Rose then heads back to the US to find her younger brother whom she hasn’t seen in seven years, since she was a teenager and he was only 5-years old. There is an odd convention happening. Rose’s story was the most interesting storyline for me, though there a bit more going on in addition to her story and the convention. I reread my review for Vol. 1 and found that my favourite parts in that volume were also about the humans; I didn’t find the Sandman parts as interesting, though he does intersect with Rose’s story. On thinking back, I thought I had rated Vol. 1 lower than what I did. So, officially, I rated both volumes “good”, but I feel like I liked this one better, at least as compared to what I remember of the first one.

[jackiep_52 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

Even better than the first volume, and even more surreal! This is a rampant imagination at its best, looking forward to reading the next volume. Particularly loved the 'Fiddler's Green' characterisation.

[leore_joanne · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

Oh, Neil Gaiman's genius at storytelling. Because this is exactly it, he doesn't really write books - he tells stories. And it has been long since I've decided that I don't really care what I read, or whether it is a book or a movie, so long as it is a good story. And Neil tells good stories. Already the first part, which is not entirely relevant to the story, adds so much, while it shows how people from a different culture perceive the Sandman. How they find him as creature that resembles them in appearance, which shows us a thing which we have always known, and that is that humans create their gods in their image, and if cows had gods, they would have been cow shaped and so on. The Sandman has captured me at the first book already (where John Constantine makes a guest visit, btw), there's just something sexy about him. A particularly nice story is the one about the man he meets every hundred years. I am definitely going to buy the rest of the books. The graphic design is genius, and I already gave my compliments for the text. 12.3.07

[biblioconnisseur · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

These are interesting. I like the concepts and even the playfullness. I have to say though that I preferred Fray and the artwork in it.