The Sandman, Volume 5 (A Game Of You)- Part 1 (Patreon)

Hey there, Patrons! Sorry for the delay in posting, I had to record The Broad-Cast this morning, and I'm running a little behind. 

I hope that you all are having a great week, and I'm happy to say that this week's episode of The Sandman didn't get deleted, so yay! This one was really truly one of my favorites so far. Weird and surreal, and to make it all the more disorienting, with one foot still firmly planted in reality, it had all the marks of a story I would love. 

I am a big fan of taking something that's incredibly popular and accepted by our culture and running with it. In Buffy, Santa Claus gets a mention of actually being a terrifying demon, in the most recent volume of Sandman it turns out Lucifer is sick of his job and doesn't need souls...but those are ancient archetypes. The spirits of good and evil, of generosity and kindness, that's old hat. Barbie on the other hand...she's a majorly important modern cultural archetype, and thus subverting that is way less expected. I love it so much. 

I hope that you enjoy this episode, and I'm going to be posting Broad-Cast later today!