Absolute Sandman Vol. 1 - やっと手に入った！！！

Finally got my hands on the first volume of The Absolute Sandman!

This is one of the most gorgeous books I have ever laid my hands on. And I thought The Photographer’s Led Zeppelin was yummy. XD

Firstly, it’s humongous!! The graphic novels feel so miniscule in comparison. Definitely not something you’d want to take out of the house — but that’s the point of a collector’s book anyway, duh.

Secondly, the recolouring work is amazing. The graphic novels look so drab when put side by side. Additionally, the printing paper used is so much better; everything seems to pop and come alive now.

The only negative thing I can say about it for now is that when I took my book out of the slipcase, I found some nasty little weird cardboard remains sticking to the leather case of the book. I think it’s something leftover from preprocessing that wasn’t removed thoroughly. Such a pain to remove! There’s some very tiny patches of sticky patches left. Not very noticeable but I shall have to find some way to clean it. Anyone knows what’s the best way to gently clean leather? I hate being such a nitpicker but I can’t help it ‘cos I have the collector’s syndrome.

There are some very nice little おまけ’s at the end of the book. I shall delight in taking my time to read them once I’ve plundered through the main pages of the book. Woohoo!

I can already imagine what my weekend schedule is going to be for this week:

• Final Fantasy XII
• Sandman Vol. 1
• Final Fantasy XII
• 十二国記シリーズ
• Final Fantasy XII

よし! I have no life but do I really care?!?

Side note: I absolutely detest Amazon packing. For all the handling costs, they really need to find some way to pack things better. I must say, Amazon JP is at the same level too. If one needs to buy Japanese books, it’s ビーケーワン書店 FTW! No handling charges, and great packaging too. (Helps that SAL is cheap and Japanese books are light…) I have a love/hate relationship with Amazon as you can tell. But the love outweighs the heartache. There are not many places where I can get this book for the price I paid. It retails at 171.48 SGD in Kinokuniya for crying out loud. Including my Amazon gift voucher I paid only approx. 97 SGD for this.

Subjects: Books 書物

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Tags: Amazon, BK1, book, Neil Gaiman, Sandman