A Handful of Dust

We discuss episodes 10 and 11 of The Sandman on Netflix with spoilers for those episodes and the comics they are based on.

Content note:The Sandman deals with some dark and troubling matter and we discuss them in the podcast.This episode includes discussion of a sexual assault.For timecodes and full details please email [email protected]

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The piano music featured in this episode is Strange Dream by David Hilowitz from the Free Music Archive.

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We're back with episodes 7-9 of The Sandman on Netflix, with spoilers for those episodes.
Content note: As ever the comics and the episodes deal with dark and troubling subject matters and we discuss some of them in this podcast, including:Child abuseViolence and murderSexual assaultFor details and timecodes please email us at [email protected]
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The piano music featured in this episode is Strange Dream by David Hilowitz from the Free Music Archive.

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We discuss the next three episodes of The Sandman on Netflix including mild spoilers for those episodes.

Content note: these episodes include bloody violence and discussions of abuse.For more details email us at [email protected]
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We're back! The Sandman on Netflix is one of the big television events of the summer and we're here to talk about the first three episodes with spoilers up to the end of episode 3. 
Content

note. The Sandman series deals with some particularly dark

and troubling subject matters and we discuss them in this podcast. The first three episodes feature some bloody violence and an abusive relationship between a father and son.
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Our final episode (for now) as we wrap up our thoughts on the entirety of the Sandman comics, talk about some recent books in the extended Sandman universe, and also think about some comics and books that we might come back and review in the future. 

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Content note. The Sandman series deals with and features some particularly dark and troubling subject matters and we have discussed them briefly and in depth in this podcast.

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The piano music featured in this episode is Strange Dream by David Hilowitz from the Free Music Archive.

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We arrive at the 1996 Death mini-series which takes us back to the characters of Fox and Hazel, and another encounter with Dream's older sister. 

Content

note. The Sandman series deals with and features some particularly dark

and troubling subject matters and we have discussed them briefly and in

depth in this podcast.

Here is a list of some of the subjects that feature in The Time of Your Life:
Depiction of a cot death
Some violent scenes and depictions of blood and dead bodies 
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The piano music featured in this episode is Strange Dream by David Hilowitz from the Free Music Archive.

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We're back with the most recent of Neil Gaiman's Sandman books and the wonderful artwork of JH Williams III. Join us for a road trip with a giant cat and a child called Hope.
Content

note. The Sandman series deals with and features some particularly dark

and troubling subject matters and we have discussed them briefly and in

depth in this podcast .

Here is a list of some of the subjects that feature in The Overture:Depiction of the death of a childSome violent scenes and depictions of blood and dead bodies. 
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The piano music featured in this episode is Strange Dream by David Hilowitz from the Free Music Archive.

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Endless Nights is a collection of individual stories about each of the Endless, and it features some wonderful artwork but also some moments that troubled us on our re-read.
Content

note. The Sandman series deals with and features some particularly dark

and troubling subject matters and we have discussed them briefly and in

depth in this podcast.

Here is a list of some of the subjects that feature in Endless Nights:

Multiple sexual scenes & nudity. 
References, both written & visual to rape & sexual assault.
Brief reference to child abuse.
References to suicide
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The piano music featured in this episode is Strange Dream by David Hilowitz from the Free Music Archive.

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We journey through the illustrated novella by Neil Gaiman and Yoshitaka Amano, and the graphic novel version illustrated by P.Craig Russell.

Content note. The Sandman series deals with and features some particularly dark and troubling subject matters and we have discussed them briefly and in depth in this podcast.

Here is a list of some of the subjects that feature in The Dream Hunters:
Depiction of characters dying by fire.
Depiction of bones of children & infants.
Brief reference to abortion.
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The piano music featured in this episode is Strange Dream by David Hilowitz from the Free Music Archive.

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We discuss three volumes by Jill Thompson featuring characters from the Sandman. The Little Endless books would make perfect bedtime stories for children, and At Death's Door is a Manga inspired look at some of the background action of A Season of Mists.

Content Note: The Sandman series deals with and features some particularly dark and troubling subject matters and we have discussed them briefly and in depth in this podcast.

Here is a list of some of the subjects that feature in Book 4, Season of Mists:
Extreme violence, including graphic depictions of blood and dead bodies.
Child abuse and neglect, including bullying.
A brief reference to sexual assault.

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comics and in the podcast (we can provide time codes if you wish to skip

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The piano music featured in this episode is Strange Dream by David Hilowitz from the Free Music Archive.


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