On each episode of The Sandman UNLOCKED, we want to take you deeper in the story and help you unfurl the mysterious and secrets behind Neil Gaiman's masterpiece.

One this week's episode,The Sandman Issue #16 Read-Along "Lost Hearts", we conclude the Doll's House storyline! Sean brings us literal, metaphorical, and ironic uses of Lost Hearts as we look for inspiration for this story line. And then, Ashley focused in on the two books next to Rose's bed and gives us her take on how they tie into this story and the direction Rose's life is going next.

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On each episode of The Sandman UNLOCKED, we want to take you deeper in the story and help you unfurl the mysterious and secrets behind Neil Gaiman's masterpiece.

One this week's episode,The Sandman Issue #15 Read-along "Into The Night" feat. Jonsey, we are joined by legendary comics podcaster Jonsey of Paperkeg and Twin Vipers! We talk about that "famous" Footprints poem, reflect on the themes of Love, Death, and Merging, and Jonsey wraps it all up with a great anecdote about Bernie Wrightson.

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On each episode of The Sandman UNLOCKED, we want to take you deeper in the story and help you unfurl the mysterious and secrets behind Neil Gaiman's masterpiece.

One this week's episode,The Sandman Issue #14 Read-along "Collectors", we discuss how Neil approached writing about Serial Killers, tried to determine who some of the collectors may be pulling from, and finally answer the question of what happened to the Family Man.

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On each episode of The Sandman UNLOCKED, we want to take you deeper in the story and help you unfurl the mysterious and secrets behind Neil Gaiman's masterpiece.

One this week's episode,The Sandman Issue #13 Read-along "Men of Good Fortune", we talk about 2 popes back in the 14th century, the Wandering Jew, and all sorts of little tidbits ranging from Michael Zulli to Shakespeare.

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On each episode of The Sandman UNLOCKED, we want to take you deeper in the story and help you unfurl the mysterious and secrets behind Neil Gaiman's masterpiece.

One this week's episode,The Sandman: Episode 11 'Dream of a Thousand Cats & Calliope' TV Deep Dive, it's a two-parter! We start with a Dream of a Thousand Cats. We liked that they tried something different, even if it didn't totally land. Then, we jump over to Calliope — which we found to be a better presentation than the comic (a first!).

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On each episode of The Sandman UNLOCKED, we want to take you deeper in the story and help you unfurl the mysterious and secrets behind Neil Gaiman's masterpiece.

One this week's episode,The Sandman Issue #12 Read-along "Playing House", we explore the origins of Hector and Lyta, then we do a close reading comparison of Morpheus and The Corinthian, and we wrap up with a discussion of temporality using Umberto Eco's "The Myth of Superman" as a jumping off point.

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We will be back on January 15th with our read-along of issue 12; see you then!

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On each episode of The Sandman UNLOCKED, we want to take you deeper in the story and help you unfurl the mysterious and secrets behind Neil Gaiman's masterpiece.

One this week's episode,The Sandman Issue #11 Read-along "Moving In", we explore all the SandMEN(?) that have occurred in DC comics, chatted in-depth about Walter McKay, took a look at the background of Matthew the Raven, and wrapped things up with an analysis of camp as defined by Susan Sontag.

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On each episode of The Sandman UNLOCKED, we want to take you deeper in the story and help you unfurl the mysterious and secrets behind Neil Gaiman's masterpiece.

One this week's episode,The Sandman: Episode 10 'Lost Hearts' TV Deep Dive, we spend a little bit of time being annoyed at Lyta, even more time being enthused about Desire, and generally find that the wrapped the story up nicely.

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On each episode of The Sandman UNLOCKED, we want to take you deeper in the story and help you unfurl the mysterious and secrets behind Neil Gaiman's masterpiece.

One this week's episode,The Sandman Issue #10 Read-Along "The Doll's House: Part 1", this issue is all about establishing new characters! Outside of that, we discuss the symbolism of dolls and house and then imagine who could have been a dream vortex if they existed in our world.

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