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Death: The High Cost of Living

by Neil Gaiman (Writer), Chris Bachalo (Illustrator), Mark Buckingham (Illustrator)

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Series: The Sandman: Death (1)

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Death: The High Cost of Living is a short and sweet little comic, featuring Death as she appears in The Sandman, but as the star. None of the other Endless appear, instead it follows Death during her one day in a hundred years of being a mortal. It's a pretty simple little story: it's interesting because it stars Death, who as a character is awesome, but the story itself isn't dazzling. The art is nice and the bonus story where Death talks about STDs and such is fun, but in itself, it isn't dazzling and it's not a good introduction to the series. ( )
  shanaqui | Apr 9, 2013 |
Not to say this wasn't good but when compared to Sandman it doesn't feel fully formed. Like this really should be included with other stories, which maybe it orginally was and Vertigo pulled it out to make a few more bucks off a popular character. ( )
  akmargie | Apr 4, 2013 |
I liked this much more than Death's other outing. This one had more of a sense of Death's character, her humour, insight and overall quirkiness. The artwork was vibrant and enjoyable too and I felt slightly more invested in the characters here than with Death: the time of your life. Overall, an enjoyable enough volume. ( )
  h_d | Mar 31, 2013 |
I don't get it! ( )
  ccookie | Feb 7, 2013 |
Another Gaiman re-read for me. This is a little Sandman spin-off starring Dream's sweet & cheery goth sister, Death. In The High Cost of Living Death must experience a mortal life for one day to better understand her role. She ends up hanging around with a despondent loner named Sexton, a teenager who thinks he'll kill himself because life's just too boring and pointless. While I liked the message that ennui isn't a good enough reason to kill yourself, and Gaiman's Death is always delightful, I felt like this story was missing something and wasn't nearly up to the quality of the stories in the Sandman books. ( )
  catfantastic | May 28, 2012 |
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Looking back at a modern classic, Death: The High Cost of Living maintains its quiet charm over a decade after its publication.
 

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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Gaiman, NeilWriterprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bachalo, ChrisIllustratormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Buckingham, MarkIllustratormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Amos, ToriIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Klein, ToddLetterersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
McKean, DaveCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
OlyopticsColoristsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Collects "The High Cost of Living" parts 1-3, originally published in Death: The High Cost of Living #1-3 and "Death Talks About Life."
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