There is a sure appeal to immersive experiences at comedian cons. If you get the appropriate idea, the appropriate actors, the appropriate vibe, you possibly can rework a 10-to-15 minute timeslot into one thing transportive and intriguing. That is, after all, if all the things goes proper. And for the The Sandman’s immersive expertise at NYCC, which celebrated the Audible-exclusive audiobook of the novelization of The Sandman: Act III, there was one thing very charming about these quarter-hour.

I do know, I do know, it’s a mouthful, however what it ended up being was a stroll via a collection of rooms that included artwork installations and performances that embodied a few of the main plot factors and characters of the e book. The collection of rooms included piped-in renditions by Neil Gaiman, the unique comics writer and narrator of the collection. He was at Comic Con and stopped by the expertise to pause and admire the re-imagined world of The Sandman.

It began with a satyr. A younger man in a really furry faun costume with a major quantity of pores and skin bared defined the foundations of the Dreaming and invited us right into a darkish room. After a quick introduction from the narrator, we have been ushered into one other room. Better than some other description is the concept that we have been going via a collection of artwork installations that emphasised the themes of the audiobook, all of the whereas listening to components of the audiobook. The quick second room had skinny gauzy strips of cloth onto which have been projected movies of the ocean. As a fan gently agitated the material, Orpheus—voiced by Regé-Jean Page—described the lack of his nice love feeling very similar to drowning.

We moved on to a room the place you might solely see a projected video when you regarded on the display via windowpanes haphazardly floating in entrance of you. There was one other room that imitated a neon-soaked strip membership the place the goddess Ishtar danced, inflicting worshipful males to destroy themselves in entrance of her. There was a throne to Baast in one other room, and within the final was a collection of interconnected mirrors inside bins that venture a digital Dreaming.

Overall, it was a enjoyable break from the overwhelming go-go-go of the con flooring. The Audible Original adaptation of The Sandman, penned by Dirk Maggs, has been critically acclaimed. The first installment of The Sandman adapts volumes 1-3 of the graphic novel collection (Preludes & Nocturnes, The Doll’s House, and Dream Country). The second adapts Season of Mists, Distant Mirrors, A Game of You, and Convergence. The new, third installment adapts Brief Lives and Worlds Ends.

The voice solid is stacked, frankly. Returning voice actors embody James McAvoy (Dream), Kat Dennings (Death), Michael Sheen (Lucifer), Andy Serkis (Matthew the Raven), Regé-Jean Page (Orpheus), John Lithgow (Emperor Joshua Norton), David Tennant (Loki), Kristen Schaal (Delirium), and Kevin Smith (Merv Pumpkinhead), amongst others.

All three installments can be found through Amazon Audible. The Sandman tv present is offered to stream on Netflix.

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