That's the thing, though — and I'm a little hesitant to say this because on one level it's the kind of facile annoying thing hipsters say, but, I mean…

What I love about this story is how it takes its werewolf-centric perspective for granted; the "reveal" that the family in the frame story is a family of werewolves and both the storyteller and his granddaughter are werewolves never comes at any specific point, it's just taken for granted and revealed in small ways…

What I love about this story is how it takes its werewolf-centric perspective for granted; the "reveal" that the family in the frame story is a family of werewolves and both the storyteller and his granddaughter are werewolves never comes at any specific point, it's just taken for granted and revealed in small ways…

It goes just beyond "kindness", though — we're meant to see the final scene of the random tourist buying a piece of memorabilia from Norton not as him being kind to the sad pathetic hobo but genuinely wanting to purchase a "gen-you-eyne souveneer" of San Francisco. People really paid real money — and comped Norton…

It goes just beyond "kindness", though — we're meant to see the final scene of the random tourist buying a piece of memorabilia from Norton not as him being kind to the sad pathetic hobo but genuinely wanting to purchase a "gen-you-eyne souveneer" of San Francisco. People really paid real money — and comped Norton…

Especially since we had a recent story arc where it's shown that the Mark of Cain is a real thing in this universe and really does come from the Creator, hence making Cain the only denizen of the Dreaming that even Lucifer can't do any harm to.

Especially since we had a recent story arc where it's shown that the Mark of Cain is a real thing in this universe and really does come from the Creator, hence making Cain the only denizen of the Dreaming that even Lucifer can't do any harm to.

The fact that Gaiman recognized a lot of his audience probably was going to think of Desire as female "by default" is probably why he wrote in the uncomfortable plot point that Desire fathered Rose Walker's mother on Unity Kincaid.

The fact that Gaiman recognized a lot of his audience probably was going to think of Desire as female "by default" is probably why he wrote in the uncomfortable plot point that Desire fathered Rose Walker's mother on Unity Kincaid.

It's strongly implied that after he makes the deal the "fantasy" version of Baghdad vanishes as though it never were, and the Baghdad he wakes up in is a much grittier, more realistic version — the real historical Baghdad — and the fantasy one is gone as though it never existed because it, in fact, didn't actually…

It's strongly implied that after he makes the deal the "fantasy" version of Baghdad vanishes as though it never were, and the Baghdad he wakes up in is a much grittier, more realistic version — the real historical Baghdad — and the fantasy one is gone as though it never existed because it, in fact, didn't actually…

Hmm, I'll have to re-research that, because I remember trying to find info on it when I first read this comic and not getting anything.

Hmm, I'll have to re-research that, because I remember trying to find info on it when I first read this comic and not getting anything.

You want to compound that sense of aching tragedy mixed with a deep gnawing guilt about all the things we as the American people sat back and allowed to happen —

You want to compound that sense of aching tragedy mixed with a deep gnawing guilt about all the things we as the American people sat back and allowed to happen —

The bit where Daniel wanders into the Dreaming and the alphabet on his wall continues into a series of increasingly abstract and bizarre "extra" letters is just perfect.

The bit where Daniel wanders into the Dreaming and the alphabet on his wall continues into a series of increasingly abstract and bizarre "extra" letters is just perfect.

The question of how insane he was is actually an open question, and without ever having dragged Norton into a hospital to be examined by specialists it's one that can never be definitively answered.

The question of how insane he was is actually an open question, and without ever having dragged Norton into a hospital to be examined by specialists it's one that can never be definitively answered.

I think the key to the difference is what is expressed in The Hunt, in this collection — people who understand the difference between Dream and Desire understand why Vassily turned his back on the princess after he won her, because he knew the reality of what she was could never live up to the dream of what she…