The Sandman. Book Two. Written by Neil Gaiman.

Includes: Season of Mists arc, short stories Thermidor, August, Three Septembers and a January, A Game of You arc, The Song of Orpheus arc, short stories the flowers of romance, Death - a winter's tale and How they met themselves. 

I liked most of the stories. My favourite was Season of Mists, which is fantastic. Morpheous goes to hell to free an old lover but he finds Lucifer quiting his job and closing hell. I also liked Thermidor, about a woman rescuing Orpheus' head during the french revolution and August, a story about Roman Emperor Augustus. 

The chapters are drawn, inked, coloured by a long list of artists. This is one thing that characterises this series: the inconsistency of the art. So much credit to the writer who keeps everything together into coherent, gripping, and interesting story lines. 

Some chapters are good (my favourite in the art department is Kelly Jones, who draws most of the Season of Mists arc.), but there are chapters that are just a pain to read (like most of A Game of You).