Death: The High Cost of Living is a miniseries spin-off of The Sandman centered around Dream's sister Death. It was written by The Sandman writer Neil Gaiman, with art by Chris Bachalo and Mark Buckingham. It was the first stand-alone miniseries pulled from Sandman.
Summary[]
Didi is a young Goth girl who believes that she is the personification of death - because she is. She is Death in mortal form. Death appears in mortal aspect once every 100 years in order to remain grounded and in touch with humanity, citing Sandman #21: "One day in every century, Death takes on mortal flesh, better to comprehend what the lives she takes must feel like, to taste the bitter tang of mortality."
Didi guides a suicidal young man, Sexton, on a path of self-discovery. Sexton learns that life is, and his wish to die fades as his love for the girl claiming to be Death grows.
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| Series | |
|---|---|
| The Sandman | |
| Collections | Preludes and Nocturnes • The Doll's House • Dream Country • Season of Mists • A Game of You • Fables and Reflections • Brief Lives • Worlds' End • The Kindly Ones • The Wake |
| Novellas | Midnight Theatre • The Dream Hunters • Endless Nights • Overture |
| Spin-offs | |
| The Sandman Universe | The Dreaming • House of Whispers • Lucifer • Books of Magic • John Constantine: Hellblazer • The Dreaming: Waking Hours • Hell & Gone • Nightmare Country • Dead Boy Detectives • Nightmare Country – The Glass House • The Sandman Universe Special: Thessaly • John Constantine: Hellblazer – Dead in America |
| Other | The Dreaming • Death: The High Cost of Living • Death: The Time of Your Life • Lucifer • Book of Dreams • Dead Boy Detectives |