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cardiganloser · 8 hours

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bringing this meme back just for them <3

Bonus, because I think that I’m hilarious:

#dead boy detectives #dead boy detectives spoilers #edwin payne #charles rowland #payneland

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cardiganloser · 8 hours

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what if I was slowly dying of internal bleeding and hypothermia and you stayed with me and read to me. Because you know I'm dying and you don't want me to be alone and scared (like you were). And what if I chose You, instead of heaven?

#dead boy detectives #dead boy detectives spoilers #edwin payne #charles rowland #payneland

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cardiganloser · 8 hours

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the way Edwin screamed when Niko died. the way everything kind of faded and sounded hazed from his perspective. the way he stared at the blood blooming through her shirt and that was what broke him a little. that was what chipped away at him after having the energy of his soul harvested. her. Niko Sasaki. his person. the way everything about him was subdued a bit after watching her die. the way Charles had to drag him away from her body. Not knowing that Death never came. Not knowing she didn't die.

#dead boy detectives #dead boy detectives spoilers #edwin payne #niko sasaki

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cardiganloser · 8 hours

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dead boy detectives reading list

with the show finally out i figured it was a great time to share my reading list again! check it out below the cut 👻☠️🔎

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⏳ the sandman #25 (1991)

this is their first appearance!

🐇 the children's crusade (1993)/free country: a tale of the children's crusade (2015)

1. the children's crusade #1

(2. black orchid annual #1

4. animal man annual #1

5. swamp thing annual #7

6. doom patrol annual #2

7. arcana annual #1)

8. the children's crusade #2

alternatively you can just read free country. whether or not you read the annuals i recommend reading free country's middle chapter

!!! in place of the annuals there is an additional middle chapter that was created for the book "free country: a tale of the children's crusade" where it is placed between the two children's crusade issues. the boys don't actually appear in most of the annuals (they are in two panels of swamp thing and appear in doom patrol) and reading them isn't necessary but i figured i would include them as they are part of the story.

❄️ winter's edge #3 (2000)

this is an anthology. their part is the 'books of magic: waiting for good dough' story starting on page 19

🐦‍⬛ the sandman presents: the dead boy detectives (2001, 4 issues)

i believe the tv show's esther finch was partially based on this run's villain.

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(they do have a part in 'death: at death's door' from 2003. it's short and really just a retelling of events from sandman #25 with some minor changes. the entirety of their appearance in death: at death's door is included at the end of the next comic im listing so i am not really adding the death: at death's door book to the list)

☠️ the dead boy detectives (2005, one-shot)

this book was made by jill thompson in a very cute manga-esque style

👻 ghosts (2012), time warp (2013), the witching hour (2013)

these three are anthologies. the story 'the dead boy detectives in: run ragged' runs through all of them. 'run ragged' kicks off the next run.

🔮 from the pages of the sandman: dead boy detectives (2013, 12 issues)

this is the comic where crystal is introduced! a book collecting all 12 issues titled 'dead boy detectives by toby litt & mark buckingham' was released in 2023

🔎the sandman universe: dead boy detectives (2022, 6 issues)

the most recent run, centered around some really interesting thai mythology and featuring multiple edwin moments that i am sure you will love

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and that's everything! i also recommend buying the omnibus if you can. it includes everything minus the 2022 run plus some additional bonus content!

i hope this is helpful! feel free to ask me any questions you may have about the comics. dead boy detectives is my number one interest so i should be able to answer

have fun reading! 👻

#dead boy detectives

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cardiganloser · 8 hours

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DEAD BOY DETECTIVES S1 + TUMBLR REACTIONS

#dead boy detectives #dead boy detectives spoilers #edwin payne #cat king #crystal palace #niko sasaki #night nurse #charles rowland #monty dead boy detectives #payneland #crystal x niko #george rexstrew #lukas gage #kassius nelson #yuyu kitamura #ruth connell #jayden revri #joshua colley

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cardiganloser · 8 hours

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Neil Gaiman is about to get soooo many asks in his box re: WHY WHYYYY NEIL WHY DID YOU DOOOO THAT TO THE BOYSSS

and he will tell people over and over again he did not create this show, show run this show, write this show. And like look he WOULD but in this case he DIDNT

He didn’t create Crystal, Cat King, Jenny, Niko, Esther …. He didn’t originate Queer Edwin in comics.

He didn’t hurt you.

Go to Steve Yockey.

…. But also don’t. We know Steve will make them happy with more story to tell give him time

#dead boy detectives #dead boy detectives spoilers #neil gaiman

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cardiganloser · 15 hours

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all goofing aside I genuinely don't understand the urge to reimagine Taylor Allison Swift as a secretly queer icon when the pop music scene(TM) is like. literally overflowing with women who actually like women. Gaga and Kesha and Miley and Halsey are right there. Rina Sawayama and Hayley Kiyoko and Rebecca Black and Kehlani and Victoria Monét and Miya Folick if you're willing to get slightly less top 100. Janelle and Demi for them nonbinary takes on liking girls. like what are we doing here. like I'm not even saying you can't enjoy Taylor but why would you hang all your little gay hopes on her.

#op do you need pain relief medication of some kind bc of this #saber likes this

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cardiganloser · 17 hours

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