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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
30th Nov, 2018 02:14:11 PM
A search for "death of the endless" island and The Masque of the Red Death suggests "Death - Death and Venice" from The Sandman: Endless Nights
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This was a Graphic Novel I read a single chapter of back in high school. I had a collected graphic novel book, sort of a "sampler." I believe the title was something along the lines of "20XX graphic novel previews," and it had a single chapter of quite a few graphic novels. One of the few I remember specifically was a Blacksad chapter, if that helps.
Anyways, within this sampler, was a single chapter of a comic I've been wanting to read ever since, but never tracked down. I've since narrowed it down to SOMETHING related to Neil Gaiman's Sandman, due to recognizing a character. It featured a man visiting an island(I think it may have been somewhere in Greece or Italy) that was supposed to have some ancient ruins. He got dropped off by a sailor, or rented a rowboat or something, and went against warnings by the locals. Instead, he ended up at a lively party, and speaking with Death of the Endless(this is how I finally learned what series it's from).
The party was nobles dancing, or something of the like, and I'm pretty sure they all suddenly died of disease over the course of the story. It was very interesting at the time, and I remembered loving the design and characterization of Death, it was the first time I'd seen a non-negative portrayal of a Death character. does anybody know which of the many, many spinoffs or sequels I might have been reading?