Speaking of endings...
Well, I reckon that Gaiman's earned a send-off like this for the dream king, and he does it in style. The first three issues, detailing the wake itself, are the real elegy; the final three are more of a coda. Collectively, they have about the impact that they ought to, which is to say that they involve you emotionally, and leave you feeling sad and also kinda hopeful...
"Omnia mutantur, nihil interit" indeed.