Woman # 43 (illustrated by Kai Martin)

Richard Madoc became a celebrated author overnight after purchasing the muse Calliope from Erasmus Fry. While filming an interview for the television show The Book Nook, Madoc learns that Erasmus Fry has recently died, committing suicide.

After recording the episode Richard and the Book Nook host went to a small café where they talked further about Fry. This woman was sitting in the café enjoying some coffee with a friend.

She appears in Sandman # 17 on page 15, in panel 1.

I really like Kai’s portrait of this character. This woman is easily overlooked, but her presence in the café gives the story a sense of reality. Kai did a pretty straight forward interpretation of this character and I like her happiness. It’s infectious.