Dead Man # 2 (illustrated by Lars Brown)

I thought it might be time to kick off a week long character event. This week, for the next 7 days, we will be focusing on those sad and often forgotten residents of Hades, the Greek Underworld.

When Orpheus travels to the underworld to rescue Eurydice he enters a cavern filled with dead men and women lingering and roaming around the landscape. The dead, in Greek mythology, are not often tortured as in Christianity, but Hades is simply where the dead go.

This Dead Man is one of the first that Orpheus encounters. He is visible in The Sandman Special # 1 (Song Of Orpheus) page 32, panel 3. He is in the front row and is located on the left.

There are so many dead men and women in this scene it’s probably going to be difficult to distinquish one from another. I think that with certain characters I will post the panel that the character originally appears in to make it easier for you to find the character in the published comic. Click on the image to enlarge.

I love how Lars interpreted this character. I love the blue/gray that he used to create the perfect atmosphere surrounding this character.