An obsessive collection of portraits from the Sandman comic series.
On his way to a party, Richard stopped by a newspaper stand to buy a Time Out and Standard. The first of the never ending flow of ideas began crashing through his mind as he attempted to buy the paper.
This is man was one of the people who witnessed Richard Madoc’s first moments of his severe inundation of ideas. He fell to his knees, overwhelmed, as this man watched.
He appears in Sandman # 17, on page 19, in panel 5.
Along the way they stop at a hotel to rest and during their stay the hotel catches on fire. This Fireman is one of the men who worked to extinguish the blaze.
He appears in Sandman # 44, on page 24 in panel 1.
He is a passenger moving through dreams, moving from Manhattan to Delaware, where a small dog dreams of a past life where he sailed on ships across the sea.
This dog appears in Sandman # 5 on page 18, in panel 4.
To implore the rulers of the Underworld to release his deceased wife, Orpheus sang a song about love and loss. This song caused the dead to weep and some even rose into the air.
This Dead Man is one of the many weeping dead men in the Underworld.
He appears in The Song Of Orpheus, on page 33, in panel 3.
This is one of the birds searching for the stranger.
This bird appears in Sandman # 9 on page 8 in panel 4.
I am not familiar with bird species, particularly African birds and so I am unsure what type of bird appears in the published comic.
When the Fox awakes she discovers the Monk, still asleep, and she stays by his side until he died.
There was a little funeral for the Monk at his temple and he was buried on the mountainside beside the previous monks who cared for the temple.
This monk is one of the men who attended the funeral.
He appears in the P. Craig Russell version of Dream Hunters in issue # 4, on page 5, in panel 5. The funeral for the Monk is also described in the Amano version of Dream Hunters on page 110.
You can read about her life here. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Davis)
Within the Sandman Universe Bette Davis appears in the dreams of Hal Carter.
As Rose, the dream vortex, begins to accidentally cause damage to The Dreaming, Hal dreams of Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland. They came to tell him a secret. Just as they were about to tell him the secret he woke up and lost the dream.
Bette Davis appears in Sandman # 15, on page 8, in panel 2.
The French soldiers search her modest living quarters for the head of Orpheus, which she rescued at the request of Dream.
Louise St. Just interrupts the search and offers to escort Johanna to Luxembourg, which is a prison for political prisoners.
As their carriage travels down the street, they pass a courtyard where an execution is taking place. This man is being hanged.
He appears in Sandman # 29 on page 8 in panel 5.
It did not work, and potentially caused even more fear.
In the outskirts of his city there were three women who loved in an old run-down house. The one of the women was young, one was old and the third was neither young nor old. He visited these three women to seek advice on finding peace and a release from the fear. They provided him with a way to gain the strength of a monk in the mountain who feared and desired nothing.
The Onmyoji had to perform a ritual in order to kill the Monk, but needed some personal objects of the monk in order to complete the rite.
The Onmyoji sent his demon servants into the mountains in order to steal a few items that the Monk had touched.
This is one of the demons who was sent to gather the belongings of the Monk.
He appears in P. Craig Russell’s Dream Hunters # 2, on page 12, in panel 6.
This man is one of the men who gathered around and witnessed the brief confrontation.
He appears in Sandman # 44, on page 18, in panel 1.
They felt that the chaos was the result of Armageddon and that they were not taken by the rapture, but were instead left on earth.
This Fundamentalist appears in Sandman # 7, on page 2, in panel 3.
He recalled Aurelia as being one of the greatest cities of the Plains. It was a city of influence and class. It has magnificent palaces and grand temples. The city has wide streets and fountains surrounded by green parks and beautifully carved marble statues. It was a glorious city to visit.
Unfortunately when Cluracan returns many years later the city is not quite as glorious as he remembered.
This man is standing on the steps of one of the temples, in Cluracan’s recollection of the beauty of the city.
He appears in Sandman # 52, on page 3, in panel 1.
This convention is eerily similar to other conventions, both professional and fan conventions in the sense that they have panels and discussions regarding a variety of topics relating to death and killing.
El Dorado is one of the serial speaking at one of the panels. He is part of the 3:30pm panel discussing sanity and mental abnormalities in a panel called “There Is No Sanity Clause.” El Dorado is on the panel with Candy Man and Psycho-Killer.
He appears in Sandman # 14 on page 26, in panel 3.
It is not known why or how El Dorado selects and kills his victims, but he certainly appears to be a frightening person.
Prez, of course, did not hold any ill will toward Ted Grant.
After his Presidency ended Prez became reclusive and eventually disappeared, after being asked to become the newly elected President’s aid.
Reporters immediately began trying to determine where Prez went and even went as far to question Ted Grant since he had known Prez and likely had connections to help Prez disappear. Ted Grant did not know where Prez went.
This is one of the reporters who tried to get information regarding Prez’s disappearance out of Ted Grant.
This reporter appears in Sandman # 54, on page 17, in panel 4.
As he moves further through the Underworld he begins to encounter the dead.
This Dead Man is one of the many that resides in the Underworld and encounters Orpheus when he stands before Lord Hades and Queen Persephone and implores them to return Eurydice to him.
He appears in The Sandman Special # 1, on page 31, in panel 2.
In Brief Lives, Dream is lamenting the ending of his relationship with Thessaly.
After more than a week of rain, reflecting Dream’s melancholy, parts of The Dreaming begin to flood, particularly the cemetery and the area surrounding the House Of Secrets and Mystery.
Abel makes the best of the situation, but trying to move his furniture away from the rising waters within his house. He made enough sandwiches for two weeks and brought fishing rods for Goldie and The Bottle Imp who are sitting on a shelf above the water.
The Bottle Imp appears in Sandman # 42 on page 6.
