An obsessive collection of portraits from the Sandman comic series.
She finds her, sleeping, near a group of homeless people.
When she find the homeless people she asks about Lyta and this man answers her, telling her that she is sleeping against the wall.
As Thessaly leaves with Lyta one of the homeless men asks another what that was about and this man tells him that he believes Lyta is a robot space alien and that Thessaly is with the FBI and that the taxi was a camouflaged government space ship.
This man appears in Sandman # 63 on pages 2-4.
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 4.
As they stand atop a magnificent building he explains to the King Of Dreams that he is the ruler of the city and it is his dream for the city to last forever. Dream agrees, but says that Haroun al Raschid must tell his people in order to make this happen.
This man is one of the citizens of Baghdad walking throughout the streets on the fateful day that Haroun al Raschid agrees to preserve his city for all time in the dreams of humanity.
He appears in Sandman # 50, on page 28, in panel 1.
He arrives at the party and mingles with the group of people gathered and after the festivities, retired to his bedroom.
That night, as he sleeps, Andrew Dane Wilson dreams of two women who punish him and force him to apologize for every bad review he’s ever given.
These women appear in Sandman Midnight Theatre on page 44 in panel 5.
Morpheus enters the dreams of Norton and asks what he dreams. He explains that he has been dealt a hardship, which has wiped him out financially. He dreams of being respected again.
As Despair taunts Dream, he tells Norton that he will give him a dream, and accepts Despair’s challenge.
While Dream is walking with Joshua Norton within dreams, there are two birds sitting on his hat and shoulder.
This is one of Joshua Norton’s Dream Birds.
The bird appears in Sandman # 31 on page 4, in panel 2.
One night he decided it was time to preserve his kingdom and make a bargain with the King Of Dreams.
He used the golden key he wore around his neck and went into the depths of his palace. He passed through his harem and through his prisons. He passed through the room filled with voices and through the labyrinth and through the rooms of fire and jewels. He passed through the room of enchanted swords and the room of lamps, rings and goblets of power. He passed through the room that contained nothing but eggs.
In the room of eggs there were two eggs, a black egg and a white egg. The white egg was the phoenix-bird’s egg and when the time comes, the phoenix will emerge from this egg.
It is not known what will hatch from the black egg.
This is the phoenix that will one day hatch from the white egg.
The phoenix appears in Sandman # 50, on page 14, in panel 4.
Some of the citizens of Alain’s court suspected the mysterioius women might be noblewomen, while others whispered that they were courtesans. A third speculation is that they were nuns from the convent of San Michele Di Murano who arrived in defiance of their vows.
This man is the citizen who believes that these women are nuns who visit the party against their vows.
He appears in Endless Nights, in “Death In Venice” on page 12, in panel 8.
He passes a series of painted screens. When he looked at the screens they were “frozen and still” but if he looked away and then glanced at it again the scenes would change and a new tale would begin.
This man is one of the characters on the painted screen in The Dreaming.
He appears in P. Craig Russell’s adaptation of The Dream Hunters, in issue # 3, on page 16 in panel 4.
They planned on converting Kubilai Khan to Christianity, but The Khhan refused saying that his Priests have power to perform miracles for him. They can “ensure that it is always summer above his palace, through it rains and storms nearby. They cause his food and wine to fly into his hand, so never a drop is spilled, and never a man touches them.”
This man is one of Kubilai Khan’s Priests.
He appears in Sandman # 39, on page 12, in panel 4.
He gave the declaration to a reporter from The Evening Bulletin named Fitch, who took it to his editor.
His editor read the letter.
The newspaper editor called the letter drivel and asked Fitch what he was going to do with it. Fitch replied that he was going to print it.
The Newspaper Editor appears in Sandman # 31 on page 7.
Before going to Hell, Dream feels obligated to visit Hob, in the event that he does not return.
He travels through the dreams of people in order to find a perfect bottle of wine to take to his friend for their meeting.
This man is one of the dreamers who Morpheus passed through on his search for the wine.
He appears in Sandman # 22, on page 15, in panel 2.
Some people thought that the Onmyoji became crazy as a result of his wife and house being burned down. Others believed that it was the loss of his eye that caused his insanity. Still others believed that it was fox magic that led to his condition.
This man is one of the many people who speculated on the Onmyoji’s insanity.
He appears in the P. Craig Russell adaptation of The Dream Hunters in issue # 4, on page 25 in panel 5.
The Chief and a group of village elders tried to negotiate grazing rights, for amber and for the ransom of prisoners between their tribe and the folk from across the river, but negotiations went badly and ended with the death of the village chief.
This man is one of the folk from across the river.
This man appeared in The Desire story from Endless Nights on page 6 in panel 2.
She recalls when she first met the Tantoblin.
Barbie and Martin Tenbones were on their way to the Arch Of The Porpentine when they were attacked by these White Grub Things. Barbie described them as Fat Children.
These White Grub Things appear in Sandman # 35, on page 5, in panel 1.
Mateus is an artist from Brazil, who is currently attending University. So far he has contributed several characters to the Sandman Portraits project, each in a different and unique style. I am excited that he is part of this massive project and I cannot wait to see what he does and how he approaches the characters!
In The Kindly Ones storyline, Ravens gather in The Dreaming prior to the Kindly Ones entering the realm.
It is not known where they came from or how they were called to The Dreaming, but they came.
They are described as larger than eagles and older than Gods. They waited in the shadows for the dead to start filling the fields.
This Raven appears in Sandman # 66 on page 14, panel 1.
There was also the only flight of a winged horse made all of glass, except for it’s eyes, which were made of bone.
This winged horse appears in Sandman # 50, on page 7, in panel 4.
