Citizen Of Baghdad # 118 (illustrated by Max Rugers)

When Haroun al Raschid and Dream stand upon the fountain in the center of Baghdad for an announcement proclaiming that he has given Baghdad to the King of Dreams in order to prevent the city from crumbling in the minds and hearts of the world, many people are listening to him speak. This man is one of them.

He can be seen in Sandman # 50, page 29, panel 2.

This amazing portrait was drawn by Max Rugers. I really like the contrast between the character and the background.

The Choirboy (illustrated by Lars Brown)

The Choirboy is one of the many serial killers who attended the Cereal Convention.

He is seen in one panel discussing extorting money from the families of the people he murdered in exchange for knowing for sure that they are dead.

It is not clear why he is called The Choirboy. Perhaps he sings while he is killing people or perhaps he only kills choirboys.

The Choirboy appears in Sandman # 14 page 15 and in panel 5.

Lars drew a pretty much straight up version of this character. I really like this one. There’s just something about him that is really striking.

Man # 36 (illustrated by Ron Chan)

This man is a London citizen in 1920.

He can be seen in one panel in the first issue of Sandman. He is on page 14, panel 1.

This is what I love about the Sandman Portraits project. This character is a very obscure character that is barely noticeable in the panel that he appears in. Ron took this character and did an absolutely outstanding job giving this character life. I love the details he gave this character. He made this character feel more than a simple background character that nobody but me ever noticed.

World’s End Patron # 9 (illustrated by Ibrahim Moustafa)

This man is one of the people trapped in Worlds’ End telling stories to pass the time while the storm rages outside. Unfortunately we do not know much about this character.

He is present when Brant wakes up and joins the group after he bringing Charlene to the inn. He is sitting at the table listening to the story told by Mister Gaheris.

He can be seen in Sandman # 51, on page 9, panel 5.

Ibrahim did a fantastic job with this character. I really like the details put into his character…the line work around his face and in his armor.

Kubilai Kahn’s Priest # 2 (illustrated by Lars Brown)

In “Soft Places” Nicolo Polo, father of Marco Polo, and Maffeo Polo travel to China and were given audience before Kubilai Kahn. They planned on converting Kubilai Kahn to Christianity, but The Kahn refused saying that his Priests have power to perform miracles for him.

This Priest was drawn by Lars Brown and is incredibly awesome!!!

You can see this Priest of Kubilai Kahn in Sandman # 39, on page 12, in panel 4. He is to the far left standing near a wall.

Here is Kubilai Kahn’s Priest…

Richard Nixon (illustrated by Isabelle Melançon)

Richard Nixon was the 37th President Of The United States….in our World.

Prez Rickard is visited by Richard Nixon one night prior to winning the election for President Of The United States. He attempts to give Prez some advise, such as “Nothing you do in the White House matters” and tells Prez that “while you are in office, you’ll be the worst single president they’ve ever had.”

Clearly Richard Nixon was wrong, since Prez did make a difference and was an incredibly well loved president.

Isabelle drew Richard Nixon. I really like her use of spot color for this drawing. It seems very natural. This is one of my favorite pieces she’s drawn for the project so far.

Demon # 5 (illustrated by Max Rugers)

This demon appears in Dream Hunters (the Amano version) and is one of the visions that the Badger created in hopes of scaring the monk away from his temple and win the bet with the Fox.

This demon is clearly visible in Dream Hunters page 13.

Max did an amazing job with this demon. I love it!!! One thing that you may not be able to tell from the scan is that this portrait has a lot of texture to it, which is one of the things I really like about Max’s portraits. The lighter orange spots on the cape are raised up by tape and painted, giving it a very cool look to the portrait.

I am including the finished painting as well as the back doodle for this Demon.