Roman Citizen # 1 (illustrated by Emonic)

This man is one of the men who works in the Roman Marketplace.

He appears in August from Fables And Reflections. He can be seen in Sandman # 30, on page 6, panel 2. He is lifting a table and is partially off panel.

One of the things I really like about this project (and I'm sure I've said this a thousand times) is that there are a lot of characters in the Sandman universe that are either obscured by being off panel or are too tiny to recognize their features. This project brings those characters to the forefront and makes them more important than obscure background characters.

Emonic did a wonderful job with this Roman Citizen. He made him a character instead of some guy without a face in Rome.

Book Release Party Guest # 17 (illustrated by Max Rugers)

When Richard Madoc’s book “And My Love She Gave Me Light” was released in May 1987 a book release party was held.

This man was one of the people who attended the party. He is standing near the sign featuring the cover of the novel.

This man appears in Sandman # 17 on page 12, in panel 1.

I like this portrait from Max. While this character does not appear to be as happy and carefree as he does in the published comic, I like the depth of this portrait. I enjoy the use of the heavy blacks and the white out to add highlights. It’s a great portrait.

Faery # 10 (illustrated by Joëlle Jones)

This Faery is one of the Faeries who crossed over into the mortal plane with Titania and Auberon to see the first performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

He appears in Sandman # 19, on page 5, in panel 4. He is obviously the giant pink Faery in the background of the entourage.

I love this portrait from Joëlle. The colors on this Faery are fantastic and I really like how he turned out. He sort of looks electric!!!

Emissary # 20 (illustrated by Max Rugers)

When Dream becomes the caretaker of the Key To Hell, Emissaries from various cultures and pantheons gather in hopes of obtaining the ownership of Hell for their own uses.

This man is one of those emissaries.

Who does he represent and why does he want the Key To Hell?

These are questions that are never answered, nor do we even get a very clear view of this character or any of the characters dressed similarly.

This Emissary appears in throughout the Season of Mists storyline, but specifically can be seen in Sandman # 27, on page 3, in panel 7. He is in the middle.

This is another cool portrait from Max. I really like his interpretation of this character.

Billy Scutt (illustrated by Emonic)

In World’s End, Petrefax tells a story of an air burial he attended for school in which the three other people performing the burial told stories.

Mig told the story of a man named Billy Scutt,his grandfather, who had been convicted of being a Resurrectionist (meaning he dug up dead bodies for anatomy) and was scheduled to be hanged. When his time had come he was offered a chance to prolong his life by becoming the new hangman, under the agreement that he would be hanged near the end of his life.

Billy Scutt was the best hangman the town had ever seen.

After many years of being the hangman in the town Billy Scutt became ill and word began to spread around the town that he was too old and could no longer able to perform his job; he would soon die. When the Sherrif’s men came to take him to the gallows, Billy Scutt, with the help of his wife, was hoisted up, into a standing position, using his hangman’s rope to prevent him from collapsing.

After the sheriff’s men left, Billy Scutt went back to his bed and died that night.

He appears in Sandman # 55.

Emonic did an amazing job with this character. I think he really did an excellent job capturing this character.

Emonic will be at San Diego Comic Con this weekend and will be at book H-11. Stop by and buy some of his prints or get a commission from him and tell him you've seen his work here. He'll appreciate that!!!

Porn Star Man & Porn Star Woman (illustrated by Max Rugers)

In Brief Lives, Dream and Delirium search for their missing brother with the help of Ruby Elisabeth DeLonge, their chauffeur. After driving many miles and visiting the house of the recently deceased Bernie Capax, Ruby suggests stopping for the night in a hotel and resuming their search in the morning.

As Ruby readies herself for bed she flips on the tv and there is an adult film on the television.

These two characters are the actors in that adult film.

They appear in Sandman # 44, on page 12, in panel 3. They are on the television.

Max did a wonderful job with these characters. I like that they are very beautiful and crisp and perfect….as I imagine actors in these types of films would appear. I also like that the portraits lack color, which gives the sense that they are not characters that embody the “real” world, but from the television.

Man # 133 (illustrated by Joëlle Jones)

This man appears in Preludes And Nocturnes in a ship station as Ethel Dee and Ruthven Sykes attempt to disappear from the watchful eye of Roderick Burgess.

This man appears in Sandman # 1, page 16, in panel 2. He is a silhouette near the center of the page.

Joëlle did an awesome job with this character. I really like the little details she added to him. Yes, he does bear a remarkable similarity to Man # 36. I accidentally sent the same character to two different people, but ultimately I don't think it's a problem since this man was in the shadows in the original published panel. I mean really…didn’t everyone look like this in England during the 1930’s?