Sunday, October 8, 2017

Raven # 19 (illustrated by Nicole Ingram)

In The Kindly Ones storyline ravens gathered in The Dreaming prior to The Kindly Ones enter 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 # 64 on page 13, panel 5.

Saturday, October 7, 2017

Ramar Singh (illustrated by Anna Hybsier)

Ramar Singh attended the Burgess Party at Fawney Rig in 1939.

At the party he is speaking to William Phillpots telling him that if it were up to him he could take all the writings of Kipling and burn them and take all the Sahibs and Memsahibs that were left behind in India and throw them on the fire as well.

That evening, when he sleeps, he dreams of mirrors and rats of Calcutta and of the blood of his sister. He then dreams of his fellow party guests.

He appears in Sandman Midnight Theatre on page 39 in panel 4 and on page 44 in panel 1.

Friday, October 6, 2017

Dignitary # 74 (illustrated by Max Rugers)

Dream and his lover, Kilalla Of The Glow, travel to the palace in the stars to attend the parliament concerning zones of responsibility and the merits of obligation for creation.

This Dignitary is one of many who gathered at the palace.

He appears in the background in Endless Nights, in the story, The Heart Of The Star, on page 7 in panel 1.

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Fundamentalist # 4 (illustrated by Kai Martin)

As John Dee takes control of the Dream Ruby, causing chaos throughout the world, a group of Fundamentalists, in New York City, kneel in the streets and beg God to not forsake them during the end of the world.

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.

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

French Citizen # 20 (illustrated by Lars Brown)

After Maxmilien Robespierre and Louis-Antoine St. Just heard the song of Orpheus, both were faced with events that caused their status within the French Government to be compromised and ultimately lead to their death.

This French citizen was one of the men who was present when St. Just, typically a great orator, stuttered and fell silent during a speech before the national convention.

He appears in Sandman # 29, on page 23, in panel 1. He is in the balcony listening to St. Just’s speech.

Monday, October 2, 2017

Archeologist # 5 (illustrated by Anna Hybsier)

Rachel is invited to join an exciting archeological dig where a 2019 penny was discovered in a mound on San Raphael. This penny appears to be from the future. Stanley, Rachel and a group of archeologists are hoping to discover what the future holds from excavating this site.

This woman is one of the archeologists working on San Raphael.

He appears in the Destruction story in Endless Nights on page 11 and in panel 1.

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Baku # 6 (illustrated by Te’Shawn Dwyer)

There is a tale that is told about a Monk and a Fox. Perhaps it is a fairy tale and perhaps a Monk and a Fox really fell in love and when the Monk was murdered the Fox took revenge for the death of her lover.

We will never know for sure, but it has been said that sometimes if you dream and journey to the distant regions of the dreaming where the Baku graze you might catch a glimpse of a Man and a fox walking across the plains…

This is one of the Baku that grazes in the distant regions of The Dreaming.

The Baku appear in the P. Craig Russel version of Dream Hunters…in issue # 4, on page 29, in panel 1.