Sunday, January 15, 2023

Crispin (illustrated by Anna Hybsier)

Dream and Death visit a pub in England sometime in 1389.

During this excursion into the waking world they hear a man named Hob Gadling tell a group of friends the best way to live forever is to not die.

Crispin is one of Hob’s friends sitting at the table listening to his theories about immortality.

This man is one of the bar patrons in the pub during Dream and Hob’s initial meeting.

This Bar Patron appears in Sandman # 13, on page 5, in panel 3.

Monday, January 2, 2023

Baseball Fan # 25 (illustrated by Kai Martin)

After the death of Kathy, Prez Rickard spent more time in the White House and was seen less by the American people. He became despondent and did not have the same zest for his job as he once did.

One particular night, Prez turned on the television and was watching baseball. Boss Smiley appeared in his television, once again offering Prez anything he wanted, even his deceased wife, if he would only serve him.

This Baseball Fan in the crowd at the stadium during the baseball game. He was on the television prior to Boss Smiley hijacking the program.

He appears in Sandman # 54, on page 14 in panel 8.

Sunday, December 25, 2022

Badger (illustrated by Max Rugers)

In Dream Hunters, there was a monk who lived in solitude next to a temple in the mountains.

One day a fox and a badger passed by the temple and saw the monk working in his garden.

The Badger challenged the Fox to a wager that whoever could force the monk to flee from the mountain would be able to live in the temple. Living in a temple was far more comfortable than living in a badger’s set or a fox’s den. The fox agreed to the wager.

The badger attempted to run off the Monk first, by pretending to be a group of men sent by the Emperor to bring the Monk back to the imperial palace and become the the minister to the imperial court. The monk proclaimed he would leave immediately after the leader of the men answered one question, why the emperor would send a badger to tell him to go to the imperial court. The badger slunk away defeated.

The fox, then, tried to lure the monk away from the temple disguised as a beautiful woman, who was the daughter of a governor. The monk, in his surprise, asked how the daughter of the governor happened to be a fox.

The Monk was not surprised when, a few nights later, a group of demons appeared outside the temple demanding that he run. Of course, the monk did not run, but instead confronted the demons with a flaming torch and threw it at one of the demons, who happened to be the Badger. The badger’s butt was burned and he howled in pain and disappeared into the night.

This badger appears in Dream Hunters on pages 2-13 and in the P. Craig Russell version of Dream Hunters in issue # 1, on pages 4-9 and 14-19.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Bird # 3 (illustrated by Anna Hybsier)

When Nada falls in love with a mysterious stranger standing below her window one night she does everything she can to discover his identity. When all of her conventional attempts fail, she enlists in the help of The King Of Birds to discover who this man is.

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.

Monday, December 12, 2022

Doctor (illustrated by Lars Brown)

In Worlds’ End, Brant Tucker encounters a man who is known only as The Seeker. He is searching for a reality where Prez Rickard becomes the President Of The United States. The Seeker tells Brant about Prez beginning with his birth and ultimately ending with his death.

This man is the doctor who help deliver Prez Rickard into the world.

He appears in Sandman # 52, on page 3, in panel 1.

Monday, November 28, 2022

Citizen Of Alain’s Court # 27 (illustrated by Kai Martin)

In the “Death In Venice” story from Endless Nights, Sergei traveled to a small island near Venice, after being haunted by a memory of encountering Death on the island when he was a small boy.

When he returned to the island he once again met Death and she asked him to help her try to open a gate that prevented her from entering the court of Alain, who had been able to cheat death by reliving a single day repeatedly for several centuries.

Sergei was able to kick down the gate and he and Death were able to enter the court in 1751.

Together they walked through the small kingdom and encountered several people as they passed through the court.

Once Death confronts Alain, the citizens of his court begin to fade away. This woman is one of the citizens of Alain’s court.

She appears in Endless Nights, in “Death In Venice” on page 20, in panel 7.

Friday, November 25, 2022

Dreamer # 114 (illustrated by Max Rugers)

In Dream Hunters, the Monk enters The Dreaming in hopes of saving the life of the fox who visits his small monastery and who, in turn, had saved his life from the dark dreams implanted by the Onmyoji.

As he walked through the dream realm he encountered many strange things, but perhaps the strangest was when he finally encountered the Lord Of Dreams.

When the Monk finally stood before Dream he implored him to save the life of the fox. The Monk noticed, within the robes of the Dream King, faces of the sleepers and dreamers flitted through the fabric.

This Dreamer is one of the faces that the Monk saw within the folds of the cloth.

She appears in P. Craig Russell’s Dream Hunters # 3, on page 19, in panel 4.