Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Roman Citizen # 76 (illustrated by Hayden Sengua)

Augustus Caesar and the dwarf Lycius spend the day sitting on some steps near the marketplace dressed as beggars. As citizens pass they discuss politics, power and personal legacy.

This citizen is spending the afternoon in the Roman market near the steps where Caesar and Lycius are sitting.

She appears in Sandman # 30, page 13, and is panel 4. She is standing near a large statue in the center of the market.

Sunday, March 3, 2019

Dreamer # 34 (illustrated by Carl Sciacchitano)

As John Dee, inside his dream reality, attempts to destroy Morpheus, dreamers all over the world had troubled sleep. They whimpered and moaned and even screamed “as if caught in the darkest of nightmares.”

This is one of the dreamers who had was affected by John Dee’s hatred and chaos.

He appears in Sandman # 7, on page 13, in panel 4.

Friday, March 1, 2019

Italian Man # 12 (illustrated by Lars Brown)

In Endless Nights, Sergei visits Venice, Italy and returns to one of the islands in the Venice lagoon.

As a child he had visited one of the islands and had a brief encounter with Death, who asked him to try to open a rusted gate, which he was unable to do. As an adult, he returned to the island and once again met Death. This time he was able to open the gates and let Death into Alain’s court.

His entire encounter with Death felt like a dream and when he awoke and arrived back into the city all of the people seemed paper thin and unreal. He wondered what happened behind their eyes and in their heads.

This man is one of the Italian citizens that Sergei saw in the courtyard when returning to Venice.

He appears in Endless Nights, on page 22 in panel 6.

Lars took this opportunity to pay tribute to Umberto Eco, who was an Italian novelist and philosopher. Eco died in February 2016 and Endless Nights was published in 2003 and so it’s completely possible that Umberto Eco could have been walking through the streets of Venice on the day Sergei returned from the island.

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Undercut Patron # 39 (illustrated by Max Rugers)

Didi and Sexton spend the afternoon wandering around New York around New York and end up that evening at a club called The Undercut.

The concert is the first show Foxglove performs. A few years later she will become an international success.

Hazel, who used to work for Sexton’s mother, gets Didi and Sexton into the show for free.

Before the show starts everyone attending is waiting around the stage and talking with friends.

This man is at the show and is waiting for the show to start.

He appears in Death: The High Cost Of Living # 2, on page 9, in panel 3.

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

London Citizen # 20 (illustrated by Xaveria)

Dian Belmont traveled to England in an attempt to avoid dealing with her boyfriend Wesley Dodds and his secret identity as The Sandman.

Her expectation of England was cricket fields and historic buildings and was shocked when she visited the East End. This area fill filled with poverty, drunkeness and brutality. She described the citizens have being poorly fed and that they have likely never taken a bath in their entire lives.

As Dian is greeted by her old friend Annabel Forbes-Whitten, this man is passing behind them on the street.

He appears in Sandman Midnight Theatre on page 15, in panel 1.

Sunday, February 24, 2019

Movie Premier Guest # 11 (illustrated by Kai Martin)

Foxglove attends the A Day In The Park movie premier. She has a song on the soundtrack and is a guest at the premiere.

This woman is one of the guests at the movie premiere.

She appears in Death: The Time Of Your Life # 2, on page 2 in panel 2.

Saturday, February 23, 2019

Ghost Boy # 10 (illustrated by Ron Chan)

In Season Of Mists, Lucifer decides that he is no longer interested in being the ruler of Hell. He empties Hell of all the demons and tortured souls and locks the doors behind him as he leaves.

Some of the dead return to visit their living relatives. Others return to the place where they died.

This Ghost Boy returned to St. Hilarion’s School For Boys.

The Ghost Boy appears in Sandman # 25, page 6, panel 4.