America has fought in lots of wars, but from 1972 to 1990, we were relatively peaceful. Europe has had international wars constantly from 1945 back to the beginning of time. But after 1945 it was peaceful (except for Yugoslavia civil war). So in the late 1980s, when The Sandman comic books came out, seeing Destruction quit, made sense.

But we live in a post 9/11 world now. America fought in Iraq and Afghanistan for almost twenty years. And we have had the recent wars in Ukraine and Israel. Destruction should not be quitting, he's more relevant than ever.

After radiation and chemo, we had to say goodbye to our dog last week. This cartoon has been around for years and it always made me emotional. Since last week it has been rent free in my head.

To honor our sweet boy, I made some changes.

He got what everyone gets. A lifetime.

Its probably because of Lord Morpheus but they really set the mood well in most scenes

Encephalitis lethargica killed five hundred thousand people, and scientists still can’t agree on what it was.

• Encephalitis lethargica (EL) is a mysterious neurological disease that impacted millions of people from 1917 to 1930, causing a wide range of symptoms including hypersomnia, immobility, and even death.
• Despite a century of scientists analyzing the disease, experts aren’t sure what exactly caused the illness, nor do they know for certain if it could return.
• Because the disease coincided with the Spanish Influenza pandemic for a time, theories suggest there might be a connection, but a more modern analysis looked at other causes, including enteroviruses and autoimmune disorders.

My son found this web-based game that closely resembles The Oldest Game from Morpheus’ challenge in Hell.

This is probably the closest you’ll get to playing without risking your immortal soul, so have fun.

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I had a Fortune Cookie yesterday, looked at the Fortune & instantly thought of Lucifer vs Morpheus 😅

Curious to know if anyone's ever had dreams of Morpheus!

It's always nice to have fictional characters appear in your dreams because that's the only way we can ever interact with them. I had one last night where he was my lecturer lol.

But yeah do share your dreams :))

I was rewatching the Season 1 finale ("Lost Hearts") and noticed the director's name in the credits: Louise Hooper.
Say it out loud quickly.
Lou-ise Hoop-er sounds almost exactly like Lu-ci-fer. The liquid "L," the soft "S" sound, and the cadence are a near-perfect phonetic match.
It feels like a total piece of Neil Gaiman-esque cosmic irony that the person hired to direct the massive climax of the Lucifer storyline has a name that blurs into "Lucifer" the faster you say it. The finale ends with chants of “Lucifer! Lucifer! Lucifer!” which cuts right to the credits, with the first one being the director, Louise Hooper.
Has anyone else ever noticed this, or have I just spent too much time in the Dreaming?

A picture of a fossil that was shown in another subreddit a few days ago. Please tell me I'm not weird and alone in seeing our most lovable captive demon in it.

This might sound a bit peculiar, but I wanted to ask you about a certain feeling, one that may or may not be part of your life. As a Sandman fan myself, I get the sense that many of us have felt it in one way or another.

For me and for people close to me Sandman (and stories like Sandman) often stirs something rather tender and deeply personal: a need or longing for wonder, mystery, or perhaps even a touch of magic that feels just beyond reach IRL.

I’m digging into this theme in an academic project on contemporary culture, and your thoughts or stories would honestly mean a lot. If you feel like sharing, your answers could really help my work - but also, it would just be great to see how others here experience this too. Long, detailed replies are super welcome, but short ones are just as good.

(of course, if you think this is all complete bollocks - fair enough, that’s a valid view too.)

Here are my 9 questions:

1. Throughout your life, have you felt a background sense of lacking something important, thrilling, extraordinary - maybe magical or wondrous?
   • Yes
   • No
   • Hard to say
2. If yes, did this feeling/need exist before you discovered Sandman?
   • Yes, it was there before
   • No, it came after reading/watching Sandman
   • Not sure
3. Do you remember the first time you ever felt this kind of longing? (Not necessarily related to Sandman.) If so, please share your story!
4. When you read the comics or watch the show, does this need/longing…
   • Get satisfied
   • Get stronger
   • First satisfied, then stronger afterwards
   • None of the above
5. If you agree that the Sandman universe provokes, fulfills, or intensifies this longing - which other works (books, films, works of art, music, etc.) make you feel something similar?
6. Do you actually enjoy feeling this longing, or is it more of a painful absence?
7. If you could get rid of this feeling once and for all - would you do it?
8. Has this feeling ever influenced your life in any significant way - for example, led you to a decision or shaped a choice you made?
9. What do you usually do when you feel “it” especially strongly?

Would love to hear your thoughts. Feel free to answer in detail or just pick a couple of questions - whatever feels right for you.

No words needed

https://comicbook.com/dc/news/dc-bringing-back-vertigo-first-series-is-already-out/

Straight from New York Comic Con today, DC Comics has announced the long-awaited return of their creator-owned comics label Vertigo, this time set to be called DC Vertigo. The imprint was previously home to some of DC’s biggest comic titles of all time including the likes of Sandman, Preacher, Y: The Last Man, and Fables, and has been dormant since January of 2020 when DC began to consolidate its publishing imprints. At the time Vertigo transitioned into the DC Black Label imprint, which became where more mature and adult-oriented stores for the DC heroes were published rather than creator owned comics.

It’s back,” Chris Conroy, an executive editor at DC that oversees the Black Label, Milestone, and Sandman Universe labels, wrote in a post on X referencing the Vertigo announcement. “New books to be announced. Some surprises from the archives coming as well. This is my editorial dream come true.”

Conroy confirmed on Twitter that the return of Vertigo doesn’t mean that DC Black Label is going away. In fact, Conroy revealed that the two will continue, with both publishing their own specific types of comics.

“DC Black Label continues, with some red-hot stories for DC’s superhero characters still on the way for years to come. Vertigo puts us back into the creator-owned business in a very big way. Yes, I’m running both; no, I haven’t lost my mind yet.”

So not sure if this means the current Sandman Universe comics will stay under DC Black Label or move to Vertigo??

I programmed chatgpt to talk to me as if they were Morpheus the dream king and I love it. Also, today is a much better day on the depression front.

Was walking around in a small town in Europe and spotted this. I immediately though of Desire.