To me, at his core (and, I think, at the core of The Sandman), Dream is the narrative function, our need as sentient, mortal, remembering beings to crystallize events into meaning.  It is part of us that goes beyond just the sleeping state. Witness Emperor Norton, for a real-life example from the book: he's a man who…

To me, at his core (and, I think, at the core of The Sandman), Dream is the narrative function, our need as sentient, mortal, remembering beings to crystallize events into meaning.  It is part of us that goes beyond just the sleeping state. Witness Emperor Norton, for a real-life example from the book: he's a man who…

That's the thing about Hob (especially in his later appearances): he still living because he's still appreciating being alive - even though he's seen it all, he can still find the precious immediacy of experience. 

That's the thing about Hob (especially in his later appearances): he still living because he's still appreciating being alive - even though he's seen it all, he can still find the precious immediacy of experience. 

As gutwrenching and genuinely frightening as I find the cereal issues, I've always been kind of bored with the Corinthian. He really is kind of small and petty, a horror movie when he should have been humanity's inner Nemesis.

As gutwrenching and genuinely frightening as I find the cereal issues, I've always been kind of bored with the Corinthian. He really is kind of small and petty, a horror movie when he should have been humanity's inner Nemesis.

Paradox: all the Endless represent change.  Some, like Desire and Destruction, are like fire, the physical embodiment of matter going changing states.  Death is What Happens Next; Despair is as if Death has come, but one is still alive. Even Destiny's book has passages rewritten, an unending now ever revealing…

Paradox: all the Endless represent change.  Some, like Desire and Destruction, are like fire, the physical embodiment of matter going changing states.  Death is What Happens Next; Despair is as if Death has come, but one is still alive. Even Destiny's book has passages rewritten, an unending now ever revealing…

That might be my favorite part - how, through the centuries, the details change, but humanity is always griping about the same old shit.  And you can really tell that Gaiman did his homework on those details, but it all just flows.

That might be my favorite part - how, through the centuries, the details change, but humanity is always griping about the same old shit.  And you can really tell that Gaiman did his homework on those details, but it all just flows.

Looking back on the whole, you could say that Dream's relationship with Hob is a microcosm of the larger narrative of him facing his own flaws, and embracing his own 'humanity' - but coming into the story without foreknowledge, I'd tweak that: Nada's story is about Dream taking a hard line in protecting his own pride,…

Looking back on the whole, you could say that Dream's relationship with Hob is a microcosm of the larger narrative of him facing his own flaws, and embracing his own 'humanity' - but coming into the story without foreknowledge, I'd tweak that: Nada's story is about Dream taking a hard line in protecting his own pride,…

C'mon, Tom Hanks.  While fumbling with your notes in the cold open, you couldn't slip in an "Oh, fudge" in there?

C'mon, Tom Hanks.  While fumbling with your notes in the cold open, you couldn't slip in an "Oh, fudge" in there?

*turns around in director's chair*

*turns around in director's chair*

….my work here is done.

….my work here is done.

It has mostly to do with speech patterns, and that there's a drawl to Ozzie that doesn't sound unnatural to 'Merican ears when it comes through an affected accent.

It has mostly to do with speech patterns, and that there's a drawl to Ozzie that doesn't sound unnatural to 'Merican ears when it comes through an affected accent.