STEAL YOUR CHARACTER!

This assignment was actually pretty difficult. Although I took characters from other comics/literature and created a new design, I wanted there to some sort of tie-in. Since I like Gaiman's Sandman series so much, I decided to take characters from other stories that had similar dream-like elements. The stories aren't specifically set in dreams, they just have an ethereal, I-must-be-dreaming mood, created by the mere presence of a certain character. So, before I confuse you any further, just take a look.

Morpheus, the title character of Neil Gaiman's Sandman series.

Baby Ojo from Sam Keith's (creator of The Maxx) Ojo.

Grendel, from the epic Beowulf. Like many people, I thought the recent movie was terrible. Usually I picture him as a Werewolf, but I felt like exaggerating his monstrous qualities. Although his maw is modeled from a sculpture by Juan Cabana, it made Grendel look like a raging baboon. Oh well, monkeys are evil.

Last but not least is one of my all-time favorite short stories, Saki's Sredni Vashtar. Never read it? Then shame on you! I once dreamt that the god-ferret grew to an enormous size and ate the boy's guardian, and since then whenever I read the story I expect it to happen.