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Thompson - Sandman, issue 45, page 19 (Jan 1993)

Artists: Jill Thompson (Penciller) , Vince Locke (Inker)

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Title:	Thompson - Sandman, issue 45, page 19 (Jan 1993)
Artist:	Jill Thompson (Penciller)
Artist:	Vince Locke (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,528
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Comments:	10
Added to Site:	12/14/2017
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The 45th issue of Sandman (chapter 5 of the ‘Brief Lives’ storyline) always had a certain depth, weight…and sadness about it. Along the journey to find his brother, Destruction, Dream encounters his brother’s former lover, the goddess Ishtar. For a goddess, she’s fallen pretty far – she’s now a stripper who keeps her true dancing skills and capabilities hidden. Which is sad enough, but the real sadness comes from the fact that no one wants to see her dance anyway. Her current world of ‘worshippers’ is focused on the ephemeral – tits, ass, a pretty face and maybe a good head of hair. But, to see someone dance? Really dance. No takers. She’s not completely forgotten – she’s still the subject of women’s studies classes in college – but the modern world no longer recognizes her. The story also answers the question of ‘what happens to gods & goddesses after their temples fall apart?’ Well, actually Ishtar provides the answer – ‘Some of them die. Some of them change. And some of them just keep going. Maybe some even get jobs as dancers.’ She takes whatever worship she can to survive and she does so in a ‘little temple of desire’ that is a far cry from the temples built for her 2,000+ years in the past. IMHO, an incredibly well done story – both in words and pictures.

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Tom Coker
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/14/2017

Morpheus' meeting with Ishtar in this installment was a real highlight from the classic run. Such pathos! Love it, Chris

Horacio Alvarez
Member Since 2008

Posted on 12/15/2017

Woooow Ronan amazing, Congratulations

G. C.
Member Since 2006

Posted on 12/15/2017

Perfect page. Congrats on your fantastic collection !!

Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006

Posted on 12/15/2017

Stylistically, it is a stark and lovely page. Thompson and Locke were fully in step here. Also, the closeup panel of Ishtar in her goddess aspect is wonderful in and of itself, but it adds to the sadness of the more human appearance she displays throughout the rest of the page.

Jeff Singh
Member Since 2004

Posted on 12/15/2017

Great looking page. I really have to try again at reading those 5 big absolute editions sitting on my bookshelf.

Gene Park
Member Since 2004

Posted on 12/15/2017

Never read the series, but, man, that is a really lovely page!

Xavier .
Member Since 2010

Posted on 12/15/2017

Fantastic page! Congrats!

Migs DC
Member Since 2006

Posted on 12/15/2017

Stellar example from my favourite chapter. Lovely page Chris. Congrats.

J L
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/15/2017

One of the best Thompson SM pages. Great pick up!!!!

Will Tervay
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/20/2017

Very, very nice. Love seeing the originals from Jill's run on the book - always impressive, and this is really exceptional. Thanks for sharing!

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