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Russell - Sandman 50 page 20 (2021 revisited)

Artist: P. Craig Russell (All)

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Title:	Russell - Sandman 50 page 20 (2021 revisited)
Artist:	P. Craig Russell (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Recreation
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,244
Likes on CAF:	11 12
Comments:	17
Added to Site:	5/8/2021
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Sandman 50, Ramadan, was the first Sandman comic I read. Followed by Death: High Cost of Living (bought at the same time), and then I got all the issues from 1 onwards and dived in. This was my first Veritgo experience too. This was all when The Kindly Ones was being published so I was very late to the party.

I've long wanted a page from the issue as people with pages on CAF can confirm, but no luck.

On a whim I asked Wayne, P. Craig Russell's rep, if he might have a page still (yes, almost 30 years later) and unsurprisingly the answer was no, but...would I be interested in a 1:1 recreation of a page of my choosing? That's not normally my thing at all. An artist doing a take on a classic cover they didn't have anything to do with? Yeah, I love the style mixup that brings. But how else was I going to land a page?

I consulted with a friend who had a similar sentiment to me, but made the suggestion of asking for tweaks - so not a recreation completely, but a 2.0 or a revisited page where Craig can flex his 30 years-later artist muscles. I liked that idea, and along with the knowledge that a published page is highly unlikely went ahead and picked the page I wanted and waited. Not long either as I asked at the end of February and did a short drive earlier today to pick it up from him in person.

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M L
Member Since 2015

Posted on 5/8/2021

Pretty cool! Congrats!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 5/8/2021

Pretty cool that artists are willing to do recreations of panel pages! Quite a choice too.

Yo Kuri
Member Since 2019

Posted on 5/8/2021

Fantastic! Really gorgeous

Eric Seffinga
Member Since 2005

Posted on 5/9/2021

This is rad!

F M
Member Since 2005

Posted on 5/9/2021

Superb. Sandman 50 was also my entry into the title (because, you know, P.C.Russell)

Aaron N.
Member Since 2009

Posted on 5/9/2021

I have to say, it's nicer than the original.

John Espinoza
Member Since 2014

Posted on 5/9/2021

This is a great project. Something more unique than a recreation.

Mark V
Member Since 2021

Posted on 5/9/2021

Russell's work is so elegant and the way he approached your request was so tasteful.. He really strikes a balance between respect for the original composition and adding flourishes that one wishes would have been present on the original page.

I love this.

Joe A
Member Since 2019

Posted on 5/9/2021

Beautiful page and great recreation. I love the story behind this one. Congratulations!

Burke Daddy
Member Since 2016

Posted on 5/9/2021

Fantastic idea.

The video add is a really nice touch. Congrats on the add.

Joshua Tan
Member Since 2018

Posted on 5/10/2021

This is VERY COOL. Love the end result and the video is a great touch. Congrats!

Jim Ottaviani
Member Since 2004

Posted on 5/10/2021

Excellent choice in pages, and the changes (and video) explaining them are a treat. Thanks for sharing this!

Ken Lomas
Member Since 2020

Posted on 5/10/2021

Favorite comic of all time. Congrats.

Horacio Alvarez
Member Since 2008

Posted on 5/13/2021

Wooow Simon ...Congratulations my friend and the spectacular explanatory video

Jason Hussa
Member Since 2017

Posted on 5/20/2021

Simon, this is absolutely wonderful and a brilliant method of scoring a beloved page you've been after (while at the same time connecting with a fantastic artist and getting something NEW). The end result is absolutely gorgeous (I think I prefer it to the original); and hearing Mr. Russel talk about it on the video (great touch!) was a lot of fun; I get the impression that he had a great time working on it! Congrats, man - GREAT choice!

Amir E
Member Since 2020

Posted on 5/2/2022

Absolutely fantastic page from this very memorable issue. Congrats and thanks for sharing!

Tom Coker
Member Since 2005

Posted on 2/17/2025

What a wonderful page! Isn't cool how we all remember how SANDMAN struck us like a ton of bricks the first time we read it.

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