The Sandman

The Bogey That Wants to Feed Your Bloody Sleepless Eyes to It’s Half Moon Living Offspring!

So I assume most of you have some knowledge of Neil Gaiman’s romanticized Sandman comic what with its tapestries of gods, lies and esoteric plans that evolved slowly over the dreamer’s lifetimes … Well this ain’t that!

What we’ve got here is a good old fashioned nursery bogey, and one that really hopes you have a hard time sleeping… As that’s the first step in his pretty simplistic plan which plays out as so

Step 1

Find children who are not sleeping when they should be.

Step 2

Throw sand in their eyes, causing much irritation, and eventually dis lodgement of said eyes from said said child’s head.

Step 3

Gather said “freshly dislodged” bloody eyes and plop them in a large sack.

Step 4

Take bag of bloody eyes to the crescent moon where your hook bird beaked offspring wait impatiently for dinner which as it turns out is almost always bloody child eyeballs!

Step 5

Repeat as necessary!

Now I don’t have much of a physical description for you as bogeys tend to be told loosely to allow for the imagination to run rampant… Some tellings have him long and slender, some tell of a squat troll like man… we know his offspring have bird beaks or at least hooked noses, and we know he’s gotta be strong enough to carry a bag full of eyes, and thats gotta be enough to draw something… so get to it!

We’ve got a holiday next weekend so I’m sticking with two weeks. The new people and the underdogs will continue to be given an unfair advantage come judgement time, and by no means is artistic talent the only criteria for judgement so have fun with it!

judgement Is Complete

The Sandman Entry # 9

The First Place Sandman Entry

Hahaha soo good I mean I’m pretty sure it’s Sandman in foreground and victim behind but part of me wants to see it as just one guy in multiple meaningful moments of eyeless emoting ala the old Calvin Klein Eternity ads… well I suppose like the old Eternity ads without eyes! And such a spooky moon!

Judge’s Commentary – Cause I’d watch this movie in a heartbeat! Cause I’m pretty sure the villain only has one finger and a thumb and cause Chris has been playing for a good long time and never gotten a shirt, so dammit, congratulations sir and thanks for playing!

The Sandman Entry # 4

The Second Place Sandman Entry

Haha I love that it works just as well as a surrealists vision identity loss and sacrifice for family as it would as a label for an eyeball themed bubbly dish soap! God those lil F’ers are adorable! And I’m not gonna complain about those flattened, popped, peepers neither!

Judge’s Commentary – You know I realized why I like the tie wearing guy so much, he reminds me of MumRah, from Thundercats, and in doing so I immediately associate that lovable whiny skeletor like personality that good cartoon villains have! And then associate his frustrations as a father in that voice… technically the only reason this doesn’t get first is that You havent been trying as long for a shirt as our winner, so you know… please come again!

The Sandman Entry # 13

The Third Place Sandman Entry

Ooooh so swooshy and moody! I kinda love the lil shop of horrors style duck mouths! And really what picture doesnt benefit from an eyeless youth in a fancy lad night shirt, staring… well not staring so much as frowning out he window!

Judge’s Commentary – Mostly cause it reminds me of Stary Night smashed together with a man eating plant, which so long as you arent the one getting eaten seems cool as hell!

The Sandman Entry # 1

The Sandman Entry # 1

Oh hey that’s cool, I never wanted to sleep ever again anyways! Yessss! Man those eyeball fingers are terrifying!

The Sandman Entry # 2

The Sandman Entry # 2

Ooooh good creep from the darkness mad scientist garb! I’m always amazed how deadpan squared off eyebrows can be And freaking “Ha!” for the walloping with sand!

The Sandman Entry # 3

The Sandman Entry # 3

Man I better hope the new Bloom County keeps Mr Breathed busy… cause not only does this guy have Opus’ nose, eyes and general body shape, but dammit I think that’s his sleeping cap too! And while I’m picking on my own drawing, either this guy isn’t all that big, or that is one hell of a baseball sized, giant, cyclops eyeball he’s about to gobble!

The Sandman Entry # 5

The Sandman Entry # 5

You know I’m not even sure those adorably undersized cthulhu wings can make this guy any less horrifying! Though if i imagine him doing the doped up Mr Burns “I bring you love” that helps a lil! And not sure why I even want it to be less horrifying, sometimes we all need some good ol’ fashioned, eyeball rending, scary claws!

The Sandman Entry # 6

The Sandman Entry # 6

ooooh going for the uber literal! This is one probably more of a self service sandman… walk out in the desert and just leave your eyes out there… though I suppose getting back home might be an issue…

The Sandman Entry # 7

The Sandman Entry # 7

“Use every part of the beast…” – Yes! call me old fashioned but dammit ever since Beastmaster, I’ve always loved me an eyeless mystic with a ladle full of people parts! And I don’t even know what it’d smell like but I cant imagine a bag full of eyeballs that big smells anything close to good!

The Sandman Entry # 8

The Sandman Entry # 8

Well now that I’ve seen it, I cant un-see it so let me share… hello overly orange and quaffed 1980s bodybuilding salmon!!! (he just needs a tiny bikini!)

The Sandman Entry # 10

The Sandman Entry # 10

Man good witchy visage! And a fantastic example of how happy my brain gets with a monster mostly unseen… I mean are we just missing a small cloaked figure or is this just a tiny visible point on an impossibly large inter dimensional worm beast? Also, missing eye or not, I’m pretty sure someone better get that kid a benadryl!

The Sandman Entry # 11

The Sandman Entry # 11

That whiteboard of yours really is a nice toy for making these dreamlike hazes! I mean is that a bedroom wall or a forever deep forest? Is that the silhouette of a sandman at the foot of your bed or is Squidward coming in to wake you up for the days jellyfishing? I mean there’s really no wrong answer and I love that!

The Sandman Entry # 12

The Sandman Entry # 12

So growing up, lil me had a bed that lined up with an unshaded window pretty much just like that… and yep this is pretty much exactly why I was always terrified to look out that window, so thanks for that! hahaha! Also I kinda love this dude’s pointy ears!

The Sandman Entry # 14

The Sandman Entry # 14

Woman, come put these eyes back in my head! How’m I s’posed to drive my Firebird to the carny when I ain’t got no eyes?!?

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