16 Facts Dreamt Up About The Sandman

Before you watched the Netflix show you listened to the audiobook. Before you listened to the audiobook you read the comics. If you are a regular reader of Cracked, there is a high chance that you have seen, heard, or read about The Sandman.

Way back in the now-ancient time of 1989, Neil Gaiman presented us a world in which dreams and sleep were surveilled and ruled under a stoic lord that went by many names: Morpheus, The Lord Shaper, Kai’ckul, and Dream of the Endless. Or, you know, The Sandman. You probably know all of this. But do you truly know your Sandman?

We have spent a few restless nights gathering up some behind the scenes facts about the making of The Sandman comic book and the show that even most strident fans may not have known, whether awake or in The Dreaming. Have a look at some of these facts, won’t you?