The Riddle of Nine

A tribute to Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, and a birthday-gift to Ellen.

In the night before her ninth birthday, Ellen and her cat Daisy travel to the Kingdom of Dreams to face the Queen of Nightmares. On her journey she meets many strange creatures, which you may recognize from stories like ‘The Sandman’ by Neil Gaiman, ‘Labyrinth’, ‘The Dark Crystal’, ‘Alice in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll and ‘Pluk van de Petteflet’ by Annie M.G. Schmidt.

Neil Gaiman himself wrote about this comic on his blog:
“As far as Sandman fanfiction tributes that are also excellent kids’ comics go, this is the bees knees.”

(yay!)

Ellen is a grown woman now! You can read about her wedding to her Ernestas on my blog.


© Margreet de Heer 2024