Bindings: Tearing Down
Part 1 of arc #1, Bindings
First story reprinted in Bindings First published in May 1994.
Writer: John Ney Rieber
Penciler: Gary Amaro
Inker: Peter Gross
Colorist: Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh
Letterer: John Costanza
Cover artist: Charles Vess
Constultant: Neil Gaiman
Assistant editor: Julie Rottenberg
Editor: Stuart Moore
Disclaimer: The Books of Magic, The Books of Faerie, and all related characters and titles are copyrights and trademarks of DC Comics, Inc. The Books of Magic, The Books of Faerie, and these annotations are intended for mature audiences only. Comments and additional information should go to Laura Drescher.
Reproduction in any form without permission of the editor (as agent for the contributors) is forbidden.
All page numbers for Bindings are from the trade paperback.
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Panel 4: Mazaran found Tamlin's clothes where he had dropped them in Arcana: The Books of Magic Annual #1.
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Panel 5: Foreshadowing!
Panel 6: The owl on Tim's notebook is Yoyo from the miniseries. Also notice Titania's key, Mr. Hunter on the left and the Phantom Stranger on the right.
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Panel 1: Tam Lin is a character from a Scottish ballad of the same name. Web pages about the ballad are many and varied:
The Tam Lin Pages is the largest, and my favorite.
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Panel 4: The Amadan's first appearance. The legend of the Amadan (his whole name is Amadan-na-Briona) originates from Galway, Ireland,
where he is also called the Fool of the Forth. The Amadan is one of the most dangerous faeries; his touch causes illness that leads to certain death, and he is able to shapeshift between an innocent child and a horrible beast (as you will see).
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Panel 4: The events surrounding the faeries' permanent departure to Faerie were detailed in The Sandman #19.
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Panel 5: Shirley Maclaine is an American actress and author who is noted for her weirdness; she believes in past lives and all sorts of
non-mainstream things.
Contributors include:
Greg Morrow is the editor of the Sandman Annotations, whose format and legal information I have used here.
Sascha Segan inspired me with his page, Suburban Mythos: The Books of Magic, and helped me begin these annotations.
Shannon Patrick Sullivan remembered where Tam Lin left his clothes in Arcana, and made some observations about Tim's notebook, the Amadan, and the Faeries' permanent absence from Earth.
