(JULY 1994)(collected as part of the BINDINGS trade paperback)
* John Ney Rieber: writer * Gary Amaro: pencils * Peter Gross: inks *
* Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh: colors * John Costanza: letters *
* Charles Vess: cover * Neil Gaiman: consultant *
* Julie Rottenberg: assistant editor * Stuart Moore: editor *
* Charles Vess: cover art *
page 1, panel 4: From his dress (particularly the kilt) it would appear that Tam Lin originates from Scotland in the Middle Ages. (submitted by
Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page 3, panel 1: Note the sketch of the Manticore to Tim's right. These reappear throughout the passageway. (submitted by Shannon Patrick
Sullivan)
page ?, panel 4: The appearance of this panel is reminiscent of M.C. Escher's "Relativity". (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page 6, panel 1: The Manticore's "flute" is in fact just a bone.
There is a misprint in the dialogue (corrected for the trade paperback edition): "savage beast" should read "savage breast". (submitted by Shannon
Patrick Sullivan)
page ?, panel 4: Note that the globe bears no resemblance to Earth. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page ?, panel 7: In myth, a unicorn can only be approached by a virgin (although usually only a virgin female). (submitted by Shannon Patrick
Sullivan)
page 18, panel 4: Socrates was an ancient Athenian philosopher whose work involved the analysis of character and conduct. Timaeus, a later
Greek, was a historian who helped shape the tradition of west Mediterranean history. There does not appear to be any connection between the two;
however, Timaeus studied under a pupil of another Greek, Isocrates. Perhaps Rieber is mistaken in his reference? (submitted by Shannon Patrick
Sullivan)
page ?, panel 5: A quatrain is a unit of four lines of verse. Epithalamium is a song or poem in honor of a bride and bridegroom. (submitted by
Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page 24: This is Death, one of the Endless, an anthropomorphic representation of one of the seven fundamental concepts of the universe (the others
being Dream, Destiny, Desire, Destruction, Delirium and Despair). Tim met Death at the end of time in THE BOOKS OF MAGIC(m) #4; it was
her intervention which prevented Tim's death at the hands of Mr E.(submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page 64, panel 1: Arraune
Telis
page 69, panel 3: "animus opibusque parati":
page 72, panel 5: "exempli gratia":
7: "merde": "shit" in both Latin and French
page 77, panel 1: Tractenberg:
page 80, panel 2: "What Zatanna would say" translates to "Manticore get stuffed."
page 81, panel 4: "Socrates to Timaeus":
