Compiled and edited by Laura Drescher
Wrong Side of the Tracks
First story reprinted in ???
First published in July 1999.
Writer: Peter Gross
Artists: Peter Gross and Ryan kelly
Colorist: Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh
Separations: Jamison
Letterer: Comicraft
Cover artist: M.W. Kaluta
Assistant editor: Cliff Chiang
Editor: Stuart Moore
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- Page 3
- Panel 1: Cyril's right, he has a brother (or sister) in heaven. But that's not what he's talking about. The story of Holly's abortion is relayed in Issue 57.
- Panel 3: It's interesting to see that Cyril has translated his family history into what he can understand- immaculate conception.
- Page 4
- Panel 7: Araquel was turned into chocolate (by Cyril's Four Action Figures of the Apocalypse) in Issue 48.
- Panel 9: Tim isn't "making" Cyril run away with him. Cyril made Tim take him along.
- Page 6
- Panel 2: This is just a vague fairy tale reference to classic fairy tale elements like those in The Three Billy Goats Gruff.
- Panel 3: "Cyril" means "lord," "lordly," or "ruler."
- Page 8
- Panel 1: There he is, scourging himself with his shoelaces. The angels commented on this in Issue 46, Page 19, Panel 2.
- Panel 4: This must be the institution in New York that Cyril was sent to.
- Gilgamesh: Odysseus: Siegfried:
Journeying to the Underworld:
- Page 9
- Panel 1: Girded his loins:
- Panel 2: Mr. Gavin was rock-climbing in the basement?
- Page 11
- Panel 1: On Page 3 of this issue, Panel 8, Tim was mentioned he thought that Cyril knew that Tim was supposed to be dead. He was evidently right.
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.