Editing Dream (character) (section)

===Appearance===
Dream of the Endless usually appears as a tall, thin man with bone-white skin, black hair, and two stars in place of eyes. Most often they are silver, blue, or white, but when he becomes angered, they have been shown to turn red. Dream's appearance ranges widely: people generally perceive him in a style of dress appropriate to their region and era. In the Dreaming, he is often seen wearing a grey T-shirt and dark pants. He appears to be light-skinned when interacting with similar characters, but the people of ''Tales in the Sand'''s primordial African city see him as dark. He appears as a huge black cat when speaking to the lonely [[Siamese cat]]-pilgrim of ''Dream of a Thousand Cats'' and as a cat-headed god when addressing the Egyptian feline goddess [[Bast (DC Comics)|Bast]]. [[Martian Manhunter]] sees Dream in the shape of a flaming Martian skull and identifies him as Lord L'Zoril; but [[Mister Miracle]], looking at him simultaneously, sees him as a man. In ''[[The Sandman: Season of Mists|Season of Mists]]'', he appears in the same form to all the Gods (Bast comments: "I much prefer you in cat form, Dream old friend").<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Sandman. Volume 4, Season of mists| first=Neil |last=Gaiman |others=Dringenberg, Mike; Jones, Malcolm III; Jones, Kelley, 1962-, Wagner, Matt; Giordano, Dick; Pratt, George, 1960- | year=2012 |isbn=9781401230425 |edition= Fully remastered |location=New York |oclc=639163076}}</ref> In ''[[The Sandman: The Dream Hunters|The Dream Hunters]]'', set in ancient [[Japan]], Dream appears as a Japanese man to a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk and as a [[fox]] to a [[kitsune|fox spirit]]. He customarily wears a billowing black cape, sometimes with a flame motif. In battle he wears a helmet made from the skull and backbone of a defeated enemy. This "helm", which resembles a [[World War II]]-era [[WWII gas mask|gas mask]], is also his sigil in the galleries of the other Endless, as well as appearing in the dreams (and at least once on the staircase wall) of [[Sandman (Wesley Dodds)|Wesley Dodds]]. His face and physique are based on an amalgamation of [[Neil Gaiman]] in his twenties, [[The Cure]]'s frontman [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]], and ballet dancer [[Farukh Ruzimatov]].<ref>{{cite web |title="The Sandman" Speaks: Neil Gaiman and Mike Dringenberg on the Glories of Their Graphic Novel |url=http://blogs.sfweekly.com/exhibitionist/2014/04/the_sandman_speaks_neil_gaiman.php |publisher=SF Weekly |access-date=26 April 2014 |last=Curiel |first=Jonathan |date=April 18, 2014 |quote=Mike Dringenberg: "The Sandman himself is even more of a composite. Certain well-known people influenced the design -- his mop of hair came from Robert Smith and ballet dancer Farukh Ruzimatov was always in my mind for his dramatic physique,..." |archive-date=26 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426232832/http://blogs.sfweekly.com/exhibitionist/2014/04/the_sandman_speaks_neil_gaiman.php |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Comics in Context #72: F. O. G. - Neil Gaiman and Charles Addams. |url=http://ca.ign.com/articles/2005/02/12/comics-in-context-72-f-o-g?page=4 |access-date=22 September 2012 |last=Sanderson|first=Peter |date=February 11, 2005 |quote=Artist Kelley Jones says: "I know Neil always said [the Sandman] was based on Robert Smith of the Cure,...}}</ref> Dream's face and appearance are also based on [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]] frontman [[Peter Murphy (musician)|Peter Murphy]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The collected Sandman covers, 1989-1997 |year=1997 |publisher=Watson-Guptill |isbn=9780823046324 |last1=McKean |first1=Dave |last2=Gaiman |first2=Neil |page=1 |quote=The Sandman image was inspired by Peter Murphy, the ex-Bauhaus singer and Maxell tape model, because when artist Mike Dringenberg saw the original sketches for the character he said: "He looks like Peter Murphy from Bauhaus".}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Hanging out with the dream king: conversations with Neil Gaiman and his collaborators |year=2004 |publisher=Fantagraphics |isbn=9781560976172 |editor=  Joseph McCabe | others=Sophia Quach (photographer) |page=92 |quote=['Sandman' artist Kelly Jones talks about the inspiration behind Dream's appearance]: I know Neil always said [the Sandman] was based on Robert Smith of the Cure, but I just hated the Cure. I didn't want to hear that. I was really into Peter Murphy at that time, the guy from Bauhaus. I didn't like Bauhaus, but I liked him on his own, and he had a song called "Cut You Up" or something; it was on the radio at the time. I bought the CD, and I said, 'You know, with that big poufy hair, he looks like that guy'. At that time, Murphy was very gestural. I don't think the guy ever had a picture taken of him that wasn't angled and in deep lighting. So I took that, too. I said, 'Whenever I do him, I'm gonna do that kind of thing. And get into his face, don't just keep him in deep shadow all the time. He will be in deep shadow all the time, but I want to put across a guy who's clueless. Not stupid, but he's not understanding things'. Because he's an immortal guy who...}}</ref> In fact, Gaiman explained that Murphy was the original model for Dream.<ref>{{cite web |title=The official Neil Gaiman Tumblr |url=http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/43239675523/would-it-be-inaccurate-to-assume-that-morpheus-was-an |publisher=Tumblr |access-date=10 July 2013 |last=Gaiman |first=Neil |date=February 16, 2013 |quote=The original idea-model for Morpheus was Peter Murphy from Bauhaus.}}</ref> Gaiman also stated that Sandman artist [[Dave McKean]] based Dream's face in the cover of Sandman #1 on [[Peter Murphy (musician)|Peter Murphy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Neil Gaiman - FAQ - Comics |url=http://www.neilgaiman.com/p/FAQs/Comics |access-date=22 September 2012 |last=Gaiman |first=Neil |quote="If I remember correctly Dave based the face on the cover of Sandman #1 on an image of Peter Murphy".}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Goth chic: a connoisseur's guide to dark culture |year=2006 |publisher=Plexus |isbn=9780859653824 |edition= 2nd |last=Baddeley |first=Gavin |author2=Paul A. Woods |editor=Paul A. Woods |page=1941 |quote=Sandman inker Mike Dringenberg observed: '"Hey, [he] looks like Peter Murphy from Bauhaus'". Cover artist Dave McKean and Gaiman 'got some Bauhaus videos and immediately saw that Mike was right; and Dave ended up making the central image on the cover of Sandman [number one] a Peter Murphy-like face'.}}</ref>