Editing List of The Sandman characters (section)

===Clarice and Barnaby===
'''Clarice''' and '''Barnaby''' are [[farmer]]s who are the aunt and uncle of Jed and Rose who were introduced in ''The Sandman'' vol. 1, #5, created by [[Michael Fleisher]] and [[Jack Kirby]]. The pair mysteriously show up on Dolphin Island a few hours after the drowning death of Jed's grandfather [[#Ezra Paulsen|Ezra]] and the death of [[#Burt Paulsen|Burt]] who was the brother of Clarice. They take him to live with their own children Bruce and Susie. Clarice and Barnaby later treated him as a personal slave not unlike [[Cinderella]], with minimal food even as he does all the cooking. Eventually, their treatment of him is revealed to have become much more abusive—after he runs away from home, they place him in a basement dungeon with no toilet. This is told in issues 5 and 6 of the first series ''[[The Best of DC]]'' #22 and recapped in Rose's diary in issue #11 of the Gaiman series. In issue #12, their mysterious appearance is revealed to have been because they were being paid an $800 monthly stipend by social services at the manipulation of Jed's maternal grandfather Desire. In issue #14, they are revealed to have been accidentally killed by Dream when he was dealing with Brute and Glob where the side effect of Dream collapsing the pocket dream dimension unleashed a powerful blast that opened the basement door and killed Clarice and Barnaby.

In the podcast, Clarice is voiced by Julia Winwood.

In the Netflix series, Clarice and Barnaby are portrayed by [[Lisa O'Hare]] and [[Sam Hazeldine]]. Clarice is more kindly than in the comics, while Barnaby still mistreats Jed since claiming him following the death of Barnaby's brother-in-law, terrifying Clarice into complying with him. They have no other children. They are later killed by the Corinthian, who makes off with Jed.