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2 unusual facts about The Sandman: The Doll's House


Child pornography laws in the United States

CBLDF leader Neil Gaiman remarked on how this could apply to his work The Doll's House, saying, "if you bought that comic, you could be arrested for it? That’s just deeply wrong. Nobody was hurt. The only thing that was hurt were ideas."

The Sandman: The Doll's House

As she tries to track their whereabouts, Rose takes up residence in a boarding house full of peculiar characters, including Chantal and Zelda, an ambiguously lesbian couple who always wear bridal garb and own a collection of stuffed spiders; Ken and Barbie, an extremely yuppie-ish couple; the eccentric Gilbert, a self-described "amateur knight errant"; and the landlord Hal, a gay man who performs at nightclubs in drag.


Albrecht Dürer's House

The House lies in the extreme north-west of Nuremberg's Altstadt, near the Kaiserburg section of the Nuremberg Castle and the Tiergartentor of Nuremberg's city walls.

Archbishop of Hong Kong

The Bishop's House, located in Central, is the office and official residence of the Archbishop.

Bharthari

Raja Bharthari appears as a minor character in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman: Worlds' End and The Sandman: The Wake.

Big Momma's House

The film is one of very few titles to be released on EVD as well as DVD.

The film is also notable for being one of very few titles to be released on the EVD video format.

The film was released on 2 June 2000, and was a surprise hit as it opened as the number two movie in North America, and almost overtook Mission: Impossible II for the top spot that weekend.

Carlyle's House

Carlyle's House, in the district of Chelsea, in central London, England, was the home acquired by the historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle and his wife Jane Welsh Carlyle, after having lived at Craigenputtock in Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

Christof Marselis

The exact extent of his contributions remain uncertain but he worked on such buildings as the Garrison Church (1703–06), the Stable Master's House (1703–05) and Frederiksberg Palace in Copenhagen.

Cromwell's House

Cromwell's Other House, one of the two chambers of the Parliaments that legislated for England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland

Dani's House

Toby (Harry Culverhouse) 2008, 2010 & 2012: Toby is a friend of Dani's that is shown to have low intelligence and an obsession with his hair, which he continuously spikes up with hair gel.

Darien Graham-Smith

He is also notable for his involvement in independent theatre: achievements include co-writing The Cat Must Die, which The Times named critics' choice at the 2002 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and directing the South London Theatre's 2005 production of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen.

Death: At Death's Door

Meanwhile, in Dream, various deities such as Bast, Odin, and others arrive to contest who will take over ownership of the Hell realm; the events of Season of Mists are told here in a greatly abbreviated version.

Dragaera

Mating outside of one's House is taboo among Dragaerans, and half-breeds are considered outcasts.

Eddie's House

In 1956, Robert's twelve-year-old son Jim Berger became concerned about his black Labrador Retriever Eddie staying outside in the winter, and decided he needed a doghouse to stay warm.

Fred's House

They have received national airplay on Tom Robinson's show BBC 6Music, Frank Hennessy's Celtic Heartbeat show on BBC Radio Wales as well as recently having live sessions on BBC Introducing, BBC Local Radio and many other local radio stations.

Fred's House have many a festival appearance including Cambridge Folk Festival, Secret Garden Party and Bestival.

Government Houses of the British Empire and Commonwealth

Government House is a residence for a governor; so now many Commonwealth nations without the British monarch as Head of State name their presidential palaces State House or President's House.

Henry Herman

In November 1882, was produced his first great success, The Silver King, written in collaboration with Henry Arthur Jones, with whom he also wrote Breaking a Butterfly (an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House; 1884) and Chatterton (1884).

John Tradescant the Younger

When his father died, he succeeded as head gardener to Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France, making gardens at the Queen's House, Greenwich, designed by Inigo Jones, from 1638 to 1642, when the queen fled the Civil War.

Julia's House

In July 2008, Julia's House replaced Park Engineering as the logo on Weymouth F.C.'s shirts.

King's House, Jamaica

Soon after, Sir Charles Nicholson, a British architect supervised the rebuilding and restoration of King's House.

Koschei

In The Sandman: Fables and Reflections, Koschei's emerald heart (or, more likely a piece of green glass being passed off as such) passes into the possession of a Romani trader, then a werewolf, and finally Baba Yaga.

Leslie's House

Leslie said she was saving an old newspaper because it had the "first rumblings of Iran-Contra", a reference to the scandal in which U.S. figures facilitated the sale of arms to Iran.

Liam Aiken

Aiken made his stage debut in the Broadway play A Doll's House at the age of seven and his film debut playing Parker Posey's son in Henry Fool in the same year.

Main Street Armory

For the next 15 months the Armory became N.E.W.'s home venue, and such wrestling superstars such as The Latin American X-Change (Homicide and Hernandez) (L.A.X.), Koko B. Ware, Too Cool, The Heart Throbs, and Extreme Championship Wrestling legend The Sandman have since competed inside the arena.

Malcolm Jones III

Malcolm Jones III (1959–1996) was an American comic book artist best known as an inker on The Sandman, where he added his illustrative line and textures to the work of pencillers such as Mike Dringenberg, Kelley Jones, and Colleen Doran.

Mickie Henson

He made his debut for the brand on July 18 edition, officiating a match between Mike Knox and The Sandman, as well as the main event ECW World Championship match between The Big Show and The Undertaker.

Monk's House

The Woolfs spent more and more time in Rodmell, eventually living there full-time from 1940 when their flat in Mecklenburgh Square, Bloomsbury, London, was damaged during an air raid.

Upon Leonard's death the house was bequeathed to his close friend, the artist Trekkie Parsons, née Ritchie, who sold it to University of Sussex in 1972.

Mozart's House

The song was released on 29 March 2013 as the second single from their forthcoming debut album New Eyes.

New Atlantis

The minimal plot serves the gradual unfolding of the island, its customs, but most importantly, its state-sponsored scientific institution, Salomon's House, "which house or college ... is the very eye of this kingdom."

The plan and organisation of his ideal college, Salomon's House (or Solomon's House), envisioned the modern research university in both applied and pure sciences.

Nodwick

They've also encountered characters who appear to be from other sources as well (a pageful of cameos including Xena and Harry Potter in one issue, Death from The Sandman appearing in another, Spider-Man being chased by an amorous Lolth in a comic strip in Dragon Magazine, etc.

Old Songs New Songs

The title is taken from the title of a song that appeared on the band's 1968 debut album Music in a Doll's House, although that song does not appear on this record.

Pavlov's House

In the early stages of the defense, Pavlov discovered that a PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle he had mounted on the roof was particularly effective when used to ambush unsuspecting German tanks; once the tanks had approached to within range of the building, their thin turret-roof armor became exposed to AT rifle fire from above, and were unable to elevate their weapons enough to retaliate.

Provost's House, Trinity College, Dublin

It has a Palladian design with a central Venetian window and doric pilasters and is similar to that built by Lord Burlington for General Wade (now demolished) in London in the 1830s, who in turn copied a drawing by Andrea Palladio.

Ranger's House

However the larger part of it consists of an eclectic mix of decorative art, including Renaissance jewellery, medieval, Byzantine and Renaissance ivories, tapestries, furniture and Sèvres porcelain, as well as a life size marble sculpture by Bergonzoli of an angel kissing a semi-nude woman entitled "The Love of Angels".

Richard Glyn

Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Gaunt's House (1755–1838), British banker and MP, son of the above

Robert Kimmel Smith

The latter was made into a 1994 television movie of the same name, starring James Woods and Anne Archer.

Simmons Family

Run's House, a reality television series featuring Joseph Simmons (co-founder of rap group Run-D.M.C.)

St George's Walk

It was completed in 1964 by Ronald Ward and Partners, the designers of St George's House and Millbank Tower.

Staggers

St Stephen's House, Oxford, an Anglican theological college nicknamed "Staggers"

Stereotypes of groups within the United States

Housemaids were usually depicted as black, heavy-set middle-aged women who dress in large skirts (examples of this type are Mammy Two-Shoes, Aunt Jemima, Beulah and more recently the title character of Big Momma's House).

The Kindly Ones

The Sandman: The Kindly Ones, a 1996 volume of The Sandman comic book series by Neil Gaiman

The Sandman: Endless Nights

The events in this story seem to be heavily influenced by Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Masque Of The Red Death".

The Sandman: Worlds' End

When asked, Stevens said that he drew his own 'Mona' character from his Hardcore graphic novel, published by Piranha Press in January 1990.

They Only Kill Their Masters

They Only Kill Their Masters was referenced in the King of the Hill episode "Bill's House".

Valentin Zubkov

The actor’s most famous roles include those in the films Our Father's House (Otchiy dom) (1959), Leon Garros Is Looking for His Friend (Leon Garros ishchet druga) (1961), Northern Story (Severnaya povest) (1960), Ivan's Childhood (Ivanovo detstvo) (1962), and A Day of Happiness (Den schastya) (1963).


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