Following the completion of the Middle Earth and Eternal Champion trilogies, Kirkwood pushed forward into 1992 at a furious pace, turning next to material inspired by the seminal dark fantasy series Sandman. The comic’s themes of dreamscapes, myth, and the occult aligned perfectly with Kirkwood’s creative drive at the time, resulting in Castle of Sand (1992, oos268/DEI-008), Lord of the Dreaming (1992, oos269/DEI-009), and Through a Dark Glass (1993, oos267/DEI-007). These cassettes also marked the first appearance of vibrant color in Kirkwood’s beautifully primitive cover art. Despite the popularity of their source material, these recordings remain among the most elusive in Kirkwood’s catalog: decades later, Lord of the Dreaming was misidentified and merged with material from Castle of Sand, while Through a Dark Glass has remained publicly unavailable—until now. Expertly remastered from Mr. Kirkwood's master tapes he used to dub the original cassette copies.
