I never read comics as a kid. I discovered the publisher Vertigo, home to Neil Gaiman’s cultishly popular Sandman series, well after I became an adult. I immediately fell in love with Death. Older sister to Sandman’s central character, Morpheus, Death helps guide the recently departed from the corporeal world into the next realm. However, Gaiman’s Death is the antithesis of the traditional scythe-slinging, black-robed angel. She is an angel though: a pale beauty with jet black hair and real Suicide Girl cred. She’s also witty and smart, and like your best friend’s sister you’d love to take her out if you knew she wouldn’t be your last fling.
Having swept away the crumbs that real death leaves behind, one might wonder why this persona is so appealing to me. Other than her previously noted enticing qualities, I have no idea. But I still feel a bit calmer every time I see my poster of her. I finally got around to making a wallpaper (1280×800) of it. Enjoy it and remember to have the time of your life before you meet her.
