JIM KIRKWOOD “Through a Dark Glass” cassette tape (limited to 300)

After completing the *Middle Earth* and *Eternal Champion* trilogies, Kirkwood pressed on into 1992 at a furious pace, turning his attention 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 use 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 unavailable to the public—until now. Expertly remastered from Mr. Kirkwood’s master tapes, which he used to dub the original cassette copies.