Dave McKean, Neil Gaiman.The collected Sandman covers, 1989-1997. — Watson-Guptill[англ.], 1997. — С. 1. — ISBN 9780823046324.. — «The Sandman image was inspired hy Peter Murphy, the ex-Bauhaus singer and Maxell tape model, because when artist Mike Dringenberg saw the original sketches for the character he said "He looks like Peter Murphy from Bauhaus."».
Gavin Baddeley, Paul A. Woods.Goth chic: a connoisseur's guide to dark culture / Paul A. Woods. — 2. — Plexus, 2006. — С. 1941. — ISBN 9780859653824.. — «Sandman inker Mike Dringenberg observed, '"Hey, [he] looks like Peter Murphy from Bauhaus.'" Cover artist Dave McKean and Gaiman 'got some Bauhaus videos and immediately saw that Mike was right; and Dave ended up making the central image on the cover of Sandman [number one] a Peter Murphy-like face.».
Neil Gaiman.Neil Gaiman - FAQ - Comics (неопр.). — «If I remember correctly Dave based the face on the cover of Sandman #1 on an image of Peter Murphy.» Дата обращения: 22 сентября 2012. Архивировано 22 сентября 2012 года.
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Neil Gaiman.The official Neil Gaiman Tumblr (неопр.). Tumblr (16 февраля 2013). — «The original idea-model for Morpheus was Peter Murphy from Bauhaus.» Дата обращения: 10 июля 2013. Архивировано 10 ноября 2013 года.
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Neil Gaiman.The official Neil Gaiman Tumblr (неопр.). Tumblr (16 февраля 2013). — «The original idea-model for Morpheus was Peter Murphy from Bauhaus.» Дата обращения: 10 июля 2013. Архивировано 10 ноября 2013 года.
Neil Gaiman.Neil Gaiman - FAQ - Comics (неопр.). — «If I remember correctly Dave based the face on the cover of Sandman #1 on an image of Peter Murphy.» Дата обращения: 22 сентября 2012. Архивировано 22 сентября 2012 года.
Dave McKean, Neil Gaiman.The collected Sandman covers, 1989-1997. — Watson-Guptill[англ.], 1997. — С. 1. — ISBN 9780823046324.. — «The Sandman image was inspired hy Peter Murphy, the ex-Bauhaus singer and Maxell tape model, because when artist Mike Dringenberg saw the original sketches for the character he said "He looks like Peter Murphy from Bauhaus."».
Joseph McCabe, Sophia Quach. Hanging out with the dream king: conversations with Neil Gaiman and his collaborators (англ.) / Joseph McCabe. — Fantagraphics[англ.], 2004. — P. 92. — ISBN 9781560976172.. — «['Sandman' artist Kelly Jones talks about the inspiration behind Dream's appearance] I know Neil always said [the Sandman] was based on Robert Smith of the Cure, but I just hated the Cure. I didn't want to hear that. I was really into Peter Murphy at that time, the guy from Bauhaus. I didn't like Bauhaus, but I liked him on his own, and he had a song called “Cut You Up" or something; it was on the radio at the time. I bought the CD, and I said, 'You know, with that big poufy hair, he looks like that guy.' At that time, Murphy was very gestural. I don't think the guy ever had a picture taken of him that wasn't angled and in deep lighting. So I took that, too. I said, 'Whenever I do him, I'm gonna do that kind of thing. And get into his face, don't just keep him in deep shadow all the time. He will be in deep shadow all the time, but I want to put across a guy who's clueless. Not stupid, but he's not understanding things.' Because he's an immortal guy who...».
