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* In ''[[The Sandman]]'', eye injury as a common motif has been commented on by the creator. The Corinthian, Fiddler's Green and the Ravens, the first murder of Abel we see, even Despair's constant picking at her face all count.
** There's also the fate of one of the students in the boy's school full of... former students, in ''Season of Mists'', if I recall. He died choking on his own vomit, as he informs us, and we see his eyeball hanging out of its socket down his cheek. Fun stuff.
*** It's played for laughs,
** And the girl in ''Preludes and Nocturnes'' who stabbed herself in the eyeballs with some sort of skewery things while being mind-controlled.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' places a lot of emphasis on the eyes: Reynardine possesses people through their eyes, it's been hinted that the fact that Annie wears eye shadow is significant, the local [[Green Lantern Ring
** Regarding Annie's eye shadow: kohl (used, especially in ancient times, as eyeshadow), is also known as ''surma'', and it is often prepared using the mineral ''antimonite''.
** Coyote can be identified merely by his eyes. They have a very, very distinctive pattern. His grin is also very distinctive and usually seen along with the eyes, but his eyes are enough to know it's him. He also takes great joy in using his eyes in weird ways... like juggling them.
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