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DC Comics AQUAMAN 2 MINISERIES comic book page art. Pencil.
This 1987 project was aborted due to numerous production problems. I was hired to replace the great Craig Hamilton, artist of the previous (and wildly successful) miniseries. Those pages he completed I was required to incorporate into my own, while subsequently managing to adhere to his style as closely as possible. This particular page was one of those where I was on my own, with no more Hamilton pages to lean on, except as a style influence. Where Craig based his likeness of the Nuada sorceress character on actress Glenn Close, I chose to base her likeness on Meryl Streep. Haha!
I confess that I regret not being able to finish this project. There aren't many things about which I continue to feel that way.
If this were animated, I reckon I imagined that last image of Aquaman in the memory montage with the cracked helmet of his brother Orm slowly fading away as he holds it (an "Alas! Poor Yorick!" Hamlet moment), leading to Aquaman emerging from his sad reverie to run his now-empty hand through his drenched hair.
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Aquaman and his world first caught my attention because of the incredible art in that miniseries! It warrants reprinting on better paper than newsprint.
I can empathize regarding a lost project, but it might be the better thing that there wasn’t a direct sequel. Was there the type of fandom then to take “offense” that you were directed to follow Hamilton’s style? Or was that common enough?
Thanks for sharing your recollection (and the art, of course)!
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Because Hamilton was himself originally slated to illustrate the Aquaman sequel mini-series, and since he did manage to finish a handful of pages, it made perfect sense that DC would want any replacement artist to match Hamilton's art style, possibly even using those pages already paid for. With Neal Pozner still in place as the driving force behind the story, a critical ingredient was solidified, and it remained my challenge to ensure that there would be no drop in visual quality. Under these conditions, I suppose a sequel would have sufficiently preserved the experience of the breakthrough original, while adding new things on multiple levels as a sequel should.
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