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Page 4:
The Miracleman Family flying over London, their base (Olympus) in the far background.

This page killed me. Not only were the figures tricky to nail right, but I had to draw between 50 and 80 buildings in curvilinear perspective. Meaning, instead of sitting on a flat surface, I drew all the buildings like they were on the surface of a snow globe - rounded. Which is maddening. But, I think it works okay.

Done with MM, for now.

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And the details keep rolling in. This is the destruction of London by his nemesis (and former sidekick), Kid Miracleman.
Trying to emulate the original artist killed me - his drawings were so detailed and textured.

Original pages:

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Page 2:
This is MM busting into a laboratory where his wife is being held.

Much harder than the first.

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And the big ones come rolling in...

Here is the first page of my Miracleman project. This has been the biggest and hardest project to date. The first page belies that fact - but, trust me, the other pages were a nightmare.

But a pleasant one.

Page 1 showing Miracleman's reemergence.

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And how can we have a great hero without an equally evil villain. This is Johnny Bates - also known as Kid Miracleman. Yep, his child sidekick grew up to be the biggest, baddest, most evil villain ever.

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A few more drawings of Mike Moran (Miracleman), figuring out how I want to draw his costume (he's been drawn a few different ways).

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I've got a few Miracleman sketches from this past weekend to put up, so I apologize if it's not your thing.

The next big assignment in class is a four-piece Miracleman story, so I've been drawing the characters a lot to get loose and comfortable.

I'm planning on throwing down some colors when I have some time.

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Aaaaaand a Miracleman sketch.

Mark my words - I will color this.

And I want to start a gallery that is strictly MM.

Quick History:
Miracleman was originally Marvelman - a UK ripoff of DC's Captain Marvel. It ran for years in the 50s and 60s. It was goofy and campy and he had all these sidekicks and what not. The title lapsed into obscurity until the 1980s when Warrioir magazine had Alan Moore relaunch it (I'm simplifying all the details here, but just go with it).

Moore, instead of ignoring all the goofy history with the character, did the first Superhero Deconstruction story.

Side note: Superhero Deconstruction is a storytelling technique where an older, goofier hero's origin is updating/placed into a darker context of reality. Since Moore (who did this with Swamp Thing, Watchmen, and other titles), who really invented this, it's been done to death.

MM was the first one. Moore took all the goofy history and placed it in context - making MM the most thrilling, trippy and risky comic out there. Moore posed and explored the question of what a superhero should do to the world when he's the most powerful being alive. What role/responsibilities does/should he have.

Anyways - incredible stuff. John Totleben drew the last 4 or 5 issues - where a returned villain destroys London and Miracleman ascends to a god-like status.

The stories haven't been republished since a massive legal battle began 15 years ago over who owns the rights to the stories. Marvel has announced that they now own it, but have yet announced plan to republish the 1980s stories. Here's praying they do.

And I would love, with all my might, to draw new stories.

Hence why I'm constantly drawing MM. I will keep doing so.