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Miracleman Art by Nick Dragotta

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Title:	Miracleman Art by Nick Dragotta
Artist:	Nick Dragotta (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Convention Sketch
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	152
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Added to Site:	10/14/2022
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Miracleman
Art by Nick Dragotta

I was thrilled to get on Nick Dragotta’s sketch list during his Thursday signing at NYCC 2022. Nick’s style has always been great but he has evolved and progressed into something great. I requested Miracleman. Miracleman was the first comic I hunted down. I was so excited to find my first issue, issue two which was the first fight between Miracleman and Kid Miracleman. Between that and Twomorrows guide Kimota! I was able to rebuild what the story was until I was able to acquire the run. Now with Marvel starting to bring the character back both by finishing the Gaiman run and having him start to appear in the Marvel 616 universe it is a very good time to be a fan The best place to start with him is the beginning of Alan Moore's run, "A Dream of Flying" it features some great art by Gary Leach and Alan Davis. The character has a really interesting, weird history. Originally created as a blatant replacement for Shazam after the British publisher lost the license.
instead of Shazam, Child Mickey Moran shouts Kimota (atomic spelled backwards) and becomes Miracleman.
Alan Moore tells the story of what happens when Mickey forgets his magic word for 30 years. He is 42 out of shape and barely making ends meet as a freelance reporter. Until during a terrorist attack he finally remembers his magic word.
It is an amazing deconstruction of the superhero. Alan Moore wrote the first 16 issues with art by Gary Leach Alan Davis Rick Veitch and John Totleben. Then Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham took over but unfortunately their story was never completed.
It's brilliant! A bit rougher, a bit more punk, you see Alan Moore perfecting the music he and Dave Gibbons created with Watchmen.
I learned about Miracleman when I was a kid reading interviews in Wizard Magazine with some of my favorite creators, who spoke of it almost in hushed tones of reference. It has inspired so many creators and stories. For the longest time it was very difficult to find the issues. Miracleman was one if the first books I hunted down as a collector. The first issue I located was issue two. It's still one of my favorite single issues I have ever reads. The book was so difficult to find because published by Eclipse who went bankrupt, and the rights were broken up with some being bought by Todd McFarlane and it became a crazy legal battle. Marvel eventually got the rights, and they will hopefully complete Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham's story.
The influence of Miracleman can't be understated as this and Watchmen set the tone for the next age of comics publishing. Thank you to Nick for his great work on this piece

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