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Miracleman
Behind the Scenes
Moore collaborated with several great artists over his run on the book, but I chose the Barry Windsor Smith version of the character as my references, even though the latter actually worked with Moore’s successor on the title, Neil Gaiman. I’ve always been a fan of Windsor-Smith’s work, and I loved the delicacy and elegance of the figure—reminiscent of his Solar, Man of the Atom for Valiant comics, another favorite of mine—and an evolution of Miracelman’s original aesthetic, which had been established by Alan Davis.
Readers of the comic will recognize what he’s holding, the skull of one of his greatest enemies, and creator, Dr. Gargunza. This is no kiddie comic.
Miracleman
Alan Moore is the writer and creator of an eclectic array of stories that have influenced the entire industry since he entered the medium. One of his most incredible feats was taking a second-tier English rip off of Captain Marvel (Shazam) called Marvelman and not only making him cool (while managing to integrate and maintain his previous goofy stories as cannon but making them insidious) but using the title to make a commentary on the superhero genre, world politics and power structures.
Along the way he included a realistic depiction of a birth (to which the publisher added all sorts of warnings and disclaimers, as if it were prurient) and a graphic presentation of the destruction of London. Much of Moore’s writing is intense. Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell are prime examples of that intensity—though if you’re only familiar with the film adaptations’ you don’t know the half of it, and frankly, they pale in comparison to the source material—but Miracleman (Marvelman) more than holds its own with those other stories.
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