I get to kick off the week reviewing every glorious page of AQUAMAN: THE BECOMING and FUTURE STATE: AQUAMAN for the collected edition that's off to the printer today!
Thread of some fave moments because I love these books so dang much. First, the #1 issue covers, because DUH.
@DavidTalaski@Sampere_art@fxstudiocolor Kickass Unstoppable Jackson! Self Assured Jackson! Over It Big Brother Jackson! The AQUAMAN: THE BECOMING team blessed our hero with such a wonderful array of emotional expression throughout the series.
We had some super inventive sci-fi elements in this story, brilliantly realized here on this teleportation page by @Koblish and the rest of the art team. Probably one of my favorite pages in the whole series, you can FEEL the crackles of energy leaping off the page.
Oh, you want to get your heart broken, do you? Look no further than the work #PaulPelletier and @NormRapmund did together. I came back to these panels time and time again, they punched me in the gut every time.
Some extremely choice Arthur, Mera, and Andy from @SergAcuna in an issue that plunged in to some achingly dark waters. The levity and brightness and love Serg poured into these beachside flashback sequences were crucial to the delicate storytelling balance.
The Most Mera Mera to Mera a Mera by @SkyePatridge and crew, because we deserve an aspirational, tough-as-nails queen who refuses to sanction buffoonery.
And because I cannot help but be extra for AQUAMAN, there's a whole behind the scenes look at character designs, early sketches, and process featuring the art of @DiegoOlortegui_@WadevonG@fxstudiocolor and @Sampere_art.
AQUAMAN: THE BECOMING TPB is in stores 5/24!
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My work computer finally succumbed to New Outlook and I'd just like to go on the record saying I absolutely HATE IT.
Fascinating that they went with a real "outlook for babies" aesthetic while also moving all basic functions of the program to completely counterintuitive places, incredible updates all around.
This thing where all new emails populate in the main outlook window rather than individual pop outs is a PARTICULAR horror show for me, a person who starts responses to multiple people in the morning, spends the day gathering info, and hits send as I complete each ask.
So, Connor Hawke. Our absolute top priority in canonizing Connor's asexuality was honoring his history. It was crucial that this #DCPride story not feel like a retcon (because it isn't one!), but an inevitability.
Here's a thread of the road that lead us here, starting in 1994!
Connor Hawke is introduced to comics in Green Arrow #0 by Puckett and Aparo. As a young teenager, Connor chose to join the ashram and become a monk where his father Ollie once took refuge and eventually returns. Connor is polite, highly skilled, and eager to connect with Ollie.
As is tradition when anyone tries to get close to Olivier Queen, things get complex. Connor ends up on a dangerous adventure with Ollie and ex-CIA Eddie Fyers. While hiding out in a seedy motel, Connor and Eddie catch an episode of Baywatch and come away with...different takes.
(There was a much more laid back version of this tweet In The Drafts but why pretend I have any chill at all when we truly all know better, especially about #DCPRIDE!!!!!!)
SO! Our DC PRIDE 2022🌈 anthology! Over 100 pages of fan-fave LGBTQIA+ characters as realized by all-star LGBTQIA+ talent! This'll get its own thread, but for now?