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I’ve had a backlog of commissions on my list for awhile now– if you haven’t heard from me, check back in, make sure yours didn’t get lost in the shuffle. In the meantime, here’s a few to share!

When I first saw Mister Miracle, it was the ’80s, and it was probably on the cover of a CRISIS or something. I’m pretty sure my first reaction was “geez, these DC characters have more colors on ‘em than a box of Trix” followed immediately by “so… he breaks out of stuff? I don’t get it”.

I liked him so much in the Giffen/DeMatteis/Maguire Justice League “bwa-ha-ha” comics that I started collecting his series as a 9 or 10 year old a year or two later… and promptly was bored to death by the art and story, and decided Green Lantern was far more interesting.

It wasn’t until fairly recently, when I started into the Kirby 4th World omnibuses/omnibi/big ol’ books that I really took to the character. See, Kirby just gets it– fun, powerful comics that can make even a guy in tights that breaks out of cosmic bondage gear interesting.

I gotta tell ya– anytime I read anything by Jack Kirby, I have to take a break for a few minutes to process the raw awesome my eyes were just attacked with. So much energy it saturates your retinas… Jack Kirby, ladies and gents.

I love Mister Miracle.

This one’s for Shawn, a comic shop owner out of the place I was raised– Kokomo, Indiana. Enjoy! Best of luck with the new shop!

- jeremy dale