New Champion of Shazam: Mary Marvel #1 original cover art!

UPDATE: SOLD! Thank you!

This is the original cover art for NEW CHAMPION OF SHAZAM #1.

If you enquired about this art two years ago when I drew it and I told you I did not have an original to sell...well, I was mistaken. It was in a drawer for two years.

The art is mixed media (pencil, ink, acrylic) on 100% cotton illustration board. Please note that it is slightly smaller than the typical comic board. It measures 10"x14" (25.4x35.6cm).

If anyone is still interested in purchasing this original artwork, please contact me using the link above and we can work out a deal. I can also explain how it wound up in a drawer for two years.

MARY MARVEL #1 cover

For the upcoming new MARY MARVEL series.

Mary Marvel's eyes are blue, but they changed to brown in recent years, perhaps arbitrarily by a lazy colorist. In fairness, eye color can be tough to discern in the (wonderful) art of vintage comics, but just a little investigation on my part turned up irrefutable blue-eyed evidence (below), which, as a purist, I proudly submitted when I argued the case with editorial.

No doubt impressed with my dedication to eye-color integrity, my editor promptly asked me to change her eyes to brown. My apologies to the legions of Mary Marvel purists out there. I feel your pain.

The brown looks okay, too, but I liked how the blue of her eyes tied into the sky, so here's my original, true blue version.