After you pick up and enjoy the excellent Devil’s Highway which came out this week take a moment to reflect that the atmospheric and well-paced story was drawn by an artist once commissioned to draw a Hamilton graphic novel. Artist Brent Schoonover revealed via his Twitter this morning a Hamilton adaptation was in the works at one point, but it didn’t make it to the light of day.
Along with designs and interior pages, Schoonover shed some light on the project.
Few years back I had a shot at doing the @HamiltonMusical graphic novel. Sadly it never worked out. They tried to move ahead without using actor likenesses but decided that wasn’t the course to go. Still crazy having my work in front of Lin- Manuel Miranda. pic.twitter.com/TnfTYVzgOZ
— Brent Schoonover (@brentschoonover) July 3, 2020
With colors by Kelly Fitzpatrick, Schoonover reflected on how the graphic novel intended to move away from drawing actor likenesses which may have been a reason the project was never completed.
Deadline was crazy tight for designing characters and doing sample pages. And I was also working on another gig. Wish I more time to do them right. @wastedwings did an amazing job coloring my rushes pages though. pic.twitter.com/VE10iBvTAg
— Brent Schoonover (@brentschoonover) July 3, 2020
As you can see below, Schoonover gives Hamilton fans and comic book readers a taste of what could have been.
Would of been a fun gig. Happy #HamiltonFilm day everyone! pic.twitter.com/eM8WtIuNOP
— Brent Schoonover (@brentschoonover) July 3, 2020
I for one watched Hamilton for the first time today thanks to the Disney+ premiere, which made viewing Schoonover’s art all the more enlightening and entertaining. I have to say the character design is quite cool.
Art by Brent Schoonover and Kelly Fitzpatrick
What say you, comic book fans, would you have enjoyed a Hamilton graphic novel? It sure would make it easier to sing along while watching the Hamilton movie!
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