“Sorry,…What Was Your Name Again?”

Hm. Where to begin to explain this one?

This orig­i­nally started out intended to be just a sketch, done for John Pierce. But as these things some­times hap­pen with me, it sort of took on a whole life of its own. John is a friend, an email cor­re­spon­dent, a long­time comics fan and writer. You may have seen his work in some mag­a­zines about comics like Roy Thomas’ Alter Ego/FCA (the Faw­cett Col­lec­tors of America).

Any­way, John has a char­ac­ter he cre­ated called Jonni Star. Her sto­ries have appeared in a few small press comics here and there, usu­ally illus­trated by Brazil­ian artist Emir Ribeiro. (I even took a crack at draw­ing Jonni myself once, and you can see the result here in my Gallery). John had an idea for a comic book char­ac­ter that Johnna (Jonni’s civil­ian iden­tity) liked to read about, called Mara­cana, the Invin­ci­ble Eagle. Which I guess makes Mara­cana a comic within a comic.

Most comics fans will likely be able to sort out for them­selves which char­ac­ter arche­type Maracana’s descended from. But John has some inter­est­ing twists in there too, like hav­ing her rooted in a more Celtic-influenced cul­ture instead of the Greco-Roman type one might tend to usu­ally expect with a char­ac­ter like this. Like I say, this started out intended to be just a sketch, but I guess I got car­ried away and couldn’t help myself. I thought the end result was fun. Seemed like I might just as well go ahead and post it here, while I’m at it.

Mara­cana the Invin­ci­ble Eagle is ™ and © John Pierce.