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Sep 16Liked by Michael Whelan

He definitely looks much more elvish to me here than the face on the book cover.

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It's a tricky balance with Elric. The reader needs to be invested in the tragedy, identifying his humanity while processing the cost of his addiction. Like a slow motion car crash, you can't help but watch and cringe knowing what's coming.

Michael described his deadline regrets leading to his portrayal of Elric as "too generically heroic." I think he came to the right solution. The otherliness provides a more intimate connection for the reader at the same time as allowing a measure of separation.

He is very much in tune with what Moorcock intended...he just got to it a few weeks to late.

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Sep 16Liked by Michael Whelan

Oh, I agree! I did like the cover too, but I get a different vibe with this face. It must be a real challenge when the subject is such a complex character.

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Elfin? Hm.

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