DawnPg5.PNL1.mermaid.Szekeres

DawnPg5.PNL1.mermaid.Szekeres

This is the 1st panel from the 5th page of the MerDawn story I did for Joe Linsner of his character Dawn (originally published as the 6 page back up story in issue#3 Dawn Return of the Goddess in 2000). At this time he had never done Dawn as a mermaid, and I had always wanted to do her as one. We had known each other for several years beforehand via working for the same publisher, and I had expressed interest in doing Dawn as a mermaid...someday. So it came about that Joe wanted to see her done by me as a mermaid.

Dawns' scales are little skulls, so she has SkullScales, and her fins are like the petals of a red rose (both my little inventions).

Here, Dawn is embraced by Darrian as he lifts her high above, his large wings flapping, churning the water below. They exchange tokens of their love. Darrian wears Dawn's golden heart, and Darrian is in the process of giving Dawn his angelic halo.

There was a great review by Bud Plant when this story was released:

Bud Plant (1999). "DAWN: Return of the Goddess #3".
"Includes a stunning backup tale (we thought it was Linsner's work at first) by Jozef Szekeres."

This treatment is what I am bringing to the Elf~Fin comic/Graphic Novel I'm working on now with Julie Ditrich.

Art © and ™ 1999 Jozef Szekeres
Dawn © and ™ 1999 Joe Linsner