The story of this sketch is told in my con report from San Diego 2000. I had only recently read the first book of The Courageous Princess when I went to San Diego 2000. The book was great, a fairy-tale princess who didn't wait around to be rescued, but went ahead and rescued herself. So, while booth-sitting at the Friends of Lulu booth, I recognized his name right away when he came up to renew his membership.
AQUAMAN
by Rod Espinosa
23 July 2000
(permission to post given 26 October 2003 via e-mail)
antarctic-press.com
The oddest thing about asking Rod Espinosa for a sketch was that I got tongue-tied. See, I'd met Ramona Fradon and Nick Cardy, and had no trouble talking with them, but meeting Rod Espinosa you would have thought I'd just met a rock star. And then I did something that, if I'd thought about it, I wouldn't have done. I let him take my sketchbook, with its sixty-two sketches already in it, and go out of my sight for a couple of minutes to add to it. There were only two blank pages in the book at that point. And once Rod Espinosa was done, there was only one blank page.
To see all the sketches I have permission to post so far, check out my Sketchbook Page. If you have any contact information for any of the other artists I'm trying to contact, please e-mail me. Click for a random Aquaman sketch.
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