![]() ![]() His style and approach had been considerably refined over fifteen years, and Russell now broke down his pages into multiple small illustrations, rarely opening up into anything occupying half a page, never mind larger. It’s not the only difference between this and Russell’s earlier work. In this incarnation he resembles nothing so much as 1990s WWE wrestler. To differentiate him from the Elric of that earlier life, Russell now draws him as a more commonplace fantasy hero, no longer gaunt and frail, but of normal physique and with his hair flowing rather than tied back or hanging. ![]() Chronologically, the story is Michael Moorcock drawing Elric to his final destiny over four novellas, yet completed in 1964, it predates most exploration of Elric’s earlier life. He subsequently contributed pages to works primarily drawn by others, but Stormbringer in 1997 was his first full Elric in fifteen years. Craig Russell has drawn the definitive Elric, The Dreaming City in 1982 setting the standard. ![]()
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