Comics artist Brent Schoonover has shared some never-before-seen pages and art from a Hamilton graphic novel, which was abandoned years back.Schoonover posted the art in a thread on Twitter. "Few years back I had a shot at doing the Hamilton Musical graphic novel," he wrote. "Sadly it never worked out. They tried to move ahead without using actor likenesses but decided that wasn’t the course to go. Still crazy having my work in front of Lin- Manuel Miranda."He continued, "Deadline was crazy tight for designing characters and doing sample pages. And I was also working on another gig. Wish I more time to do them right. @wastedwings [Kelly Fitzpatrick] did an amazing job coloring my rushes pages though."
In his final post, Schoonover offered a shoutout to the musical's release on Disney+. He wrote, "Would of been a fun gig. Happy #HamiltonFilm day everyone!"
He did not reveal which company was behind the graphic novel. As the comics artist mentioned, not using the actors' likenesses seems to have hampered the project.
Schoonover's Twitter thread came on the heels of Hamilton being released on Disney+. Before its release on July 3, the House of Mouse released a new trailer to hype the musical's fans and subscribers.
Directed by Thomas Kail, Hamilton stars Lin Manuel-Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Leslie Odom, Jr., Christopher Jackson, Jonathan Groff, Phillipa Soo, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Anthony Ramos, Okieriete Onaodowan and more. The recorded performance is currently streaming on Disney+.