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That was part of the JMS run. (It was a favorite of mine, too.) I liked that his writing was true to the sort of, what, wiseass blue collar Spidey thing while at at the same time forcing Peter to grow up in a lot of ways. I also think he nailed how May would react to finding out about Spider-Man. Such a shame they rolled that back because it just played out perfectly.
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bobkatt013 posted:The love triangle stuff was also due to John Romita Sr. (The best Spidey artist) coming on board. He was most famous for doing romance comics, so that element was added more to Spidey. One of the many reasons I love his run. I've been going back and hitting up the Ditko stuff, and while I love the art in the first run of books, there's a meanness to the characters that's off-putting. I mean, Peter Parker's a complete smug rear end in a top hat most of the time, even when the other kids at school actually try to include him in things! If you read the first few dozen books as the origin story of a teenage supervillain it makes much more sense. And it's not just Peter. That first picture of Gwen Stacy posted a page back is a great example of the how the other supporting characters are generally written--sneering jerks who fail to see Peter's brilliant superiority or something. I think the change to make him less of a loner and more of a guy you really could root for, while taking away the supporting cast's total mindless at-all-times antagonism was for the best. On the other hand, his first fight with Dr. Doom was loving amazing, like watching two angry 8-year-olds play Calvinball. "I'm going to throw your own laser satellite back at you!" "Nuh uh, the floor is ice now!" "Well then I jump over it and punch your head!" "WHICH WOULD WORK IF THAT WASN'T MY IDENTICAL ROBOT TWIN!"
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It's not just that he's lazy, his work's downright insulting! Glenn Fabry published a sketchbook years ago that showed he used bodybuilders and gymnasts as his anatomy references for, you know, superheroines. Using porn for people capable of incredible physical feats is like you're just straight-up saying "this is the only context in which I ever see women's bodies." Ugh.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Not going to lie Land drawing worries me.
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