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Post by Pharozonk on May 6, 2014 22:04:08 GMT -5
I liked Todd Mcfarlane's run on ASM, though I also contribute that heavily to Michelinie's writing on the book which was really fun and made him my favorite Spider-man writer.
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Post by Action Ace on May 6, 2014 22:18:52 GMT -5
Ok guys, which one was your favorite out of this bunch?  As long as Scott Williams is carrying him on his back, I'll take Jim Lee. |
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Post by Ozymandias on May 7, 2014 3:58:59 GMT -5
I also didn't like how ripped Spiderman got. He was supposed to be a nerd, right? Not a super ripped body builder. If you've ever seen someone as ripped as McFarlane's Spiderman in office clothes, you can still tell the dude is super jacked. My doctor is like that, and the button down shirt isn't hiding all that muscle. People would have known. Peter being muscular wasn't new.  |
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Post by crazyoldhermit on May 7, 2014 11:43:17 GMT -5
Cyclops wasn't undercover as a geek and constantly being picked on by mere mortals. Wolverine bullied Cyclops, but he's a super powered immortal. I would say having a wife that looks like a Playboy centerfold is out of character too. MJ was supposed to be attractive, and out of his league, but she wasn't supposed to look like Hugh Hefner's girlfriends. I think half the fun of the Johnny Romita issues is seeing Peter transform from the wallflower geek that gets picked on into a more assertive and social guy. That transition happened longer before McFarlane got his pencil on the character. As for MJ, I like to think she is (or was...) God (Kirby) throwing Pete a bone. He regularly risks his life as Spider-Man with no reward and his professional life is constantly in the toilet but at the end of the day he gets to go home to the hottest woman in NYC. Of all the ladies in comics MJ is the one thats a 12/10. |
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Post by impulse on May 7, 2014 12:50:20 GMT -5
Yeah, there's just something unique about a stunning redhead.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2014 13:53:56 GMT -5
I also didn't like how ripped Spiderman got. He was supposed to be a nerd, right? Not a super ripped body builder. If you've ever seen someone as ripped as McFarlane's Spiderman in office clothes, you can still tell the dude is super jacked. My doctor is like that, and the button down shirt isn't hiding all that muscle. People would have known. Peter being muscular wasn't new. There's a difference between being athletic and being an inhumanly jacked bodybuilder with zero percent bodyfat. Look at the thighs in the image you posted. Now look at these  I'm not sure if I've ever seen a thigh that ripped on an actual human. Look at that torso, muscles bulging from everywhere, showing through clothing even. Get a bodybuilder, put him in a spandex suit, and you won't see that level of definition in his torso. Spiderman now has the body of this man.  |
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2014 13:57:08 GMT -5
Cyclops wasn't undercover as a geek and constantly being picked on by mere mortals. Wolverine bullied Cyclops, but he's a super powered immortal. I would say having a wife that looks like a Playboy centerfold is out of character too. MJ was supposed to be attractive, and out of his league, but she wasn't supposed to look like Hugh Hefner's girlfriends. I think half the fun of the Johnny Romita issues is seeing Peter transform from the wallflower geek that gets picked on into a more assertive and social guy. That transition happened longer before McFarlane got his pencil on the character. As for MJ, I like to think she is (or was...) God (Kirby) throwing Pete a bone. He regularly risks his life as Spider-Man with no reward and his professional life is constantly in the toilet but at the end of the day he gets to go home to the hottest woman in NYC. Of all the ladies in comics MJ is the one thats a 12/10. Yeah, I understand that, but still.  Attractive lady  Ridiculously big haired big breasted long legged Playboy bunny. |
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Post by Ozymandias on May 7, 2014 14:01:12 GMT -5
I'm not sure if I've ever seen a thigh that ripped on an actual human. Look at that torso, muscles bulging from everywhere, showing through clothing even. Get a bodybuilder, put him in a spandex suit, and you won't see that level of definition in his torso. Typical of the 90's. I was just pointing out that the character was already far from his skinny original self. As someone has said, with Romita Sr the change was already evident. Even by the end of the Ditko era, he was already more athletic. |
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Post by Hoosier X on May 7, 2014 15:43:01 GMT -5
I think half the fun of the Johnny Romita issues is seeing Peter transform from the wallflower geek that gets picked on into a more assertive and social guy. That transition happened longer before McFarlane got his pencil on the character. As for MJ, I like to think she is (or was...) God (Kirby) throwing Pete a bone. He regularly risks his life as Spider-Man with no reward and his professional life is constantly in the toilet but at the end of the day he gets to go home to the hottest woman in NYC. Of all the ladies in comics MJ is the one thats a 12/10. Yeah, I understand that, but still. Attractive lady. John Romita's Mary Jane is about ten times more attractive than whatever that other thing is. |
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Post by impulse on May 7, 2014 15:59:13 GMT -5
I cannot speak of the horror a few posts up. That is...wow. Romita's is far preferable, must agree.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on May 7, 2014 16:03:06 GMT -5
Yeah, but McFarlane's whole style is crazy (sometimes comedic) exaggeration. Like the Hulk cover posted below is a visual punchline - The Hulk is too big and tough to fit, comfortably, onto this cover! Rimshot! He's really, waaaaaay far on the "cartoonist" end of the scale, with John Romita being completely over on the other end in the "illustrator" category.
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Post by ironchimp on May 7, 2014 16:09:55 GMT -5
i've said it before but because i'm a one trick pony i'll say it again. this...  |
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Post by the4thpip on May 7, 2014 16:16:11 GMT -5
Does anyone remember McFarlane's work at DC before he moved to Marvel?
His Infinity Inc. was full of randomly thrown in pin-ups filling up half the pages sometimes. It was quite odd.
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Post by DubipR on May 7, 2014 16:21:31 GMT -5
i've said it before but because i'm a one trick pony i'll say it again. this... I liked X-Men: Xenogenisis. Kaare Andrews artwork fit Warren Ellis' whacked out story. |
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Post by DubipR on May 7, 2014 16:25:04 GMT -5
Does anyone remember McFarlane's work at DC before he moved to Marvel? His Infinity Inc. was full of randomly thrown in pin-ups filling up half the pages sometimes. It was quite odd. Does anyone remember McFarlane's filler issue of Daredevil, issue 241? Almost in the same vein as his Spider-Man vibe, but without the bendy bodies. |
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