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Torplexed · 05-10-15, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Eichhornchen

PS: Did Spidey ever have any trouble with evil squirrels?

Rodents and arachnids, poles apart.

Onkel Neal · 05-10-15, 08:49 AM

You know, I've been going back and re-reading the original 200 issues of Spidey (through Essential Spider-man volumes), and it struck me, that a large part of the visual appeal of Spidey's comics is the poses and body language as he is drawn. Study any given issue, and when he is fighting hoods or super villians, he doesn't merely assume a boxer's pose, but he is flipping around, fists pumping out to score hits, jumping and twisting. Plus all the unique web swinging poses. Man, I bet that was fun for the artists to draw. Not only is the dialogue telling the story, but the illustrations are leaving an impression on the reader as well.

Torplexed · 05-10-15, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

You know, I've been going back and re-reading the original 200 issues of Spidey (through Essential Spider-man volumes), and it struck me, that a large part of the visual appeal of Spidey's comics is the poses and body language as he is drawn. Study any given issue, and when he is fighting hoods or super villians, he doesn't merely assume a boxer's pose, but he is flipping around, fists pumping out to score hits, jumping and twisting. Plus all the unique web swinging poses. Man, I bet that was fun for the artists to draw. Not only is the dialogue telling the story, but the illustrations are leaving an impression on the reader as well.

The sketching and story boarding philosophy at Marvel was to try and find the extremes in any sequence of action, exaggerate a little, and use those.

And of course, everyone has copied it since.

Onkel Neal · 05-10-15, 09:56 AM

Nice.

Of course, as a an adult, re-reading those comics, one becomes painfully aware that there was way too much exposition explaining the action, which the reader can see for himself. "Blast, I am tripping, you oaf. I've lost my balance and am about to fall."

"Yikes, they are shooting at me, I better duck!"

Reminds me of a

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Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	You know, I've been going back and re-reading the original 200 issues of Spidey (through Essential Spider-man volumes), and it struck me, that a large part of the visual appeal of Spidey's comics is the poses and body language as he is drawn. Study any given issue, and when he is fighting hoods or super villians, he doesn't merely assume a boxer's pose, but he is flipping around, fists pumping out to score hits, jumping and twisting. Plus all the unique web swinging poses. Man, I bet that was fun for the artists to draw. Not only is the dialogue telling the story, but the illustrations are leaving an impression on the reader as well. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web Last edited by Onkel Neal; 05-10-15 at 09:09 AM.

05-10-15, 09:56 AM	#4
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Nice. Of course, as a an adult, re-reading those comics, one becomes painfully aware that there was way too much exposition explaining the action, which the reader can see for himself. "Blast, I am tripping, you oaf. I've lost my balance and am about to fall." "Yikes, they are shooting at me, I better duck!" Reminds me of a __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web