If you’ve ever stopped to check out any of the nonsense that I’ve put up here, it should come as no surprise that a decent portion of my comic related posts revolve around Spidey. As a comic reading kid, he was a pivotal part of my life and that only strengthened throughout time. These days, I don’t really “collect” much in terms of the variety of product like I used to. I pretty much stick to the comic title The Amazing Spider-Man which I am happy to say I almost have a complete run of. As far as other comic books go, I mainly stick with key issues. First appearances of major characters. Basically blue chip books. But on top of that…my passion is comic art.
I’ve posted lots of cool pieces I have and have tons more to post…but today I’m going to share some images of some tasty pieces that I’m sadly currently still paying off and waiting to receive. The following are 4 pieces of original cover art for 4 different issues of my favorite title…The Amazing Spider-Man. Let’s dive right in…
I’ll post the published version along with the original pencils & inks.
This first one is not even out yet. It is for issue #74 so don’t mind the wrong issue number on the “published version” as it was just an early digital mock up to show what the published version will roughly look like.
I’ve been wanting a piece by Marco Checchetto for a while now. He’s been doing some beautiful work on Daredevil for some time now and has ignored every single one of my attempts to reach out to purchase art…sigh…
Luckily, I got in Touch with his art rep where I by someone stroke of luck, found out about this upcoming beauty. He named a price. I asked for 4 payments over 4 months. Done deal. 3 more months left before I get this fucker but I’m over the moon to secure this beauty…
Next up is the cover to ASM #59. This is super exciting as it is a Mark Bagley cover who…if you know anything about this world…is one of the definitive Spidey artists…ever! He worked on the title in the 90’s when he co introduced Carnage. Then on Ultimate Spidey where Miles Morales was brought in. All the way to today where he still works on ASM regularly…among other projects. The pencils are masterfully inked and brought to life by the ever so awesome John Dell.
The cover featured Spidey in a tricky situation against Mr. Negative. I have 0 Mr. Negative pieces in my gallery, so I’m a happy camper with this. I paid this one and the following piece off in one chunk with more to come in the coming months. These should be here any day now and I’ll post once in.
Onto…yup….another Bagley/Dell piece. This time it’s ASM #57 featuring a…I dunno…Bad Day Spidey? 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ Regardless of how his day went, I’m Glad to have it…
Finally for today we have a tasty treat from Mr. Outrage…AKA…Frank Cho. This beauty is being chipped away in 6 payments…2 remain. It’s the cover to Amazing Spider-Man #663 and it was released in 2011. I saw this pop up in my nightly art searches and jumped on it immediately.
Frank’s work and detail is so precise and gorgeous that I am kinda in awe that this will be hanging in my home in the near future. The cover features the Web Head, Anti-Venom, Wraith, and a fuck ton of pretty smoke. Art boner…activated.
All of these will be framed up properly and displayed in my ever growing Spidey gallery. These are long Haul pieces that I don’t intend to move…at least not for decades. With the comic art market getting nuttier and nuttier, I know it’s just a matter of time when the me in my current situation will be priced out of being able to snag these. My hopes are that this silly crypto world will afford some different luxuries down the line. Maybe a McFarlane Spidey piece…who knows what adventures the future holds?!?
That’s it for today as I don’t want to blow my wad in one post that 3 humans may read. Until next time my friends…
Which will be in like 10 hours…
Blewitt