Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions is a video game where you get to play as four different versions of Spider-Man: Amazing, Ultimate, Noir, and 2099. Today's post features various artwork from this game direct from the official website's fansite kit.

Apart from the various different versions of Spider-Man, there is also some art of other characters including Kraven the Hunter and good ole Deadpool. I only wish there was some artwork of what each of the Spider-Mans look like unmasked. The game is out now for every major system.

Assault on New Olympus

Assault on New Olympus is a one-shot featuring The Incredible Hercules and Spider-Man.  I haven't read any of The Incredible Hercules before but after reading this, I want to.  I definitely like Marvel's portrayal of the mythical hero.

Rodney Buchemi does the art in the scans below.

Spider-Man: Clone Saga

The Clone Saga was a notorious Spider-Man story arc that's the poster child for bad story decisions driven by money and marketing.  It's interesting, then, that Marvel has decided to reimagine it.  Spider-Man: Clone Saga is a limited-series (set for six issues) that tells the story the way it "should" have been. 

My only experience with the Clone Saga storyline was through the animated series, so it's been fun to read the new series.  Of course, any excuse for there to be more than one Peter Parker is motivation enough for me to check it out.

The scans in today's post come from the first two issues of the series and feature pencils by Todd Nauck.

 

 

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is a series that ran from October 2005-October 2007. The title is a play on what Spidey ironically called himself.

Below, you'll find some more scans from the series featuring pencils by Todd Nauck, Roger Cruz, and the late Mike Weiringo.

 

  

  

 

Artist Spotlight: Marco Checchetto

 Today's Artist Spotlight was initially not going to be an Artist Spotlight post.  I was going to do a post featuring artwork from the comic series Squadron Supreme.

The latest volume of that series is where I first saw artwork by Marco Checchetto.  As I was doing the Squadron Supreme post, I found some other artwork that I liked and decided to turn it into an Artist Spotlight instead.

Checchetto hails from Italy and has been doing professional artwork since 2002.  In addition to Squadron Supreme, he has other projects including an Italian version of Spider-Man.

You can see more of his art at V.O.C. Studio.

 

  

  

 

Artist Spotlight: Joe Jusko

The first Artist Spotlight of 2009 focuses on legendary painter and pinup artist Joe Jusko.  While he's probably best known for his pinups of Vampirella, he's also very good at drawing hot guys whether they're superheroes or fantasy heroes like Conan or Tarzan.

A few more images are featured below.  I encourage you to check out Joe Jusko's official website for a lot more images.  According to Amazon.com, his book, The Art of Joe Jusko, will be released in June.