Spider-Man #10 pg 16 - Todd McFarlane
Artists: Todd McFarlane (Penciller) , Rob Liefeld (Inker)
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DescriptionTodd McFarlane had an amazing run with Spider-Man, including breaking sales records with the launch of his own series. With the benefit of hindsight, this issue (10) was one of the most special he produced even though it’s been largely forgotten. Todd got sick and fell behind on completing it, forcing him to ask his friends for help inking… you know, the guys he would start Image Comics with one year later.Wolverine page? Give it to Jim freaking Lee. Pages with tight line work? Give it to Scott Williams. Spider-Man in a dynamic anatomy breaking pose? Give it to Rob Liefeld. This issue is insane. Let’s ignore the fact this book is a few months before X-Men #1 where Jim and Scott would take the heavyweight belt and never look back. Let’s just focus on Rob who inked this page. Rob was riding high. He had recently taken over New Mutants, creating fan favorite Cable and turning one of the lowest selling titles into a goldmine. Two months before this issue he created Deadpool. One month before he created X-Force. And immediately after this issue came out X-Force would get its own series and Rob would absolutely shatter sales records (nearly double Spider-Man), opening the door for Lee’s X-Men to follow suit. Rob is a controversial figure in this space. A lot of people love to hate him and several artists very vocally criticized his work. I would argue most of it was unjustified and came from a place of jealousy and ignorance. Rob was selling 10x the number of comics and doing so with a style people didn’t properly understand — and to top it off, he did it at an age when most were still living with their parents. Rob and Todd led a new generation of artists who challenged the rules of how comics were made, ultimately resulting in the creation of Image. People like to joke Rob couldn’t draw feet and they were always too small. But Rob knew the size of a character’s feet didn’t matter. Know what mattered? How excited he could make you feel flipping the page. Rob challenged the status quo and explored character shape, page layout, perspective etc and created a new type of energy that grabbed your inner child and strapped it to a rocket ship. Todd, in his way, did the same thing with Spider-Man as evident with his now iconic distorted form as shown here. Todd and Rob were at the forefront of the avant-garde wave that swept through comics in the 90s. Spaghetti webbing isn’t stupid (sorry, De Falco), neither is a thousand pouches — they look cool and they don’t have to make sense. I love books like Watchmen, but there is room in this medium for unapologetic fun. I am very happy to have this page of the greatest Marvel character put together by these two legends. Special thanks to Scot for agreeing to let this go. Social/Sharing |
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West Stephan
Member Since 2007
1 - Posted on 9/17/2022
Wow! 2 fantastic images of Spider-Man! Perfect!
Andrew G 
Member Since 2022
Posted on 9/17/2022
West Stephan wrote:
Wow! 2 fantastic images of Spider-Man! Perfect!
Thank you :) Yeah, either one of them could have made the page on their own.
Andrew G
Member Since 2022
Posted on 9/17/2022
J. Sid wrote:
Wicked page! Liefeld's inks have aged well
Thanks! They sure have :)
Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 9/17/2022
In many ways, they broke the code and the house style that Marvel was known for. In some ways they had the daring and audacity that made guys like Ditko and Kirby such innovators that turned the monster era of Atlas into Marvel.
Andrew G
Member Since 2022
1 - Posted on 9/17/2022
Marcus Wai wrote:
In many ways, they broke the code and the house style that Marvel was known for. In some ways they had the daring and audacity that made guys like Ditko and Kirby such innovators that turned the monster era of Atlas into Marvel.
Totally agree, Marcus. There is so much about them that's reminiscent of Kirby when you really think about it.
George H
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 9/17/2022
Wow, so cool to see these pages in their original form! Major congrats!
Andrew G
Member Since 2022
Posted on 9/17/2022
George H wrote:
Wow, so cool to see these pages in their original form! Major congrats!
Thank you, George!
Gal Schwartz
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 9/18/2022
Too cool !! Todd and Rob's styles meshed really well !
Andrew G
Member Since 2022
Posted on 9/18/2022
Gal Schwartz wrote:
Too cool !! Todd and Rob's styles meshed really well !
Thank you! Totally agree
Andrew G
Member Since 2022
Posted on 9/18/2022
michael Avila wrote:
Holy cow, this is an INCREDIBLE PAGE!
Aw, thanks, Michael. Appreciated :)
Andrew G
Member Since 2022
1 - Posted on 9/18/2022
James S wrote:
Solid imagery all around! Top-notch McSpidey!
Thanks, James! Much appreciated.
Andrew G
Member Since 2022
Posted on 9/19/2022
Tangled Web Art wrote:
Well spoken and a fantastic page!
Thank you :)
Ian Saint
Member Since 2021
1 - Posted on 9/24/2022
Another amazing Spider-Man page. Great looking pieces this week. The poses are just awesome in this piece.
Andrew G
Member Since 2022
Posted on 9/24/2022
Ian Saint wrote:
Another amazing Spider-Man page. Great looking pieces this week. The poses are just awesome in this piece.
Thanks, Ian! I've been more patient with my pickups recently, and I've gotten lucky with some cool stuff coming across my radar.
Andrew G
Member Since 2022
Posted on 11/10/2022
Art lover wrote:
Love this page & Love your description !!!!!
Why, thank you :) Much appreciated !
McSpidey Fan
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 11/13/2022
Congrats! This looks great in your collection!
Andrew G
Member Since 2022
Posted on 11/14/2022
McSpidey Fan wrote:
Congrats! This looks great in your collection!
Thanks, Scot. I promise to take good care of it :)
Thomas V
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 1/29/2023
Great page. Normally I hated other people inking Todd but having him jam with 3 of the hottest artists of the day was exciting. All of them imposed their style over mcfarlane to great result but I really liked liefelds stuff. Rob really went all out here. Congratulations
Andrew G
Member Since 2022
Posted on 1/29/2023
Thomas V wrote:
Great page. Normally I hated other people inking Todd but having him jam with 3 of the hottest artists of the day was exciting. All of them imposed their style over mcfarlane to great result but I really liked liefelds stuff. Rob really went all out here. Congratulations
Thank you, Thomas! I totally agree with your sentiments. I normally feel the same way about Todd inking his own stuff but obviously this issue was an exception.
Andrew G
Member Since 2022
1 - Posted on 2/28/2023
McFarlane Fan wrote:
Great McSpidy!
Thank you from one McFarlane fan to THE McFarlane Fan :)
K Gearon
Member Since 2011
1 - Posted on 8/14/2023
2 outstanding Spidey shots by 2 of the biggest names o' the '90s - killer stuff! Congrats!
Andrew G
Member Since 2022
1 - Posted on 8/16/2023
K Gearon wrote:
2 outstanding Spidey shots by 2 of the biggest names o' the '90s - killer stuff! Congrats!
Thank you! I call this my Image spidey page :)
Bill J
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 12/27/2023
Outstanding Spider-Man page by Todd McFarlane! I love the top panel with the full-length figure of Spidey, showing off McFarlane's unique take on anatomy. And of course, I especially love the bottom panel, with the multiple Spidey poses as he comes to a landing in that crazy cool pose McFarlane introduced. McFarlane made Spidey look more flexible than a yoga instructor! Great inks by Liefeld as well! Fantastic addition to your great collection!
Andrew G
Member Since 2022
Posted on 12/31/2023
Bill J wrote:
Outstanding Spider-Man page by Todd McFarlane! I love the top panel with the full-length figure of Spidey, showing off McFarlane's unique take on anatomy. And of course, I especially love the bottom panel, with the multiple Spidey poses as he comes to a landing in that crazy cool pose McFarlane introduced. McFarlane made Spidey look more flexible than a yoga instructor! Great inks by Liefeld as well! Fantastic addition to your great collection!
Thanks, Bill! McFarlane definitely did some crazy stuff with Spidey ;)
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