Huzzah!! Art!! :: David Lafuente

Ultimate Spider-Man (2009) #14, p.7 (top)

Artists: David Lafuente (All) , Brian Michael Bendis (Writer)

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Title:	Ultimate Spider-Man (2009) #14, p.7 (top)
Artist:	David Lafuente (All)
Artist:	Brian Michael Bendis (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	494
Likes on CAF:	7 8
Comments:	11
Added to Site:	3/8/2022
Comic Art Archive:	Ultimate Spider-Man Issue: 14 Page: 7 View

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A double post today! (Do two half-pages make a full page?)

Adding some electrifying Lafuente Ultimate Spidey goodness to my gallery is an ENORMOUS dream come true.

I love the techniques that David uses here to underscore the speed at which everything is happening. An explosive first panel to stun us (just as it does poor Bobby), and then Spidey (in actuality, a Chameleon) leaps through the second panel, so fast you almost miss him. By panel 3, with our eyes still moving from left to right, the long shadow thrown by the imposter here not only compositionally counters the light areas of Johnny and Bobby in the foreground, but allows our eyes to loop upwards and “catch up” to Spidey (now running towards the top of the page). Lots of movement all over the place. Very yummy stuff.

And technically, there's lots of fine-touch details that I just really love; white paint "energy line" squiggles and spatters in panel one, the web-like cross-hatching in panel two, the "pip" of paint spattered by Johnny's head (and Bobby’s Panda Bear bandana) in panel three, the fine lines on the figures, the harsh edges of the black shadows throughout... Jeez, I could go on and on. What's interesting is the healthy dose of white paint that borders all the panels here (and how far out it looks like the black ink originally extended) to make a RAZOR-fine edge on the panels. SO excited to share this.

At this time, David drew his art pages on two separate 8.25 x 11.75 inch pieces of Bristol, which were then stitched together in production. This is the top of page 14 if you count the recap page as page 1 (which David must have done, judging by his numbering here…), but it is actually the thirteenth page of artwork in the book.

Thank you once again, David (and Lafuente Cats :) )!

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Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

2 - Posted on 3/8/2022

This is really great! It actually reminds m of a Sanford Greene piece I once had. It's lovely for all the reasons you've already pointed out, so you've saved me the trouble of having to point it all out myself!

kent mansley
Member Since 2015

2 - Posted on 3/8/2022

Now that is a fun piece. Spidey looks great here! Huge congrats!

Steve N. Comic/Fantasy Art
Member Since 2017

2 - Posted on 3/8/2022

Buying direct to trippy sweet effect! Haven't anything like this before. Deceptively easy, and a lot of heart.

Michael McIsaac
Member Since 2020

2 - Posted on 3/8/2022

That first panel alone is worth the price of admission, but the entire piece is fabulous. Congrats on the great addition!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

2 - Posted on 3/8/2022

Clean sharp crisp lines emphasize the speed and impact of the action! This a great mix of LaFuente's skills and energetic storytelling!

Yo Kuri
Member Since 2019

2 - Posted on 3/8/2022

Three great panels but I especially like the framing of panel 2!

J H
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 3/8/2022

Spidey loves nothing better than embarrassing that Hothead. I dig the explosive power of this scene. Just a great Spidey action page. My favorite panel might actually be the second. He's so fast it's like the panel can't quite catch him, which is s great choice. Congrats!

F M
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 3/9/2022

Another Bendis page, right?

That first panel is bursting with energy and the sense of speed conveyed by the cropping of the Spidey figure is a bold move.

David is both a great person and artist.

Hobby Halbert
Member Since 2022

1 - Posted on 3/9/2022

Awesome pickup; congrats!

K Gearon
Member Since 2011

1 - Posted on 3/11/2022

Big congrats, man! First page was the whole gang in civvies, now you got the Spidey action here with the second! LIke 3 splashes in one, but telling a cohesive story. Natural HIGH energy as you move from left to right, and I absolutely love that middle panel. The choice to make Spidey partially off panel to convey the movement - brilliant. I gotta look into Lafuente's work more, if this page has got anyting to say about it!

Fuzzy Dunlop
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 3/12/2022

Love the kinetic energy here. Lafuente is one of the current superstars in this page is a great example of why. Congrats!

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