Over at Wizard’s website, Kaare Andrews talks about his upcoming Spider-Man: Reign series, where he does Dark Knight for a more friendly, neighborhood superhero:
Using a combination of digital colors, 3-D models and inking with a nib, Andrews aimed for a unique design for Reign which he describes as “that ‘80s kind of dirty, ‘ugly art’ style.”
“I remember when my cover was leaked to the Internet a couple people on message boards were like, ‘Who is this?’” jokes Andrews. “One guy was like, ‘Man, that’s just some crappy fan art’ [Laughs]. Maybe, but that’s the style of the book.”
For those who don’t think that it’s going to be Dark Knight enough, look at the narration on one of the preview pages: “I look into those eyes and all I see is myself. Old. Weak. Beaten. My cupboards are bare.” Good soldier. Brave soldier.
November 30th, 2006 at 11:53 am
Speaking as a Spider-Fan, I cannot wait for this book. Kaare Andrews is tops.
November 30th, 2006 at 12:10 pm
This isn’t a “The End” book?
November 30th, 2006 at 12:14 pm
Andrews doesn’t think so. There is a “The End” project in the works, however.
November 30th, 2006 at 12:29 pm
Yeah, Stan Lee and JRJr. are doing Spider-man the end.
And as one of the people who said it looked like “crappy fan-art”, I did not realize it was ’stylized’ crappy? I think now I’m going to have to pick up the book to see if I get it.
November 30th, 2006 at 12:34 pm
“My cupboards are bare.”
Has Spidey turned into Old Mother Hubbard?
November 30th, 2006 at 12:57 pm
I’ve enjoyed and admired all of Andrews’ Hulk covers. Nevertheless, this is the worst artwork I’ve seen in a Marvel comic, ever.
It looks like a 5-year-old dragged a black crayon over someone’s mushy computerized watercolors.
November 30th, 2006 at 12:59 pm
Possibly. I hear that there’s a scene in issue three where he sits next to a girl at a frogurt stand and scares her so much she has to leave in a hurry.
//\Oo/\\
November 30th, 2006 at 1:40 pm
“It looks like a 5-year-old dragged a black crayon over someone’s mushy computerized watercolors.”
So does that make this better than DK2’s art?
November 30th, 2006 at 2:59 pm
“This would be a good death. Not good enough.”
November 30th, 2006 at 3:01 pm
Church beat me to it…
November 30th, 2006 at 5:05 pm
So looking forward to this…