Reminder:
This is happening today, Saturday, at 3:30 pm EST.
SPIDER-VERSE watchalong w/ Cinematic Universe.
It'll be fun!
Just cue up your copy of Spider-Verse (or stream it off Netflix) and follow us here...
Teaser for the original Spider-Verse comic book event...
And this was our linking mural for all of the Spider-Verse issues of Amazing Spider-Man...
Ah! It's about to start! :)
I'll be live tweeting here along with chatting with @cine_verse!

And it's starting! :-O
For people who've never read the original Spider-Verse... it's very different, way more violent, but it does feature Peter Parker, Miles Morales, Spider-Ham, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Man 2099, Spider-Man '67, and introduced Peni Parker and... Spider-Gwen! :-O
Jason, Robbie, and Rico are the creators and visionaries behind Spider-Gwen. I had "a" Spider-Gwen in Spider-Verse... but they were the ones who developed EVERYTHING about her, her world, and that incredible, iconic look!
More art from the comics! :)

Look at that Spider-Gwen design! Jason, Robbi, and Rico design! (Coipel's take on it here.)
We are experiencing technical difficulties... :-O
Here are pics of some of us Marvel Guys at the LA Spider-Verse Premiere! Good Times!
Check out this comic Spider-Verse moment where Ultimate Spidey teams up with Ultimate Spidey to enlist Spidey '67. Love this. This is one of the only pages of Spider-Verse where I own the original art. This page is everything for me. :) (Spider '67 was my entry point to Spidey!)
My favorite Spider-Ham scenes from the Spider-Verse comics. :-)
Fun stuff FROM the Spider-Verse Premiere!
Got everyone to sign my SV hardcover like it was a high school yearbook.
And I stole Brian's placard (don't worry, he wasn't there). ;-)
Well, there you go! Hope you all had fun with that!
(Just got back from chatting behind the scenes with the guys.) :)

Just a few, quick more Spider-Verse comic-y posts and then I'm off for dinner and my Saturday movie night. 👍

Ready...?
Wanted to give any new followers a heads up about the original Spider-Verse comic...

...they're a *very* different animal from the movie you know & love in 3 ways:

1) The villains & action are WAY more violent.
2) There are a ZILLION Spider-Men in it.
3) We kill a *LOT* of 'em.
Just *some* of the Spider-Men I have killed...

The Spider-Man from Neil Gaiman's much beloved 1602 series...

FIRST TO GO!
Other Spider-Men who I brutally murdered...

Bulletpoint Spider-Man

Spider-Man Unlimited

And, because I'm history's greatest monster, the Spidey from Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends.
(Though I did let his dog, Ms. Lion, live.)

Complain about it and I *will* kill the dog too.
I *did* kill Spider-Girl's dad in the MC2 Universe, but...

...I totally knew how he'd come back in the Spider-Verse sequel, and I gave that bit to Chris Gage for Spider-Gheddon.

However...

I flat out butchered the Hostess Twinkie Universe Spider-Man. And he's dead, dead, dead.
I spared the Newspaper Strip Spider-Man from *that* universe.

But I did kill the Spider-Man from the Capcom Fighting Universe... and ENJOYED IT.

Why? Haven't you been paying attention? I'm a truly horrible human being. 😈
Okay... That out of the way?

The Spider-Verse comics-- along with being way too violent at times-- were also filled with moments of pure bat-sh*t-crazy awe and wonder, and some of my favorite I-can't-believe-they-let-me-get-away-with-it nonsense... like THIS:
Side note:
One of the gags we did NOT have room for...
This talking car version of the Spider-Mobile would have come from a PIXAR CARS-type universe.
He would be able to transform into a normal car.
And THAT'S car (his secret identity) would've been...
"Peter Parkedcar."
There were a small number of Spideys from other realities that we were NOT allowed to use (mostly for legal reasons). Though we did find a way to either sneak them in and/or mention them in pages from THIS Spider-Verse short...

This sequence has my favorite line of the event. :)
One of my proudest fanboy moments was that we got to have the 1st ever, American, in canon comic book appearance of...

SUPAIDAMAN!

(If you don't know who Supaidaman is, dear God, GOOGLE it RIGHT NOW, then go over to YouTube & watch clips. It'll change your life-- in good ways!)
Know how I said "got to" in that last tweet?
Well, I lied.
Turns out we goofed up & didn't have permission to use Supaidaman.
When Toei (the owners) found out, they asked us to not do it again. But then something amazing happened.
Fans in Japan LOVED that he was in continuity...
...Toei thought that was great and said that it was cool if we wanted to use him again.

And special versions of the Spider-Verse series were even released in Japan with their own version an interlocking cover mural!

Isn't this GORGEOUS?!
I think that's going to be it for me tonight.
Thank you so much for checking out the Spider-Verse movie watchalong with @cine_verse!
Hope you enjoyed some of these behind-the-scenes Spider-Verse Comic moments.
Gonna end on one of my favorite beats. :)
See you soon!
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