MORRISON MONDAYS Meets THE MANY LOVES OF PETER PARKER… sort of! Welcome to SPIDER-MAN WEEK: THE MANY LOVES OF PETER PARKER, our second-ever theme week that’s solely driven by our artist pals: Kerry Callen, Des Taylor, Walt Grogan (who did that fab banner), Chris Franklin, Dakota Alexander, Franco, Bill Morrison, and special guest Mark Chiarello. For more on this groovy feature, click here. Now, Bill is on a brief hiatus, so for his entry, we’re reprinting this fab piece he did for Julie Newmar’s birthday in August 2024. Fitting, no? But don’t fret — Bill will be back next Monday, with a special, new MANY OF LOVES OF PETER PARKER epilogue. In the meantime, Mark Chiarello is pinch-hitting for Bill this week. Right on! — Dan By BILL MORRISON I’ve been seeing John Romita Sr.’s “FACE IT TIGER” panel from The Amazing Spider-Man #42 (Nov. 1966) popping up a lot lately on social media platforms. It’s one of the most iconic single panels from a comic book, and among the most quintessential introductions of a major character, so I can easily see why people love to share it. (I know MJ was actually introduced in ASM #25, but we didn’t get to actually SEE her until Issue #42.) I’ve also seen several homages to the panel from other artists, so I decided that in honor of Julie Newmar’s birthday this week — she was born Aug. 16, 1933 — I would offer up my version: Putting Adam West’s Batman in the place of Peter Parker, I imagined that he would have been equally as gobsmacked upon seeing Julie Newmar’s Catwoman as Peter was when he met MJ for the first time. Like many boys my age (and probably several girls) I experienced my first major crush in 1966 when I saw Ms. Newmar in her skintight Catwoman costume in the 19th and 20th episodes of the Batman TV show. I looked forward to every subsequent Catwoman episode, and when Julie appeared as April Conquest in a 1967 episode of my second favorite TV series, The Monkees, my little head nearly exploded. In the early 1980s, I appeared as the Al Capp character Available Jones in a community theater production of Li’l Abner, and because I always research my roles extensively I discovered that Julie Newmar played Available’s cousin, Stupefyin’ Jones...
SUNDAY FUNNIES WITH KERRY CALLEN Meets THE MANY LOVES OF PETER PARKER… — Welcome to SPIDER-MAN WEEK: THE MANY LOVES OF PETER PARKER, our second-ever theme week that’s solely driven by our artist pals: Kerry Callen, Des Taylor, Walt Grogan (who did that fab banner), Chris Franklin, Dakota Alexander, Franco, Bill Morrison, and special guest Mark Chiarello. For more on this groovy feature, click here. — Dan — By KERRY CALLEN Remember this iconic scene, with Kirsten Durst and Tobey Maguire from the first Spider-Man movie? Apparently it was a difficult scene to film because the water kept making it hard for Maguire to breathe. With this being THE MANY LOVES OF PETER PARKER WEEK, I decided to draw my own version of the scene. I left out the rain, to see if things would go better. Oh, well. By the way, did you know that Nightcrawler did the ol’ kiss-’em-while-upside-down thing to Amanda Sefton in Marvel Team-Up #89? It hit the stands in late 1979, 23 years before the Spider-Man movie. Written by Chris Claremont with art by Michael Nasser and Joe Rubinstein. We here at 13th Dimension are here to educate! If you’re interested in owning my piece, the original art and a color print will become available on eBay at 10:00 ET tonight. Link in comments shortly after it’s live! — Want more MANY LOVES OF PETER PARKER? Click here! Want more SUNDAY FUNNIES WITH KERRY CALLEN? Come back next week! Want a commission? Send an email to KerryCallenArt@gmail.com. You can also find other work at linktr.ee/kerrycallen. — MORE — If THE JOKER Took Over the Funnies. Click here. — If AQUAMAN Took Over the FUNNIES. Click here. — KERRY CALLEN spent much of his career as an artist and art director, developing product for Hallmark, but has also dabbled in comics for many years. As a freelancer, he creates work for a range of needs, spanning from Mad Magazine to children illustrations. He has two graphic novels available on Amazon worldwide, Halo and Sprocket: The Definitive Collection, as well as Dirtnap: Mystic...
A 60th ANNIVERSARY SALUTE: The one-time second-rate Batman villain debuted in April 1966…
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One of comics’ best artists brings the webbing…
