Natasha Romanov: Black Widow Appreciation 2020

[Digifiend]

Why wasn't this postponed when the movie was? It seems pretty silly, tying in to a movie that won't be out until November. In fact, I won't be surprised if anything gets spoiled by it.

[Winterboy]

BW by Rod Reis.

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[responsarbre]

Speaking of artists, what are your favorite Natasha artists of all time?

Mine would be in no particular order:

John Romita sr. (for inventing Nat's definite look)
George Perez (because he's George Perez)
Daniel Acuna (maybe the best of the modern ones)
Butch Guice (love it how he incorporated her ballet background into her fighting style and thus made it look the most elegant, also drew a beautiful face)

Colan, Noto, Guice, and Maleev! I think Maleev was really good at making Natasha seem classy (which imo is a core and oft-overlooked part of her character). The couple of casual outfits he had her in are probably my favorite non-costumed looks for her. Edit: In Secret Avengers, not Daredevil.

[tliscord]

Whatever happened to JG Jones from the 1999 BW miniseries introducing Yelena? I always forget to include his work which I thought was quite nice.
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Oh yes, Maleev’s work on that one Secret Avengers issue singling out Natasha was outstanding. Definitely classy look to her.

[Sneakronicity]

I still really love Phil Noto's Natasha. Also, I fell completely in love with how Andrea Sorrentino drew her in Secret Empire. I find his rendition of her to be absolutely stunning, and that spread of her fighting Punisher is just gorgeous!

Really looking forward to seeing more of Elena Casagrande's art on the Black Widow book, as I'm impressed so far!

[Winterboy]

Whatever happened to JG Jones from the 1999 BW miniseries introducing Yelena? I always forget to include his work which I thought was quite nice.
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Oh yes, Maleev’s work on that one Secret Avengers issue singling out Natasha was outstanding. Definitely classy look to her.

I see Jones as Yelena Belova's definitive artist butI'm not a big fan of his Nastasha. The same for Maleev, except for his work in Secret Avengers, of course.


And I need to fix my list.

Gene Colan
Frank Miller (Natasha vs Bullseye)
Jackson "Butch" Guice
Goran Parlov & Bill Sienkiewicz
Steve Epting
Daniel Acuna
Mike Deodato
Michael Lark

[Winterboy]

But giving credit where it's due -- look at Natasha being so acrobatic -- that's what I miss in her most recent books-- they lean too heavily into spycraft and don't feature enough of her in action.

Yep.

and we need more scenes of Natasha on the rooftops!
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[kcekada]

It's tough to swing from rooftops with a huge gun in tow! But i absolutely love seeing her do the same stuff Spider-Man can do -- without benefit of super powers.

[Winterboy]

It's tough to swing from rooftops with a huge gun in tow!

My bad, sorry.

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[Electricmastro]

Black Widow by Bruce Timm: https://www.deviantart.com/zakareer/...Timm-742546861

[Winterboy]

I love Timm.

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[OOTCS]

Heads up, the first episode of Black Widow: Bad Blood (a new prose/audio Black Widow series on Serial Box) is up for those who preordered:

https://www.serialbox.com/episodes/s...al-black-widow

[Winterboy]

BW by Bryan Moon
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Natasha and Elektra by Mike Avon Oeming
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[Winterboy]

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[twicemeeting]

I really love Chris Samnee’s work. Some may have other opinions but i think they did a brilliant job.