Peter Parker/Spider-Man Appreciation 2022.

[Huntsman Spider]

TV tropes claims that the censorship never actually prevented punches:

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.p...sternAnimation

"It's worth noting that there's a common misconception that Spider-Man wasn't allowed to punch anyone, as it would make the show too violent. This is very much not the case, as the showrunner, John Semper Jr., often reiterates online; the lack of punching was a deliberate creative decision to make the fights more creative, and visually interesting."

Dunno if that's legit though, specially considering how goofy the fights tend to look, repetitive too... Then again, the animation in the cartoon is so bad that it'd probably look bad too lol.

Yeah, thanks for the correction there.

Just a heads up, the black and white strip I posted is from a different storyline for the newspaper project, I tried to fit it into the second arc because my current artist is taking a break for a month to work on a bigger Spider-Man project and I wanted to keep the other project running for a bit longer using what's been done by my back-up artist, but after posting the strip I changed my mind and would like to save it for another story down the line. Consider it a sneak preview of that future arc rather than a part of our current one.

Good to know. Thanks.

[Lukmendes]

Yeah, thanks for the correction there.

Like I said, it's just something TV tropes claims to be the case, and there's no links.

Spider-Man wiki has a claim that censorship wasn't as bad as people think (also with no links), but it doesn't specify how bad it wasn't.

The "Caution that when Spider-Man lands on a roof, he doesn't harm any pigeons" is true from what I hear however, and that one is just funny lol.

[Matt Rat]

Here's the proper next page in our current arc



We're taking a bit of a break from this for the month of September, possibly also October though nothing's definite (My budget is starting to feel the strain of these commissions), but there will still be something coming in the next month, the start of a separate serial (one that'll be lettered), I think you'll really like it.

[Frontier]

MJ in a bikini .

[Matt Rat]

MJ in a bikini .

They'll always be a bit of eye candy every arc

[Webhead]

"It's worth noting that there's a common misconception that Spider-Man wasn't allowed to punch anyone, as it would make the show too violent. This is very much not the case, as the showrunner, John Semper Jr., often reiterates online; the lack of punching was a deliberate creative decision to make the fights more creative, and visually interesting."

Dunno if that's legit though, specially considering how goofy the fights tend to look, repetitive too... Then again, the animation in the cartoon is so bad that it'd probably look bad too lol.

Yeah I agree. It's possible "no punching" wasn't enforced since I recently re-watched it and I recall at least one episode where he punches someone (couldn't tell you which one). But a) it's still one instance in a multiple season show, and b) if it was an artistic choice, it sure wasn't a wise one, considering the quality and budget of the animation they were dealing with.

[Huntsman Spider]

Yeah I agree. It's possible "no punching" wasn't enforced since I recently re-watched it and I recall at least one episode where he punches someone (couldn't tell you which one). But a) it's still one instance in a multiple season show, and b) if it was an artistic choice, it sure wasn't a wise one, considering the quality and budget of the animation they were dealing with.

He did punch the Spot through one of his own portals in the Spot's debut (and only) episode, and might have attempted to punch Venom in Venom's full debut episode. He did also tussle with Scorpion's mechanical tail in Scorpion's first episode, actually attempting to punch it out or something.

[Lukmendes]

Yeah I agree. It's possible "no punching" wasn't enforced since I recently re-watched it and I recall at least one episode where he punches someone (couldn't tell you which one). But a) it's still one instance in a multiple season show, and b) if it was an artistic choice, it sure wasn't a wise one, considering the quality and budget of the animation they were dealing with.

It would be even more questionable to have this artistic choice that they keep for five seasons, but then again people can be stubborn.

[Matt Rat]

Coming next spring:

[Frontier]

Coming next spring:

You had me at Mike Maihack .

[Matt Rat]

So there's a 60th anniversary Spider-Man souvenir magazine available now in the UK, found it today in WH Smith.

Pretty extensive, covers everything from the 60s through to "Sinister War", it does promote Wells and Romita Jr's run by using the first issue's cover but mentions little else of it.

There's also a small feature on the 60th in the pages of this month's SFX magazine. I bought it for the first time in years...boy has that mag seen better days. You should see the 'length' of their letters pages.

[Matt Rat]

Concluding the first episode of Spider-Man '98

[Sr. Bungle]

Concluding the first episode of Spider-Man '98

Well, that's pretty great

[Matt Rat]

Well, that's pretty great

Thanks, though the artist kind of fudged up by having Madame Web standing, rofl. Whoops (wasn't in my script either)

Rob Leifeld put this together for October

[Huntsman Spider]

Concluding the first episode of Spider-Man '98

And what a conclusion it was!

Thanks, though the artist kind of fudged up by having Madame Web standing, rofl. Whoops (wasn't in my script either)

Rob Leifeld put this together for October

Hmm, not bad. Not bad.