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[lactoseintolerentswag]

"Confession: I didn't write Kraven's Last Hunt. Well not in the way you think."

"Writer's like to believe they're in control of their material, but that's just a comforting lie."

"If it had been up to me—and thank goodness it wasn't—the original idea would have seen print as, of all things, a Wonder-Man mini series: Simon Williams—defeated in battle by his brother, the Grim Reaper—awakens in a coffin, claws his way out and discovers he's been buried alive for months."

"But there was something in that 'return from the grave' concept that wouldn't let go."

"So now I've had this idea rejected three times, by three of the best editors in the business. Maybe I thought. I'm delusional, Maybe I should just give up and move on.

"But the Story wouldn't let me."

"It knew, even if I clearly didn't, that it would soon find the form, and, most important, the characters, it had been seeking all along."

"More important: I discovered, as I worked away on the proposal, that Spider-Man—recently married to Mary Jane—was a far better choice than Wonder Man or Batman."

"Peter Parker is perhaps the most emotionally and psychologically authentic protagonist in any super-hero universe."

"Underneath that mask, he's as confused, flawed, as touchingly human as the people who read—and write—about him: the quintessential Everyman."

And that Everyman's love for his new wife, for the new life they were building together, was the emotional fuel that ignited the story."

"It was Mary Jane's presence, her heart and soul, that reached down into the depths of Peter's heart and soul, forcing him up out of that coffin, out of the grave, into the light."

"And that's how Kraven's Last Hunt was born."

"Well, not really."

"Please understand that I had no interest whatsoever in Kraven. In fact, I always thought he was one of the most generic, uninteresting villains in the Spider-Man gallery."

"But buried in this Marvel Universe entry was one intriguing fact: Kraven—was Russian."

"Why should that excite me so? One word: Dostoevsky. When I read Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov in high school, they seeped in through my brain, wormed their way down into my nervous system... and ripped me to shreds."

"No other novelist has ever explored the staggering duality of existence, illuminated the mystical heights and the despicable depths of the human heart, with the brilliance of Dostoevsky."

"The Russian soul, as exposed in his novels, was really the Universal Soul. It was my soul."

"And Kraven was Russian. In an instant, I understood Sergei Kravinov. In an instant, the entire story changed focus."

"And now the story was complete, right? Almost."

"Because Zeck was on board, I decided to toss a Captain America villain we created together—the man-rat called Vermin—into the mix. A casual decision (well it seemed casual to me; but I suspect the Story knew otherwise) that proved extremely important:"

"Vermin turned out to be the pivotal element, providing Peter Parker's vision of Spider-Man and Kraven's distorted mirror image."

"In the years that had passed from the time I pitched the original Wonder Man idea, my personal life has gone to hell in the proverbial handbasket."

"I felt as buried alive as Peter Parker; as much a dweller in the depths as Vermin; as lost, as desperate, as shattered as Sergei Kravinov."

"My own personal struggles, mirrored in the struggles of our three main characters, were, I think, what gave the writing such urgency and emotional honesty."

So tell me: Who, exactly, is in charge here? Who really wrote the story you're about to read? I thought it was me—but all along, there was something growing, evolving, emerging in its own time, when the creative conditions were absolutely perfect."

"Stories have lives of their own. And I wouldn't have it any other way."

Images from Marvel's Spider-man Kraven's Last Hunt, collection of the issues:

WEB OF SPIDER-MAN (1985) 31-32

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) 293-294

PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1976) 131-132

Written by J.M. DeMatteis and illustrated by Mike Zeck.

Text from DeMatteis' introduction which can be read in full here.

[diabloku]

Lucifer: *enters the hotel*

Alastor: I cast vicious mockery 😈

An animation my sis and I made for fun

Music is Perception Check by Tom Cardy.

[nasa]

Follow, follow the Sun / And which way the wind blows / When this day is done ⁣🎶 ⁣ Today, April 8, 2024, the last total solar eclipse until 2045 crossed North America.⁣

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[vintacha]

for all the artists out there, here are my favorite resources i use to learn!

Files

The Complete Famous Artist Course

Art Books and Resources

Art, Anatomy, and Color Books

PDF Files of Art Books

Internet Archive

YouTube

My YouTube Playlist of Tutorials

How to Draw Facial Features

Drawing and Art Advice

Drawing Lessons

Art Fundamentals

Anatomy of the Human Body

2D Animation

Perspective Drawing

Websites

Pinterest Board for Poses

Another Pinterest Board for Poses

Pinterest Boards for References

Reference Angle

Figurosity

Sketch Daily

Line of Action

Human Anatomy

Animal Photo References

Humanae - Angélica Dass

Fine Art - Jimmy Nelson

Character Design References

CDR's Twitter Account

iamagco's Twitter Account

taco1704's Twitter Account

takuya_kakikata's Twitter Account

EtheringtonBro's Twitter Account

Drawabox

Color Wheel

Color Palette Cinema

Free Images and Pictures

Free Stock Photos

FILMGRAB

Screen Musings

William Nguyen Light Reference Tool

Animation References - sakugabooru

Animation References - Bodies in Motion

[jerich0two]

Surprise! It's not Hazbin Hotel, shock horror... but happy pride month! I like this Mordecai headcanon (edit: I've since been told that it's canon!)

[frogcroaks]

Never liked you anyway

[ghostskyee]

DONT WATCH GOMENS 2 IT RUINED MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ski-ip]

skin and bones

[heedzhee-art]

nice redstone gremlin

[snek-eyes]

The fact that Aziraphale emerges from this flashback

Makes this face

and then with a ginormous gap on the right side of the screen, proceeds to be like "I must call Crowley right now immediately."

[caramiaaddio]

all this talk about goncharov but i dont see anybody posting the soundtrack??? like how are you gonna talk about this movie without the music

[itsallinm3]

[ciearcab]

musing over a priest or something like that

[softinvasions]

Eurydice to Orpheus • Nov. 2023

eurydice’s silence is resounding. you can put anything in that emptiness. —@finelythreadedsky

[egophiliac]

we were fucking ROBBED

[raepliica]