#disagree wholeheartedly about wade's horrible zombie makeover

[sciderman]

I’ve always found your version of Deadpool’s skin a perfect mix of uncomfortable and pleasant on the eyes. The comic’s version usually makes me uncomfortable but your’s makes me want to meet the guy and feel his skin- shit that’s weird. Uh what I’m saying is I’d much rather the way you draw DP’s skin over anything the comics have given us.

oh bless you anon!! he's just a cuddly guy...

i know a lot of spideypool artists like to lean into a more grotesque look for wade's scars - because, well - the comics kind of make him look like a zombie, a lot of the time.

i'm kind of not about it. i don't know - it's a personal thing, but i'm kind of squeamish – and so much art i've seen, i kind of grimace when i see the detailed flesh wounds. i don't know, it makes me enjoy the art a lot less.

i think if it's to serve a purpose - like, yeah, to show something horrific, let the art be horrific. but otherwise, if telling a little story where the characters are meant to be loveable, appeal is so important. i wouldn't want people to grimace looking at all those detailed flesh wounds. i want people to look at wade and see that he's cuddly and loveable. sure, his face is all messed up and scarred, but he's still got his cuddly humanity. you can still hug him. and you should hug him. he won't stab you (he doesn't do that anymore.)

it's why i really don't like the dead white eyes that the comics have been pushing since 2013 –  i hate those dead eyes. he never had dead eyes before that. i know people theorise oh, it's because his eyes are white through the mask but that's stupid. that's stupid. by that logic peter parker should actually have huge bug eyes. shut up. it's a mask. it is a mask with white lenses.

bring back my wonderful, loveable, cuddly brown-eyed boy. he's weird-looking but he's not vomit-inducing.