Andrea Speed
December 31st 2004, 03:37 AM
Reviewer: Andrea Speed andy@comixtreme.com
Quick Rating: Good
Titles: The Cubicle; Hang Tight
An ad man has a chance encounter with Spidey that renews his confidence, while in the other story, a criminal hangs upside down.
<a href="http://www.comixtreme.com/gallery/data/media/585/smunlimit7.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixtreme.com/gallery/data/thumbnails/585/smunlimit7.jpg" align="left" border="0"> </a>Writers: Bill Rosemann (Cubicle); Matthew K. Manning (Hang)
Pencils: Mike Perkins (Cubicle)
Artist: Karl Moline (Hang)
Inks: Drew Hennessy (Cubicle)
Colors: Christina Strain (Cubicle); Nick Bell (Hang)
Letters: Dave Sharpe
Editor: Tom Brevoort
Cover Art: Damion Scott, Rob Campanella, & Studio F
Publisher: Marvel
Review: Yeah, the story recap on the second tale is really brief, but really, that’s the entire story in a nutshell.
The first story, “The Cubicle”, concerns a frustrated office worker who always wanted to be a writer, but found himself thwarted by frustrations and a day job he hates. A really chance encounter with Spider-Man fighting a super-villain opens up new vistas in his life and encourages him not to give up on his dreams just yet. It’s pretty predictable, but well written, and the depiction of petty office hell is really well done - it seems Rosemann has personal experience with that. (Or he’s just watched all of The Office. Either way, it’s good.) The art by Perkins is very strong, and among the best I’ve seen him do. Expressions are clear, backgrounds are well detailed, and the coloring by Strain is bright and well done. My lone quibble is the eyes on Spidey’s mask look a bit strange.
The second story, “Hang Tight”, is generally amusing but extremely slight. Spidey webs up a bad guy, who waits to either be arrested or fall to his doom if the webbing degrades. Spider-Man seems oddly callous in this one at the end, but the story is fine for what it is; there’s just not a lot going on. The art by Moline is pretty good, and Bell does a nice job on the colors; I’ve never seen Spidey so richly scarlet. (Which is a compliment; he seems to pop out of every panel he’s in.)
Overall, this isn’t quite as good as last issue, but it’s not as terrible as many of the ones that came before it, so I’d say this title might just be starting to move in the right direction.
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Quick Rating: Good
Titles: The Cubicle; Hang Tight
An ad man has a chance encounter with Spidey that renews his confidence, while in the other story, a criminal hangs upside down.
<a href="http://www.comixtreme.com/gallery/data/media/585/smunlimit7.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixtreme.com/gallery/data/thumbnails/585/smunlimit7.jpg" align="left" border="0"> </a>Writers: Bill Rosemann (Cubicle); Matthew K. Manning (Hang)
Pencils: Mike Perkins (Cubicle)
Artist: Karl Moline (Hang)
Inks: Drew Hennessy (Cubicle)
Colors: Christina Strain (Cubicle); Nick Bell (Hang)
Letters: Dave Sharpe
Editor: Tom Brevoort
Cover Art: Damion Scott, Rob Campanella, & Studio F
Publisher: Marvel
Review: Yeah, the story recap on the second tale is really brief, but really, that’s the entire story in a nutshell.
The first story, “The Cubicle”, concerns a frustrated office worker who always wanted to be a writer, but found himself thwarted by frustrations and a day job he hates. A really chance encounter with Spider-Man fighting a super-villain opens up new vistas in his life and encourages him not to give up on his dreams just yet. It’s pretty predictable, but well written, and the depiction of petty office hell is really well done - it seems Rosemann has personal experience with that. (Or he’s just watched all of The Office. Either way, it’s good.) The art by Perkins is very strong, and among the best I’ve seen him do. Expressions are clear, backgrounds are well detailed, and the coloring by Strain is bright and well done. My lone quibble is the eyes on Spidey’s mask look a bit strange.
The second story, “Hang Tight”, is generally amusing but extremely slight. Spidey webs up a bad guy, who waits to either be arrested or fall to his doom if the webbing degrades. Spider-Man seems oddly callous in this one at the end, but the story is fine for what it is; there’s just not a lot going on. The art by Moline is pretty good, and Bell does a nice job on the colors; I’ve never seen Spidey so richly scarlet. (Which is a compliment; he seems to pop out of every panel he’s in.)
Overall, this isn’t quite as good as last issue, but it’s not as terrible as many of the ones that came before it, so I’d say this title might just be starting to move in the right direction.
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