(A bit of) The Collection, currently
Been awhile since I’ve shared anything from The Collection, but now that Paintshop reconstruction is nearing its end, several pieces have found their new shelf-home. So…
Another wall of bookshelves built and brimming.
fresh ink
Back from a fantastic ink therapy appointment with the inimitable Jess Whitmore. Ditko Spidey symbol on my left hand (the band is my wedding band tattoo, and was my first bit of ink, retouched today), and a panel layout on my inner left forearm which will either become an actual comic or something to entertain myself with with washable markers.
KRAVEN'S LAST HUNT (DeMatteis / Zeck, 1987)
(*****+ / *****): Hate to admit it, but this isn't a re-read: a cardinal sin – nevermind KRAVEN'S LAST HUNT's hallowed status, but (for me) that it's penned by one of my favorite Spidey writers (and comics writers in general; I have a soft spot for his run on THE SPECTRE, featuring Hal Jordan on his post-Parallax road to redemption), JM DeMatteis, under the moody, evocative pencil of genius Mike Zeck makes it even more so. That said, HUNT deserves every bit of its hallowed status: though I knew the main points of the story and the surprise at the end of part five, it still came as a shock. A case study in why I'm devoted to getting the "Great" comics stories in their original single issues: to experience it for the first time largely as it was originally released was something special.
While much of the afternoon was spent fighting with an impact driver, a bunch of vinyl siding j-channels, the disaster zone that is the top of my desk, and low blood sugars determined to undermine my determination, the second row of Ditko Spideys are now in their new home on the wall behind the desk. Need some clear fishing line so the top row doesn’t fall, but that’s tomorrow’s battle.