Gosh darn it, but I do miss seeing Mike Wieringo and the fantastic art he used to dish out. Today’s Art Appreciation Moment of the Day feature Mike’s interpretation of Peter Parker as a monkey – because monkeys sell.
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Stephen Schleicher began his career writing for the Digital Media Online community of sites, including Digital Producer and Creative Mac covering all aspects of the digital content creation industry. He then moved on to consumer technology, and began the Coolness Roundup podcast. A writing fool, Stephen has freelanced for Sci-Fi Channel's Technology Blog, and Gizmodo. Still longing for the good ol' days, Stephen launched Major Spoilers in July 2006, because he is a glutton for punishment. You can follow him on Twitter @MajorSpoilers and tell him your darkest secrets...
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Man! That guys work was great. I am sorry we passed on.
“He” passed on… damn fumble fingered typos…..
I think all of fandom is sorry he passed on, or at least should be. Everytime I look at his work I fall in love all over again with his style. It is slick and clear, while at same time communicating all of the write emotion both in story, on the part of the fans, and on the part of the artist. Just looking at this image above you mind begins to whirl with story. Why is Peter Parker a chimp? Why does he look confused? Is it because he suddenly a chimp, or is he normally a chimp and he has yet again been smacked upside the head by the never-ending weirdness and angst that is his life as Spider-Chimp? I seriously miss Wieringo. He had it all over some artist. He had it all over some of comics current artist, who can’t seem to draw a smooth solid line even while drawing their bimbos with boobs bigger than their heads. Wieringo was a classic.