Spider-Girl's Live-Action Debut is Kick-Ass

 

Apologies for the clickbait-y title but a friend of mine brought this to my attention and I just had to share it with everyone! While there’s lots of rumours and theories swirling about May ‘Mayday’ Parker aka Spider-Girl making her debut in a live-action movie, they are all far too late. It’s already happened.

 

A big shout out to friend of the blog Jesús Arias for discovering this little tidbit. At 57 minutes and 30 seconds into the live-action comic book movie adaptation Kick-Ass, we get this shot:

 

Did you spot it?

 

There’s a closer look at it at 1 hour 13 minutes 57 seconds. Yes, I have no life.

 

 

Yup, the cover of Amazing Spider-Girl #10 by artists extraordinaire Ron Frenz and Sal Buscema featuring the alien symbiote Carnage can be glimpsed.

 

A nice piece of trivia for all you self-styled vigilantes out there.   

 

Until I stop getting a kick out of these kinds of things, I remain

 

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Symbiote-Symmetry

 

Yes, it’s that time once again! For today’s post we have a brief entry in the occasional series where I endeavour to highlight the visual or narrative symmetry between the Spider-Man and Spider-Girl comics. For this entry, a look at another example of Symbiote-Symmetry, once again delivered by MC2 co-creator, artist extraordinaire and friendly fella, Ron Frenz. And yes, it’s another Venom Symbiote post too so consider this a sort of  Venom: The Last Dance tie-in!

 

First up, we have the trippy one-shot Carnage tale, Carnage: Mind Bomb. Specifically, this gnarly cover by artist Kyle Hotz, who’s unique rendition of the psychotic red symbiote inspired the look of Carnage in the Spider-Man Unlimited animated series:

 

And here’s an interior page from Spider-Girl #83 depicting the Venom symbiote bonded with Normie Osborn (after receiving a hellfire burn from the vigilante Darkdevil) as drawn by Ron Frenz:

 

 

Until I stop seeing the systematic similarities of symbiotic and spidery symbolism, I remain

 

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