Throughout the years, many masterful artists have penciled my favorite superhero in Spider-Man. One artist who somewhat recently held that assignment is the Incredible Italian...Giuseppe Camuncoli.
Camuncoli penciled Spidey for a while in waves on The Amazing Spider-Man...the Web Head’s flagship title. I fell in love with his work immediately and in my conquest to acquire original killer Spidey art, have been searching high and low to try to find a page by him to add to the ever growing collection.
Well the search is over as I finally snagged a delicious page. It took a few years but once this became available, I had to have it. Before I get into this specific piece, let me just say that his original art...specifically Spidey art...just doesn’t show up. I saw someone post an awesome Amazing Spider-Man cover they got a few months back in a private deal...but typically this stuff just doesn’t make it out onto the open market. So when this page popped up, I had to act quickly and pounce.
Art dealer Essential Sequential posted it and was kind enough to work out a payment plan which always makes it more manageable. So thanks to Jason over there for being a swell fella and working out the plan with me. It took a couple of months but the moment I had it paid off, I got a tracking number and it arrived a couple of days later. Safe and sound.
We settled on a price of $1800 which was a couple hundred less than the $2000 they were asking. That might seem a tad high to sone of you, but in the original comic art game...I learned not to second guess myself. It’s a hard lesson to learn in this hobby as there are only 1 of everything...so if you miss your opportunity on a specific piece...you are most likely screwed.
This page checks all the boxes for me.
I can go on and on but I won’t bore you....at least tonight I won’t.
So without further ado...
The page is from Amazing Spider-Man #664. It’s the opening page and features a brooding Anti-Venom who’s about to rip off Spidey’s mask. Spidey as you can see...is a tad fucked in this beautifully constructed piece. Here is how it looks in the actual comic all colored with sone dialogue for context.
Another added bonus to this piece is having the legendary Klaus Janson on inking duties. Janson is well know for working along side Frank Miller on his memorable run on Dardevil and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
Man I’m pumped to add this to the gallery! I’ll be getting this framed up in this next batch this coming week along with a few other awesome pieces. Gotta wait for Michael’s to run their 70% off framing specials as this shit gets super duper expensive. Luckily they are doing another one this coming week for Black Friday. I’ll pop up a piece once all done!
Anyway, thanks for taking a look with me. I have not been around these parts much lately as 2020 has just been a strange year overall, but I’m trying to get back into routines again...this being one of em. So hopefully you’ll be seeing more crud from me in the coming future.
Much love to you all and stay safe!!!
Blewitt
