60 years ago today, mild-mannered jim bowl was bitten by a radioactive spider

Ultimate Spider-Man #48 (Dec 2003). Story: Brian Michael Bendis (@brianmbendis.bsky.social), pencils: Mark Bagley, inks: Art Thibert #Spider-Man #WashingtonPost #WillLewis #Bezos

The Amazing Spider-Man #700 (Dec 2012). Story: Dan Slott (@danslott.bsky.social), pencils: Humberto Ramos (@ramosland.bsky.social), inks: Victor Olazaba, colors: Edgar Delgado (@delgaduck.bsky.social) #Spider-Man #Virginia

Marvel Adventures Spider-Man Vol. 2, #21 (Dec 2011). Art: Alejandro Garza (@alegarza.bsky.social) and Chris Sotomayor (@sotocolor.bsky.social) #Spider-Man #Magneto #AbolishICE

Untold Tales of Spider-Man #15 (Sep 1996). Pencils: Patrick Olliffe, inks: Al Vey #Spider-Man #WashingtonPost #Bezos

Spider-Man (2002), Columbia Pictures and Marvel

Marvel Team-Up #189 (Aug 2019). Pencils and inks: Stefano Caselli, colors: Tríona Farrell (@treecolour.bsky.social) #Spider-Man #MsMarvel

All New Captain America Special #1 (Jul 2015). Story: Jeff Loveness, pencils and inks: Alec Morgan, colors: Nolan Woodard (@nolanwoodard.bsky.social) #Spider-Man #AbolishICE

Art by Dan Mora Chaves (2025). #Spider-Man #Batman #AbolishICE. From www.instagram.com/dan_mora_c/

Spider-Man and Power Pack #1 (1984). Story: Jim Salicrup, pencils: Jim Mooney, inks: Mike Esposito, colors: Ken Feduniewicz #Spider-Man #Musk #EpsteinFiles

For Liam.

Spider-Man Noir #2 (Oct 2025). Story: Erik Larsen (@eriklarsen.bsky.social), pencils and inks: Andrea Broccardo, colors: Rachelle Rosenberg #Spider-Man #Minneapolis #Minnesota #AbolishICE

The Spectacular Spider-Man #200. Art: Sal Buscema #Spider-Man

#Venom (Sony Pictures, 2018). #AbolishICE

Sal Buscema, beloved comics artist, passes away Sal Buscema, a veteran comics artist and part of the famed Buscema family of Marvel artists, has passed away. He was 89 years old when he died on Friday, and the news broke today, on what would have been his 90th birthday.

The Spectacular Spider-Man #185 (Feb 1992). Art: Sal Buscema #Spider-Man #AbolishICE #Portland #Minneapolis

Spider-Man/Superman #1 (variant cover, Apr 2026). Art: Ryan Stegman (@ryanstegman.bsky.social) #Spider-Man #Superman #Minneapolis #AbolishICE

The Amazing Spider-Man #655 (Apr 2011). Story: Dan Slott (@danslott.bsky.social), art: Marcos Martín (@panelsyndicate.bsky.social) #AbolishICE #Minneapolis #AlexPretti

Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #109 (Sep 1985). Story: Peter David, pencils: Rich Buckler, inks: Brett Breeding, colors: Nelson Yomtov #Spider-Man #Minnesota #AbolishICE

The Superior Spider-Man Vol. 2, #10 (Oct 2019). Story: Christos Gage (@christosgage.bsky.social), Pencils: Mike Hawthorne (@mikehawthorneart.bsky.social), inks: Wade Von Grawbadger (@wadevongrawbadger.bsky.social), colors: Jordie Bellaire #AbolishICE #Minneapolis

The Amazing Spider-Man comic strip, "When A Wall-Crawler Turns Bad" (Nov 1980). Story: Stan Lee, art: John Romita #Spider-Man

Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 3, #23 (Dec 2025). Story: Jonathan Hickman, pencils and inks: Marcho Checchetto, colors: Matthew Wilson #Spider-Man #AbolishICE

Spidey Super Stories #23 (Jun 1977). Story: Kolfax Mingo, pencils: Win Mortimer, inks: Mike Esposito #Spider-Man #Greenland

Ultimate Spider-Man #48 (Dec 2003). Story: Brian Michael Bendis (@brianmbendis.bsky.social), pencils: Mark Bagley, inks: Art Thibert #Spider-Man #AbolishICE #Minneapolis

Peter Parker: Spider-Man #47 (Oct 2002). Pencils: Humberto Ramos (@ramosland.bsky.social), inks: Wayne Faucher, colors: Studio F #Spider-Man #AbolishICE #Minneapolis

Spider-Punk #1 (Jun 2022). Story: Cody Ziglar (@yayforzig.bsky.social), pencils and inks: Justin Mason (@justinmasonart.bsky.social), colors: Jim Charalampidis #Spider-Man #Spider-Punk #AbolishICE #Minnesota

Civil War II #6 (Dec 2016). Art: Marko Djurdjevíc

The Amazing Spider-Man #795 (Apr 2018). Story: Dan Slott (@danslott.bsky.social) and Christos Gage (@christosgage.bsky.social), pencils: Mike Hawthorne (@mikehawthorneart.bsky.social), inks: Terry Pallot (@pallot.bsky.social), colors: Marte Gracia (@voxnihili242.bsky.social) #Spider-Man #AbolishICE

The Amazing Spider-Man #301 (Jun 1988). Story: David Michelinie, art: Todd McFarlane (@toddmcfarlane.bsky.social), colors: Gregory Wright #Spider-Man #AbolishICE

Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 3, #23 (Dec 2025). Story: Jonathan Hickman, pencils and inks: Marcho Checchetto, colors: Matthew Wilson #Spider-Man #AbolishICE

The Sensational Spider-Man Annual #1 (Jul 2007). Story: Matt Fraction, pencils and inks: Salvador Larroca, colors: Paco Roca #Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man #154 (Mar 1976). Story: Len Wein, pencils: Sal Buscema, inks: Mike Esposito, colors: Glynis Wein #Spider-Man #AbolishICE

The Spectacular Spider-Man #246 (May 1997). Pencils: Luke Ross, inks: Al Milgrom #Spider-Man #AbolishICE

The Amazing Spider-Man #91 (Dec 1970). Story: Stan Lee, pencils: Gil Kane, inks: John Romita Sr. #Spider-Man #AbolishICE

Web of Spider-Man #89 (Jun 1992). Pencils: Alex Saviuk, inks: Bob McLeod #Spider-Man #AbolishICE

Superman/Spider-Man #1 (variant cover, Mar 2026). Acrylics: Gabriele Dell'Otto #Spider-Man #Superman

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

I've experimented with making the blue parts of Spider-Man's costume a solid black. You might think it makes things easier but it actually makes drawing him more complicated. There are certain poses that become indecipherable when limbs are overlapped or if he's over a dark background.

The Superior Spider-Man #7 (Jun 2013). Story: Ellie Pyle (@elliepyle.bsky.social), pencils: Humberto Ramos (@ramosland.bsky.social), inks: Victor Olazaba, colors: Edgar Delgado (@delgaduck.bsky.social) #Spider-Man #Avengers #Venezuela

The Sinister Sixteen (2017). Art: Paolo Rivera. From blog.paolorivera.com. #Spider-Man

Art: Flops Comics (@flopscomics.bsky.social) #Spider-Man #Daredevil #HappyNewYear

Superior Spider-Man Vol. 3, #2 (variant cover, Dec 2023). Art: Nic Klein (@nicklein.bsky.social) #Spider-Man #Hulk #Spider-Punk #Daredevil #TheThing #Spider-Gwen #DoctorStrange #Jubilee #Thor #HappyNewYear

Marvel Holiday Special #1 (Dec 2007). Pencils: Ron Lim, inks: Scott Koblish, colors: Andrew Crossley

The Amazing Spider-Man #317 (Jul 1989). Pencils and inks: Todd McFarlane (@toddmcfarlane.bsky.social) #Spider-Man #Venom

The Amazing Spider-Man #534 (Sep 2006). Story: J. Michael Straczynski (@straczynski.bsky.social), pencils: Ron Garney, inks: Bill Reinhold (@billreinhold.bsky.social), colors: Matt Milla #Spider-Man #CaptainAmerica #AbolishICE

The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #2 (variant cover, Jul 2015). Pencils and inks: Ryan Stegman, colors: Dave Stewart

Merry Christmas everyone! #Christmas #SpiderMan

Spider-Man: Holiday Spectacular #1 (Nov 2025). Story: Rainbow Rowell (@rainbowrowell.bsky.social), art: Luciano Vecchio (@lucianovecchio.bsky.social), Paco Medina, Nathan Stockman (@stockmannate.bsky.social), Bob Quinn, colors: Matt Milla #Spider-Man #Holiday #Hanukkah

Spider-Man: Holiday Spectacular #1 (variant cover, Nov 2025). Art: Kasia Nie (@kasianie.bsky.social) #Spider-Man #Holiday

Spider-Man Holiday Special #1 (Dec 1995). Story: Eric Fein, pencils and inks: Javier Saltares, colors: Joe Andreani #Spider-Man #Venom #Holiday #EpsteinFiles