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RSS FeedThe Riff: Younger Spidey--and the Amazing Mark Trail?
In this excrutiating era of downsizing in the newspaper cartooning world, it seems the time has come for one obvious change.
MARK TRAIL (NAS)
Enlarge ComicMy modest proposal: A single artist could now draw the characters of both Mark Trail and "Spider-Man's" Peter Parker.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (KFS)
Enlarge ComicP-shaw, you say. That's far-fetched. Really? Then just take a closer look at the two men:
Dark, striking eyebrows? Check.
Chiseled, all-American chin? Double-check?
Slim-n-trim physique? Yessir.
Telltale swirl-curl swooping over the forehead? You betcha.
Mark and Peter, in fact, are practically twin sons of different mothers. They look so much alike that combining their cartooning would be a cinch.
The only wrinkle: If the "Spider-Man" strip indeed returns us to a younger Peter Parker this year -- as suggested and speculated -- he could look young enough to be Mark Trail's son.
There goes our tongue-in-cheek theory -- disappearing just as quickly as Aunt May may arrive.
By Michael Cavna |
January 1, 2009; 11:00 AM ET
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Posted by: Jumper1 | January 1, 2009 12:59 PM
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I disagree! "Mark Trail" has a certain charming naivety of style, whereas "Spider-Man" most resembles Eduardo Barreto's (D.C.'s "New Teen Titans" and now "Judge Parker").
"Spider-Man" is a bit less noire-y than "Judge Parker". Perhaps Aunt May should wear a large-brimmed hat, and appear in shadows, and speak in a doom-laden manner.