In light of the new Venom movie, a really old fanart

[ThunderChicken]

So with the new Venom movie I was reminded of a reeeaaaaalllllyy old fanart that I did.

How old?

How about 1991? Likely before many of you were born. We're talking thirty-three years ago here!

My oldest brother was always a superhero comics weenie, and he tried desperately to get me into them as well. I was never able to get into them like he did (I was more into Archie and Richie Rich, as well as Asterix). I did like the art in those superhero comics, though, and so when I got my shiny new 286 computer in 1991 I decided to try replicating the cover image of The Amazing Spider-Man #347.

Here's that cover:

And here is my attempt:

Now, keep in mind that this was drawn using an MS DOS program called ZSoft Paint that was included with a mouse driver floppy. It was drawn freehand with a mouse and originally saved in the PCX image format. The computer it was drawn on was a 12MHz 80286 with 1MB of system memory and a 640kb VGA video card. I was limited to 640X480 @ 16 colours (my CB monogram was added years later, and so it has more colours). The file sizes were usually about 160kb, so I could fit four of them on a 720kb floppy disk.

Anyway, just thought I'd share this memory...

[kyupol]

Drawing with a mouse is tough... lvl 99 difficulty in my opinion. Very good job with the drawing.

And I was a kid in 1991. No drawing skills except stick figures.

This was drawn in 1999 with MS paint, pentium 1... took me 2 hours at least.

[samconnely]

I totally get the appeal of the artwork even if you weren't super into the superhero storylines. I remember getting into comics in a similar way—appreciating the art before diving into the stories themselves.

On a side note, if you’re in the mood for some old-school superhero content, 123 movies has a decent collection of older superhero movies you can stream for free. It’s nice to revisit those classics and see how the characters have changed over time.