Venom issue 24 Spider-Man 50th Anniversary variant cover
Context:
•one in a series of variant covers celebrating the 50th anniversary of Spider-Man
•the Venom symbiote bonds with various characters throughout its publication history and each host character brings a different aspect to Venom as a whole. Right now in the comics venom is comprised of the symbiote and it's host Flash Thompson, an ex soldier who lost his legs in the war in the Middle East and bonded to the symbiote becoming a black ops agent under SHIELD for the Secret Avengers, and recently joining the Guardians of the Galaxy. He is a mostly heroic protagonist. However at the time of this issues publication venom was bonded to his original host, Eddie Brock, a violent thug who brings out the savagery in Venom, and villainous hatred for Spider-Man. This image represents a return to that character archetype for Venom through it's exaggerated musculature and wild animalistic expression.
Image:
•loose doodle styled line work
•conveys movement and a sense of dynamics
•no human facial expressions used but still personal and comical
•plays with impossible scale to create an image devoid of realism
•exaggerated bodily features are often present in Skottie Youngs work
Idea:
•conveys the wild savage nature of the character of venom
•also conveys the relationship between the two characters, venoms savage obsession with spider-man and spider-man's confusion and general indifference to Venoms advances
•the imagery of the cake points to the anniversary of the character and a wider celebration performed by various comic artists at the time
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