Ross Andru's Amazing Spider-Man Club 9 9

[Spider-Variant]

Hey Steve, which panel on these two pages is most Andruey? See if we think alike.

[Get Marwood & I]

On 7/13/2023 at 5:55 PM, Spider-Variant said:

Hey Steve, which panel on these two pages is most Andruey? See if we think alike.

This one does it for me (and not just because he's wearing my platforms):

[Spider-Variant]

The way Spidey lands here screams Andru to me.  Those platforms, Steve, remind me of the time my brothers and I used to dress up like members of the band KISS, lol.

 

[Get Marwood & I]

On 7/13/2023 at 6:28 PM, Spider-Variant said:

The way Spidey lands here screams Andru to me. 

Doesn't it just. Especially the backwards pointing left arm with its split fingers. There's something ever so slightly off with the Andru eyes though in these panels. 

On 7/13/2023 at 6:28 PM, Spider-Variant said:

Those platforms, Steve, remind me of the time my brothers and I used to dress up like members of the band KISS, lol.

Any pictures? 

[Spider-Variant]

On 7/14/2023 at 12:25 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

Doesn't it just. Especially the backwards pointing left arm with its split fingers. There's something ever so slightly off with the Andru eyes though in these panels. 

Any pictures? 

I actually wish I did.  We built plywood fake guitars and put smoke bombs in them.  We had makeup and platform shoes.  Would love to have a picture of those days.

Edited July 14, 2023 by Spider-Variant

[Spider-Variant]

Here's another letter from Ross Andru to Joey Thingvall (the actor and comic book collector).

It proves what we Andru fans had already deduced, that Ross Andru was an unassuming man.

 

[Spider-Variant]

And even more humility from a man I feel would be a "rock star" in the comics industry if he were alive in the age of Internet and large comic cons.

 

[Spider-Variant]

I found this cool scan of the original art for Giant-Size Spider-Man #4 splash page.  If you look at the bottom of the art board, there's no room for the indicia below the end of the art and it almost looks like it was glued over some of the art.  But if I look at a scan from the actual comic, the indicia fits just fine.  But look at the splash itself, it's tilted slightly to the right, where Ross's upper boarder is straight across.  It looks like perhaps Marvel reduced the original art page slightly and then added the indicia below it, but they were a little careless and the page ended up tilted.

Why these little quirks fascinate me, who knows.....

[Get Marwood & I]

On 7/16/2023 at 12:41 AM, Spider-Variant said:

Why these little quirks fascinate me, who knows.....

....because they give us another reason to muck about with comics, Reggie 

 

Look at the top and bottom slopes on this eBay copy.... 

[Spider-Variant]

This splash looks so much better in black and white to me, almost like the quality of Marvel's printing at the time detracted from the art.  I don't like the hatchings on the roof either, but I love this so much more in black and white than colored.

[Spider-Variant]

 

Better without the hatchings on the roof?  I think it makes Spider-Man pop off the page.

[Get Marwood & I]

On 7/17/2023 at 2:09 AM, Spider-Variant said:

 

Better without the hatchings on the roof?  I think it makes Spider-Man pop off the page.

Better. Maybe that should be your next avenue of appreciation Reggie - retrospective background amendments 

[ganni]

The new generation of readers reaction to his drawing...

[Spider-Variant]

Hey @Get Marwood & I and gang,

July 21 (which it already is across the pond) marks the fifth year of us posting about Ross Andru and the Amazing Spider-Man comics we loved as kids.  I just wanted everyone to know that I have enjoined the last five years chatting with all of you.  

Steve started this thread originally as an ode to ASM 176 through 180, but we quickly expended it to include Ross's entire run on the series.  I admit I have even snuck in other interesting, non-Spider-Man art as well.

  Here's looking at another five years!  

[mr_highgrade]

On 7/20/2023 at 10:11 PM, Spider-Variant said:

Hey @Get Marwood & I and gang,

July 21 (which it already is across the pond) marks the fifth year of us posting about Ross Andru and the Amazing Spider-Man comics we loved as kids.  I just wanted everyone to know that I have enjoined the last five years chatting with all of you.  

Steve started this thread originally as an ode to ASM 176 through 180, but we quickly expended it to include Ross's entire run on the series.  I admit I have even snuck in other interesting, non-Spider-Man art as well.

  Here's looking at another five years!  

One of my favorite threads.  

[Get Marwood & I]

On 7/21/2023 at 3:11 AM, Spider-Variant said:

Hey @Get Marwood & I and gang,

July 21 (which it already is across the pond) marks the fifth year of us posting about Ross Andru and the Amazing Spider-Man comics we loved as kids.  I just wanted everyone to know that I have enjoined the last five years chatting with all of you.  

Steve started this thread originally as an ode to ASM 176 through 180, but we quickly expended it to include Ross's entire run on the series.  I admit I have even snuck in other interesting, non-Spider-Man art as well.

  Here's looking at another five years!  

We've matched his five year ASM tenure Reggie!

 

The tenure that defined my youth. For me, as I've said many times, the definitive portrayal of the definitive cast.

 

[ganni]

Five Years of fashion trends! 

 

[Spider-Variant]

On 7/21/2023 at 6:41 PM, ganni said:

Five Years of fashion trends! 

 

I would totally wear this, if Steve would let me borrow it, lol.

[rlextherobot]

I'm sure folks here are aware of this letter from ASM 150, but on the offchance someone hasn't seen it...

[Spider-Variant]

On 7/27/2023 at 8:11 AM, rlextherobot said:

I'm sure folks here are aware of this letter from ASM 150, but on the offchance someone hasn't seen it...

Hey @rlextherobot, welcome to the Ross Andru thread.  Yes, we posted that toward the beginning of this thread.  There's even a real life recreation of the page Frank mentions in that letter in this thread as well.    Keeping posting cool finds.