Spidey & Me

[ChastMastr]

Oh, I'd have framed that thing.

[Arion]

Maybe it's just me, but I still can't get over the fact that BND was in Newsweek!

http://www.newsweek.com/id/89134

Funky.

And that it also appeared in USA TODAY, THE NEW YORK POST, PEOPLE MAGAZINE, ABC, CBS, CNN...

Wow!

Just... wow!

Sometimes all this controversy ticks me off. Other times it's... cool.
I'm telling you, I've NEVER had an assignment like this. It's been one crazy rollercoaster with insane highs and lows. But mostly highs.
ttyl
Dan

It is very exciting .

[HouseofMaverick]

Hey!
It's BND launch day! Today's the day my 1st ever issue of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN comes out!!! Seriously, I've been waiting for this day since I was 7 years old!

Well, I thought this might be a neat time to look back at all the previous times I've crossed paths with everybody's favorite wall-crawler...

So...

Why not take a quick swing with me down memory lane? C'mon, it'll be FUN!

You're doing a great job. Made me subscribe to spidey. Don't let any of the complainers get to you. You are doing great.

[Dan Slott]

Hi!
Taking a little break this Sunday and thought I'd try to get caught up on this fun, li'l thread. So here we go...

2004
From SHE-HULK #3

A quickie flashback to why Augustus "Pug" Pugliese is such a Spider-Man fan. Which was all set-up for...

SHE-HULK #4 (one of my FAVORITE comics I've ever worked on.)

I love that page! Juan Bobillo knocked that RIGHT out of the park!
(BTW, when I told my Dad about this gag, he said "Oh you SHOULDN'T do that. DON'T do that." And that's when I knew I had comedy-gold. )

2005
From SHE-HULK #11

Face it, True Believer, no one writes a better unconscious Spidey than moi.

And then comes one of the projects I'm the MOST proud of...
From SPIDER-MAN/HUMAN TORCH #1

Seriously, isn't Ty Templeton's comic timing on this pure genius?! BOY, did he sell that gag!

From SPIDER-MAN/HUMAN TORCH #2

This whole mini was nothing but fun, fun, FUN!

From SPIDER-MAN/HUMAN TORCH #3

This is my favorite panel of J. Jonah Jameson I've ever written.
:WHEEEEEEEEEE!

[Dan Slott]

2005 continued...

From GLA#2

Spidey says "Thanks, but no thanks" to membership in the GLA. Probably the smartest thing he's ever done.
Even though this was between SHE-HULK Vol.1 and SHE-HULK Vol.2 & THING... it was a really busy time-- as I was working on SPIDER-MAN/HUMAN TORCH, GLA, work for AMAZING FANTASY Vol.2 #15, JLA CLASSIFIED, TOMB RAIDER #50, an issue of LOONY TUNES, an episode of the FANTASTIC FOUR cartoon, restoring/tweaking old BIG MAX script, and prep-work on SHE-HULK Vol.2 & THING... AHHHH! (My solution was simple. I stopped sleeping. And got walking pneumonia.)

From SPIDER-MAN/HUMAN TORCH #4

Aww... Jean DeWolff... How I miss you, you beret-wearing, chain-smoking, tough-as-nails, Jim-Gordon-in-a-skirt-style cop.
And, check it out, the Beetle:

From SPIDER-MAN/HUMAN TORCH #5

Back when I first pitched this, I thought Spidey revealing his Secret ID to the Torch would be a big deal. Little did I know that before we could reach #5, a number of writers would have him revealing his ID left-and-right... even swinging around town with his mask off! (And this was BEFORE CIVIL WAR #2!) Still... I think we made it work.

From WIZARD MAGAZINE #166

This was a hoot! Thanks to the kind folks at WIZARD, and with the help of Jim Calafiore, I got to "pimp" Spidey's wheels!

From THING #1

At home with the Parkers... in Avengers Tower... and waited on by Jarvis (a.k.a. Aunt May's Stud Muffin). Good times. Hmmm... Maybe TOO good a time.

From AMAZING FANTASY Vol.2 #15

Ever wonder what the story was BEHIND the cover to AMAZING FANTASTY #15? Well just check out Patrick and my short story "I Was the Guy in Spider-Man's Armpit."

From SHE-HULK Vol.2 #3 (a.k.a. SHE-HULK #100)

Spider-Man takes the stand again, this time to defend She-Hulk's very existence!

And that wraps up 2005!
Next time we'll reach the present and that's it...
...or, like they used to say in the Doritos ads, "Crunch all you want, we'll make more."

[ChastMastr]

Oh, I've gotta get your Thing series now, Dan. I'm sorry I wasn't one of the ones buying it at the time...

David

[Sam Johnson]

SPIDER-MAN/HUMAN TORCH is one of the great Spidey stories. And SHE-HULK #4 is one of the great MARVEL stories. Really.

[Sam Johnson]

Oh, I've gotta get your Thing series now, Dan. I'm sorry I wasn't one of the ones buying it at the time...

David

Bastard!

[Dingo]

Oh, I've gotta get your Thing series now, Dan. I'm sorry I wasn't one of the ones buying it at the time...

David

You do realise you are responsible for the death of a fairy.

[Spidey616]

BIG NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

According to Diamond's January reports, ASM #546 aka Dan's dream Spidey project, was the #1 book of the month, and the other 2 made the top 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So CONGRATS DAN!!!!! You deserve it

http://www.newsarama.com/marketreport/Jan08sales.html