Villains seem to be all the rage. I was tempted to go with something more wedding-themed this segment because of the joyous occasion the other day, but I decided to stick with the original plan, which was Villains. Iron_Patriot requested it in last week’s entry, and the most recent podcast even deals with the popularity of villains in pop culture. And if there’s one thing better than an epic villain appearance, it’s got to be an epic villain team-up. Recently, Spidey’s most famous adversaries work together again in both the Marvel-616 and the Ultimate universe. So I figure it’s only right to feature some fan shots showcasing the dastardly, half-dozen villains and the uneasy alliances they sometimes strike.
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Sinister Six in Amazing Spider-Man #659 by Stefano Caselli and Marte Gracia (left, top)
The Sinister Six have returned to the pages of Amazing Spider-Man. They sport quite the different look this go round, but you can be sure of one thing: they plan on giving Spidey and his new FF teammates a bit of trouble.
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Sinister Six, cover to Ultimate Spider-Man 155 by Oliver Coipel, Mark Morales & Laura Martin (right, top)
The Sinister Six look to be featured as main threat to Spider-Man in the Ultimate Death of Spider-Man storyline. This piece was a cover to a lead-in issue of the story arc. However, we have yet to see the team power up, other than to escape captivity and fight amongst each other. It’s probably also safe to say that they’re more of a Sinister Five after Norman’s most recent temper tantrum.
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Spidey and The Sinister Six by AlexGarner (right, middle)
Alex’s representation of the Sinister Six is the more classic looking ensemble. Mysterio with his fishbowl head, Electro with his starfish head, and Doc Ock with his bowl-cut hairstyle. It’s amazing that a group of people who look better suited for a clown-car could be so dangerous, but Alex does a great job making the Six look menacing. This piece was for Upper Deck’s Marvel Masterpieces card set, but his site also features some great Wonder Woman covers as well as some awesome World of Warcraft trading card art.
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spiderman vs the sinister six by raede (left, bottom)
The original Sinister Six as they would appear in a cartoon drawn by raede. raede’s style is pretty characterized but something in it really speaks to me. The classic coloring and the fun vibe that this piece gives off is really cool in my book. raede also has some nice looking colored pencil commissions including one of Green Goblin, and there’s even a humorous Mickey Mouse-Galactus mash-up with a Silver Surfer-Donald Duck.
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SINISTER SIX 2009 by DadaHyena (right, bottom)
DadaHyena’s piece makes me imagine what the Sinister Six would look like in the world of Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events. Or maybe if they were members of the Addams Family. They’re creepy and those spiders are extra crawly. DadaHyena’s Deviant gallery is filled with caricatures and some other dark humor pieces featuring famous villains.
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There you have it. The villains have taken over this weeks entry, but fear not, I trust our hero will be around next week to put them in their rightful place.
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Ha, true. SO it’s not allll fan art, especially since a lot of professional artists have a deviantpage to pick from as well. The two recent comic shots of the Sinister Six were only added so we could all see how they’re being portrayed currently and I thought the one for the Upper Deck card series was just pretty awesome looking.
I think it’s a little silly to call this a fanart spotlight when 3 of the 5 drawings are from professionals, but you still get a thumb’s up for doing it. 🙂
The Spidey head is weird, but I LOVE the color work on the drawing by raede. I greatly prefer pastels to the muddy darkness that we usually get in comics, so it’s a nice change of pace.
I like this feature. More Please
Glad to see you speak up and hear that you’ve been lurking in the shadows like I was for a while.
Keep up the great work!
Well, ain’t this a surprise! I’ve been reading the Crawlspace for about a half a year now; I do enjoy the reviews (even the not-so-nice ones, heh heh heh…), and even though I’ve never got around to leaving a comment it is very nice to see my work displayed here.
I do a weekly webcomic called SCAPULA (http://www.aidancasserly.com/SCAPULA), which was largely influenced from my fascination with the original Ditko Spider-Man comics. Look no further than the “SICKO SIX” storyline (click on the Archives, then scroll down). I normally don’t go around shamelessly plugging my comic, but I’m hoping all the other sinister spider-fans out there will enjoy it.
I’m also really enjoying raede’s animation-themed artwork, very cool. Um….excelsior!
@Stuart Green
Hamill FTW!
They said they changed the name to Insidious Six because they changed the roster and so it wasn’t the true Sinister Six. I don’t really buy it,though.
I love the raede drawing of the Sinister Six, weirdly-drawn Spidey head aside. It looks like Fox Kids’ “Spider-Man: The Animated Series” meets “Ren & Stimpy” style drawing to me, and makes me wish that this — THIS — was the Sinister Six roster we got on said Fox Kids Spidey series. But instead, due to Broadcast Standards and Practices guidelines and a “no-Electro, no-Sandman” rule due to Jim Cameron’s attempt at a “Spider-Man” movie, we got “the Insidious Six” with no Electro or Sandman, and they called them the Insidious Six because the Fox network thought the name “Sinister Six” was too menacing for a children’s Saturday morning cartoon show. About a SUPER HERO! At least give us the classic roster on the show but with Hobgoblin replacing Kraven! More of Mark Hamill’s Hobgoblin would’ve been nice on that show.
Still, of all the drawings, that Upper Deck Marvel Masterpieces card of the Six is my favorite. I agree that it’s very cool to see the Sinister Six look so menacing and dangerous in that pic. 😀
Heck yeah!!!
The second to last pic looks like a great Spec Spidey-esque drawing but Spidey’s head looks weird.
The last looks a lot like Skottie Young’s work. Nice pic.