A new web-slinger emergeth

Earlier this week Marvel announced that the new artist on Ultimate Spider-Man(USM) will be Stuart Immomen. I am actually pleasantly surprised by this. Immonen is a superbly talented artist with wide array of styles at his disposal. While many artists work for years to perfect their own style, he appears to adjust his art to the story each time, giving each book it's own distinctive look and feel. Just look at the difference between NextWave and Superman Secret Identity. I bet that he'll use something more similar to Bagley's as not to jar regular USM readers, but I would love to see him take it in a whole new direction artistically.

But Immomen has got to be feeling the pressure too, I'm sure. It's akin to taking over for someone like Kirby or Romita back in the day. Not that I'm comparing Bagley to either of them, but he gave life to this version of Peter. Just as every time I think of Batman I think of the Neal Adams version, I'm sure that from now on every time I think of Ult Spidey I will think of Bagley. But I digress, which I do daily, and I just want to close with saying that while I am upset to be losing Stuart from NextWave, I can not wait to see what he'll be bringing us next summer when he takes over USM.

-Dan