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Pete and MJ. Those crazy kids.
After a lot of time and struggle to get this piece out there and finished, here it finally is! The client wanted a fashion inspired take on Spidey’s three leading ladies, Mary Jane, Gwen Stacy, and Felicia Hardy - something akin to a Vogue cover, he mentioned. I was absolutely excited at the prospect of juxtaposing all three of these women together in a piece. I have done a MJ/Gwen piece in the past and needed to do a new take on their looks and styles. I really wanted each woman to feel different, and while I’m happy with their fashion choices I do wish their faces came out a bit more distinct. I really tried - even going so far as to base them on different actresses. But let’s be honest, most Hollywood starlets fall into a very narrow standard of beauty. So a bad translation of faces mixed with a fairly slim view of Hollywood beauty leads to so-so character distinction.
After I finished it I knew I had to create a mock Vogue cover to complete the feel of the piece. I am not a graphic designer by any means to don’t knock the type treatments too harshly. I’ve no clue what I’m doing. Hopefully it’s all really coy and cute and playful. Enjoy, Tumblrites. I realize Tumblr is not made for comments but I do enjoy catching them when I can so comment or reply away! Love the feedback.
Miles Morales is every single person on this website right now.
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commission. Mary Jane, Spider-Man. good times.
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“Will you do me a favor, Peter? Say “Hello” for me and — tell Gwen I miss her, too…”
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A lot of people insist on pitting Gwen and Mary Jane against each other, for the simple fact that they are two women in the same story. It happens everywhere; you can’t have two females supporting each other without something ridiculous in the background, like them secretly fighting for the same man, same job position, the affection of a same family member… And it’s unfair, and sexist and it perpetuates silly ideas that “all women are catty and backstabbing whores”. In Spider-Man it’s no different. Not in the story, though, but within the fans. (Some) Gwen fans will say that Mary Jane is a slut for sleeping with Peter’s friends and that the only reason he went for her was for comfort after Stacy’s death, MJ fans will say Gwen was just a silly high-school crush and that she never really mattered, completely disregarding the fact that it is possible for people love love more than one person in their lives, and the love isn’t bigger or smaller, but different, since we fall in love with different people for different reasons. It’s obvious to anyone who’s read the comics that Peter loved both girls very much. It’s not a competition, it’s not about who’s “better” and who understands him more, or is prettier, or nicer, or smarter. It’s about Peter loving them both at different points in his life, and them being equally important to him. Also, Gwen and MJ were friends, and she suffered Gwen’s death too. There’s no reason to pit them against one another (or say that Mary Jane fell for Spider-Man while Gwen fell for Peter — Emma Stone, I’m looking at you), because neither them nor Peter himself did.
The line in the panel above, from Spider-Man: Blue (in which Peter records tapes for Gwen, long after her death, reminiscing on their time together and Mary Jane walks in on him), represents it best. The story was never about Gwen vs. MJ. It’s about Gwen and MJ.
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PETER’S NARRATION: But in the end, I suppose all that REALLY matters is that THEY understand. That THEY know. Because without Aunt May, without MJ, I wouldn’t have anything worth fighting for. Only things worth dying for.
Amazing Spider-Man #538 (Jan 2007), J. Michael Straczynski (writer) and Ron Garney (pencils).
![[So after Peter & MJ’s apartment and Aunt May’s house get burned down, Peter, MJ, and Aunt May move into Avengers Tower, where May and MJ finally meet the other Avengers.]
Tony: Say hello to your home away from home. Everybody, May and Mary Jane. Ladies, I’d like you to meet Logan, aka, Wolverine.
Logan: Hey.
Tony: Spider-Woman, Jessica Drew…
Jessica: Hi.
Tony: And over there, Luke Cage.
Luke: How’s it going?
Tony: And last but not least, Steve Rogers.
—Amazing Spider-Man 519](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1s6wjePNi1qetycxo1_500.jpg)
[So after Peter & MJ’s apartment and Aunt May’s house get burned down, Peter, MJ, and Aunt May move into Avengers Tower, where May and MJ finally meet the other Avengers.]
Tony: Say hello to your home away from home. Everybody, May and Mary Jane. Ladies, I’d like you to meet Logan, aka, Wolverine.
Logan: Hey.
Tony: Spider-Woman, Jessica Drew…
Jessica: Hi.
Tony: And over there, Luke Cage.
Luke: How’s it going?
Tony: And last but not least, Steve Rogers.
—Amazing Spider-Man 519
![[Aunt May, upon meeting Steve Rogers, has the same reaction that most of us would.]
Steve: It’s an honor to meet you, ma’am. Your nephew has told us so much about you.
Aunt May: …He has?
Steve: Very few people are strong enough to bear the secret that you carry. You’ve guided him into becoming a fine young man, and that’s a great accomplishment.
Aunt May: It is? I mean…yes I mean…thank you. I—My late husband, Ben, saw you once, during the war. He was just a boy, out of MP school, but it meant so much to him.
Steve: Are those pictures of your husband?
Aunt May: Yes.
Steve: Perhaps you can show me sometime.
Aunt May: I…I’d be honored. Thank you.
Logan: Looks like old Red, White and Bloomers found himself a groupie.
Peter: Makes sense…They’re both from the same generation, right?
Logan: I suppose. So that’s your wife, right?
Peter: Yeah.
Logan: Huh.
Peter: Huh? Huh what?
Logan: Terrible waste of a perfectly good babe.
Peter: Hey!
Logan: Just sayin’. That’s all.
—Amazing Spider-man 519](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1s7l0txkg1qetycxo1_500.jpg)
[Aunt May, upon meeting Steve Rogers, has the same reaction that most of us would.]
Steve: It’s an honor to meet you, ma’am. Your nephew has told us so much about you.
Aunt May: …He has?
Steve: Very few people are strong enough to bear the secret that you carry. You’ve guided him into becoming a fine young man, and that’s a great accomplishment.
Aunt May: It is? I mean…yes I mean…thank you. I—My late husband, Ben, saw you once, during the war. He was just a boy, out of MP school, but it meant so much to him.
Steve: Are those pictures of your husband?
Aunt May: Yes.
Steve: Perhaps you can show me sometime.
Aunt May: I…I’d be honored. Thank you.
Logan: Looks like old Red, White and Bloomers found himself a groupie.
Peter: Makes sense…They’re both from the same generation, right?
Logan: I suppose. So that’s your wife, right?
Peter: Yeah.
Logan: Huh.
Peter: Huh? Huh what?
Logan: Terrible waste of a perfectly good babe.
Peter: Hey!
Logan: Just sayin’. That’s all.
—Amazing Spider-man 519
Peter introduces MJ to Steve who gives Peter some sage advice.
One of my favorite Spider-Man issues, really great if you’re a Peter/MJ fan, love Steve kicking ass, or just like funny Dr Doom moments.
From Amazing Spider-Man vol 2 #50 (or ASM #491)
