Spider-Man / Snoopy Christmas Themed Hand Colored Card Artwork (2001)
John Romita Sr. (all)
Original Art Record
Characters
Spider-Man
Encyclopedia Capsule
This pinup is cataloged as Spider-Man / Snoopy Christmas Themed Hand Colored Card Artwork (2001) and credited in the supplied source to John Romita Sr. (all). The current catalog tags the visible subjects as Spider-Man.
What the Art Shows
What this artwork shows
This very detailed Pinup was drawn on the INSIDE of a Snoopy Christmas card. *****PLEASE NOTE that the Snoopy / Woodstock image is not drawn artwork! The notes section of the card is hand signed by John Romita also and is included with the drawing!
Story and Issue Context
Publication and story context
This record documents a pinup from The Amazing Spider-Man, dated 2001 in the source data. The credited artist information supplied with the collection record is John Romita Sr. (all). Its place in the series is best understood as part of the continuing Peter Parker narrative and the creative period represented by the credited artists.
Why This Piece Matters
Why this piece matters
As a pinup, the piece emphasizes an iconic character presentation rather than sequential storytelling. The identified subjects are Spider-Man.
Source Significance Excerpt
A unique and RARE John Romita hand colored Christmas themed pinup here!
Mike Burkey / Romitaman Notes
A unique and RARE John Romita hand colored Christmas themed pinup here!
Open the complete preserved Romitaman description
Check out this very nice Spider-Man Pinup which was drawn by 1 of the greatest Spidey artists ever.......JOHN ROMITA SR! This very detailed Pinup was drawn on the INSIDE of a Snoopy Christmas card. *****PLEASE NOTE that the Snoopy / Woodstock image is not drawn artwork! The Snoopy image is the Front of the Christmas card, and John Romita drew and hand colored the ENTIRE Spider-Man image, Snoopy dog house and the background on the inside of the card (which is on the back side of the snoopy image) The Romita Spiderman image area measures 7 by 4.75 inches, and it has been matted beautifully in a red mat, which can be seen in the extra red link above. The notes section of the card is hand signed by John Romita also and is included with the drawing! A unique and RARE John Romita hand colored Christmas themed pinup here! ******* 100% of the proceeds from this artwork here will be donated to charity!
Source Information
- Primary object source
- Romitaman / Mike Burkey personal-collection listing supplied in the master document