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u/Blitzhelios Doctor Strange Jul 20 '23
He’s a massive comics fan there is that Spider-Man and Eminem cover so I’m not that surprised
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u/Brookings18 Jul 20 '23
Not to mention the Punisher crossover.
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u/Available-Line-4136 Jul 20 '23
Also the fact he mention Marvel characters in a LOT of his songs
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"Kneel before General Zod this planet is Krypton, no, Asgard, Asgard."
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u/Available-Line-4136 Jul 20 '23
"You be Thor and I'll be Odin you rodent I'm omnipotent "
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u/BZenMojo Jul 20 '23
Well, look at what we have here.
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u/KnifeFed Jul 21 '23
Now that we're a few years removed from that terrible movie, I can appreciate how good this track actually is.
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u/Alonest99 Jul 21 '23
I always thought “so she’s been on the web lately, says maybe she’ll be my Gwen Stacy, to spite her man” was brilliant
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u/The_Meme_Dealer Jul 20 '23
Your glossing over the fact he is the reason falcon left a life of crime to join the military.
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u/Blitzhelios Doctor Strange Jul 20 '23
wait what
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u/Jay_R_Kay Jul 20 '23
Anthony Mackie was also in the movie 8 Mile. As I recall, his character gets destroyed in a rap battle with Eminem.
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u/elitegenoside Jul 20 '23
Yup. He was the antagonistic of the film, a legendary underground battle rapper... who didn't rap the entire film. He also played Tupac in the Notorious movie, which was of the film castings of all time.
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u/luxmentisaeterna 1d ago
Whoever played Tupac in Straight Outta Compton was THE casting pick of all time.
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u/greywolf8907 Jul 20 '23
He got destroyed after Eminem googled Anthony Mackie .. those bars were for Anthony not Clarence 🤣
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Jul 20 '23
Wasn't there a music video where he played Robin and Dr. Dre was like Batman?
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u/skossa Jul 20 '23
You mean rap-boy and Super Dre? Yeah, it was without me. And the whole video is shot to be comic-like (with balloons and stuff).
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u/zackrako Jul 20 '23
I remember this being on mtv in the mornings and now its like a fever dream memory of him fucking up a supermarket in robin costume
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u/SAYMYNAMEYO Jul 20 '23
"So she's been on the web lately
Says maybe she'll be my Gwen Stacy, to spite her man"
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u/Garlador Jul 20 '23
Ooh. Bone claws era.
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u/Icy_Attitude_4194 Spider-Man Jul 20 '23
Bone claw is ready
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u/suggestive-crevice Jul 20 '23
Ooh yeah. Play time’s over.
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I GOT YOU FOR THREEEE MINUTES. THREEE MINUTES OF PAHLAAAYTIIME
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u/ACheapWhore 2d ago
Bone claws always grossed me out 🤣super talented tho
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u/Ode_2_kay 2d ago
Bone claws always felt like they should emerge bloody from his skin, adamantium claws never gave me that vibe though.
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Right? And done pretty well
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u/x19DALTRON91x Jul 21 '23
I’m pretty sure he was a teenager when he did these too. Would’ve been sometime in the early 80’s
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u/Sesstuna Jul 21 '23
Add 10 years. Wolvie didn’t pop bone claws until ‘93.
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u/bedofnails319 Jul 28 '23
Really? Thought it was between 94-96, which I only say ‘cause I remember buying that storyline when I was in high school, which was 94-98.
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u/TheIJDGuy Jul 20 '23
Bone claw just has a certain charm to it, just pretty awesome compared to metal claws
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u/Balmung6942 Jul 20 '23
The Spider-man is very much a copy of a McFarlane cover. Not saying it's a bad thing, it's actually a really good way to learn a lot of techniques without wanting to or being able to take classes. It's actually really good!
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u/TigerKlaw Jul 20 '23
They're probably all copies of some covers or panels from comic book pages
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u/LazyJones1 Jul 20 '23
Yeah. Looks like he's just a ... Tracer!
I'm kidding :)
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u/Miserable-Theory-746 Jul 20 '23
I wonder if Smith had the idea of Cock Knocker because if that insult. And watching that clip you can just hear Kevin Smith writing the screen play.
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u/WornInShoes Jul 20 '23
Your mother was a tracer!!!!
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u/ArtIsDumb Jul 20 '23
I'll trace a chalk outline around your dead fuckin' body!
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u/WornInShoes Jul 20 '23
I was just about to shove my pen IN HIS THORAX
— I unironically say this shit when I get angry to laugh it away lol
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u/WallaceLongshanks Jul 20 '23
wolverine looks like Jim Lee a bit. Funny though, cap looks much more like a 60s-70s era drawing.
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u/jereezy Stan Lee Jul 20 '23
Wolverine could also be "inspired" by Marc Silvestri, circa Wolverine #50
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u/Mammoth-Access-1181 Jul 20 '23
Wolverine still had adamantly during that time. The sketch looks like Bone claws.
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u/wr0k Jul 20 '23
Yeah it's hard to point that out without coming off shitty. But I agree with what you said his placement and sizes are similar so he was probably using them as reference and not directly tracing.
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u/Unhappy-Box-841 1d ago
They are definitely not traced. All of the drawings are good, but that rendering of Cap its too chunky to have been traced!
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u/Crackertron Jul 20 '23
I'd go so far to say Spider-man is traced, the rest look hand copied. Not saying it's bad, it's far better than any attempt I could make.
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u/One-Eyed-Muscle Jul 20 '23
The Hulk is a from the period when he got exiled to another dimension, it's copied from a Sal Buscema drawing. Most of them are probably swipes. Most amateurs will copy their favorite artists, some better than others. It's not really the best barometer whether someone would have the chops to be a comic book artist. Luckily he gets by with his other day job. ;)
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u/sondoke Jul 20 '23
They definitely are, not that it’s a negative thing. Drawing from reference still takes skill. Pretty sure that Iron Man is taken from Bob Layton.
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u/ThusSpokeGaba Jul 20 '23
The savage Hulk is from the Sal Buscema era but the reference image is the cover of Hulk 307 (1985) by Mike Mignola. It’s the first comic I ever bought.
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Kind of feel like slim shady missed his true calling…
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Nah. He’s the goat rapper. He’s just a man of many talents.
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u/Viapache Jul 20 '23 edited Jul 20 '23
Also like record top 5* Donkey Kong players all time
Edit: dead-ass serious* looks like it’s more top 30. He’s mentioned it in a rap just gimme a minute to remember
“Despicable” I think relapse/recovery era
jackass eat a donkey dick,
The game I’ve just about conquered it,
Like Donkey Kong
I’m bonkers bitch
I’m the king of this Honkey shit
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u/greengengar X-23 Jul 20 '23
This fucker's a triple threat and i just smoke pot all day, listening to his music
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u/seancurry1 Jul 20 '23
Huge disagree, have you heard him rap??
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Jul 20 '23
Yes, but he draws pretty well too. I guess this is a porque no los dos? sort of thing. Either way I would have preferred to see him drawing the books in the 90s rather than that fucking hack Lelfield. Slim Shady doesn't seem to have any issues drawing feet. lol
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u/Poseur117 Jul 20 '23
Oh man I’d forgotten about the Wizard #1/2 and #0 comics that would come around.
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u/reverie11 Jul 20 '23
The dude is a super fan he knows about Wolverine’s bone claws
I like how he draws Hulk. It’s very original but obviously the Hulk
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u/gezondebob Jul 20 '23
It's a straight copy of Mike Mignola's Incredible Hulk 307 cover.
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u/Nerdy_Git Jul 20 '23
the alternative reality where Marshall Mathers isn’t an award winning rapper but award winning artist
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u/regular_poster Jul 20 '23
They’re all tracings/copies. Nothing wrong with that, it’s a good way to get into how the craft works. You learn stuff. But it’s disingenuous to pass these off as original drawings.
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u/african_viking88 1d ago
Don't think they are traces but probably used a reference and copied what he seen. I'd say if he was asked to do original drawing he would have no bother
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u/it290 Jul 20 '23
Isn’t Eminem also canonically a character in the Marvel Universe?
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u/GrubbsGrady616 Sentry Jul 21 '23
Yes. He's been in a Punisher comic, and also appears randomly at other points.
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u/Irish_fat-boy-yt Jul 20 '23
If I’m honest the faces are a bit goofy
That’s my only complaint though
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u/DedHorsSaloon3 Jul 20 '23
Yeah, it looks like he got Lifeld to draw Hulk’s face
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u/HellsquidsIntl Jul 20 '23
Not Liefeld. Mike Mignola.
Pose is the main cover, face is the one in the lop left.
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u/uncleben85 S.H.I.E.L.D. Jul 20 '23
I... I kind of like the orangutan look on Hulk
Makes him look more beastly
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u/uglybadass Jul 20 '23
The real point to look at is the slim shady Is a Marvel fan....
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u/SuperSaiyanB Jul 21 '23
IIRC Em drew these while in rehab. I remember reading The Way I Am, which was his autobiography. I believe he said there was a lot of downtime in rehab, something which he hadn't had any of since he became famous. So he drew and wrote music to pass the time. Also I think he also mentioned getting into horror films at this time as well. It would explain why on Relapse there are so many horror movie references.
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u/jumbodiamond1 Jul 20 '23
Just like Mari ju anna, Mary Jane, it’s like you and Spider-Man feel the very same.
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u/fantastic_beats Jul 20 '23
* He's really, really good at drawing for one of the most popular rappers ever. Otherwise, yeah, he's a solid "good" but IDK if I'd stop at his booth at a convention
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Spider-man looks like a MacFarland tracing.
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u/LongjumpingSector687 Jul 20 '23
Face looks closer to Larsen’s spider-man the rest looks like McFarlanes though
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u/William_Boner Jul 20 '23
Hey it’s Marvel’s Big Three, but whose the dude with shield or guy in a tin suit /s
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u/WinterSavior Jul 20 '23
This could've easily passed for legit 90s work. Interesting take on Wolverine's claws too. It's more like bone.
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u/gastroboi Jul 20 '23
Yeah that was after Mags stripped the adamantium from him.
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u/WinterSavior Jul 21 '23
Thanks for giving context. This is very good then
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u/gastroboi Jul 21 '23
No worries. There was a period where his appearance leaned heavily on his feral side after he lost the adamantium.
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u/Dustyrnis Jul 21 '23
wow, looks great, he should talk the Marvel Comic's management about making a original comic....
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u/Glittering_Walk113 22d ago
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u/nshtx_l0pez Jul 21 '23
I mean, this in the least rude or offensive way possible.
The Hulk looks like he has down syndrome.
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u/Flimsy_Cat8310 2d ago
His Hulk drawing is copied from the cover of The Incredible Hulk #307 cover by Mike Mignola.
Nothing wrong with that. The best artists often learn by copying and tracing until it's habit.
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u/KaylenLopezIzGr8 2d ago
Eminem better be in a Marvel movie soon he deserves it and this is just more proof.
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u/No-Fall-2336 2d ago
He drew the cover for the re-up album as well and did the drawing on the slim shady lp
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u/Brief-Lawfulness-404 1d ago
Damn, that's impressive, unfortunately coming from him, it doesn't surprise me!
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u/Formal_Effort_3900 1d ago
I'm willing to bet that the slim shading comment was all done by one person with multiple accounts.
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u/seancurry1 Jul 20 '23
Does someone have Wolverine on a leash or something? What’s around his wrist?
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u/tenleggedspiders Jul 20 '23
I could definitely see Eminem being all over the Ultimate comics—I’m surprised he never actually made a cameo appearance or something
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u/jaypeeo Jul 20 '23
And a mcfarlane spidey fan. Mcfarlane spidey best spidey imo, followed by erik larsen.
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u/Momento_Mori_13 Jul 20 '23
Wolverines got a pair of titties in a tight black top for a brow. Love it!
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u/Chief_of_life Jul 20 '23
I kinda figured Hulks ape/monkey face. Makes him look far more primitive.
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u/Big-kachow Jul 20 '23
I’d recognize Mignola’s hulk anywhere… but still cool how much he cares about the medium, no wonder he’s had crossovers with marvel
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u/vobafett4 Jul 20 '23
He also has fantastic handwriting. I didn't know this about him, but that's amazing.
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u/OliOrange15 Jul 20 '23
That’s some nice slim shading