Ramon Perez Archive

I’ve been fairly harsh on the last three issues of the Amazing Spider-Man “Learning to Crawl” miniseries and was almost dreading the idea of reading the finale this week and trying to come up with something to say that wasn’t overly whiny or obnoxious. But in turns out my

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I might be at the point where my past impressions of the Amazing Spider-Man “Learning to Crawl” miniseries have impaired my ability to fairly judge the remaining two issues. Little things that somewhat irritated me in issues #1.1-1.3 (its over-reliance on readers knowing everything that happened during Spider-Man’s first

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After reaching the middle chapter of the Dan Slott/Ramon Perez “Learning to Crawl” miniseries, its become abundantly clear to me that the storytelling is at its sharpest and most engaging when the focus is its original elements – i.e. Clayton Cole/Clash – while things seem to grind to a

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Two issues into the Amazing Spider-Man “Learning to Crawl” miniseries and some of the fears that I first talked about last month are starting to materialize. It’s not that “Learning to Crawl” isn’t a likeable enough comic book story. Ramon Perez’s Steve Ditko-inspired artwork is absolutely beautiful and Dan

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Eyebrows were initially raised when Marvel announced that Dan Slott would be penning an Untold Tales of Spider-Man-esque miniseries dubbed “Learning to Crawl,” that would look at some never before seen events that transpired around Amazing Fantasy #15 and Amazing Spider-Man #1-2. It’s only natural to be a bit

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