David Williams – Greg Goldstein's Comic Art Gallery

David Williams — Wolverine: Terrifying To Foes — & Friends

November 24, 2023 Greg Goldstein Original Art and The Artists

Wolverine First Class #13, May 2009

Continuing a mini-celebration of the X-Men’s 60th anniversary.

Here’s a perfect (or as perfect gets) Wolverine cover by underrated artist David Williams. It features a pissed off Wolverine (actually, that might be redundant) and a shocked and terrified Kitty Pryde dynamically heading into — or out of — trouble.

Great background detail (nicely adapted from from photo reference) provides extra depth and interest while still setting off the foreground. Overall, a very nice use of shadows and light. (The digital coloring on the published cover handles it less effectively.)

And cliche’s are cliche’s for a reason: Every time I examine the expression on Kitty’s Face I do indeed think one picture is worth a thousand words.

David Williams — Into The Spider-Verse

December 15, 2020 Greg Goldstein Original Art and The Artists

Spider-Verse Team-Up, #3, March 2015

Two years ago this week, many of us settled into a comfy (hopefully) movie theater seat to catch Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. I think I’m speaking for the majority of filmgoers when I say: “Brain Blown.”

The Spider-Verse concept was so successful in this ground breaking animated film, that apparently some of its alternate Spidey universes appear to be creeping into the next live action Spider-Man film, currently due in theaters in a year from now.

Rumors are swirling in recent weeks that many actors and characters from the two previous Spider-Man film universes will reappear in this film, with supposedly Jamie Foxx (Electro) and Alfred Molina (Doctor Octopus) confirmed.

A multiverse Sinister Six? I say, bring it on! (I’ve confessed my love of multiverse storylines previously.)

Meanwhile, in the comics, you don’t have to wait for Disney and Sony and the talent and the screenwriter and the director to have a meeting of the minds.

You can simply read any number of Spider-Verse related comic book titles, including this one featuring art by the vastly underrated David Williams.

Here you get six Spider-People for the price of one. Seems like a good deal to me.