Snooty-pants types like to talk about graphic novels-but the backbone of this entire medium is the flimsy, floppy, more-expensive-than-they-should-be funny books released every month. (This weekend’s animated picture has a different hero, Miles Morales, voiced by Shameik Moore.) Part of that massive film’s appeal lay in its Spider-Summit: The movie brought together Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland, all of whom have played Peter Parker in live-action films. The last live-action Spider-Picture, Spider-Man: No Way Home, has earned $1.9 billion, and didn’t even open in China. Indeed, people of their own free will are ingesting these repulsive-looking red hamburgers, just because Spider-Man is involved. While the wider culture has, if ever-so-slightly, begun to question its hunger for more superhero stories (DC Studios is regrouping after the release of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom this December, and many of the post- Endgame Marvel movies haven’t really connected with audiences, no matter how much money they’ve made) none of that applies to our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. The sequel to the Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a guaranteed box office hit that critics have hailed for its clever story structure and its “ diverse, agile, breathtaking animation.” This weekend you-yes, you-are invited to journey across the Spider-Verse with the new animated feature Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
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