Comments on: Black Widow & Nick Fury by Daniel Krall

By: Shirley Clarke

Shirley Clarke — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:38:03 +0000

I think the drawing is sweet, but far too much of this “redesign” is dependent on that drawing. Try and imagine, say, John Buscema using these designs in his world. Fury looks like he just got through waxing his car. And the Black Widow looks like she’s taking time off from her Etsy crochet business to moonlight as a very unconvincing badass. It just doesn’t convince me. Neither of them look true to what we know of their personalities, or what they typically have to do when they’re fighting spies and other Hydra-type menaces. No way either of them could parachute into a secret base in those getups. Unless you’re planning to rewrite their adventures to battling soccer moms, indie bands and tv repairmen.

By: Tinderblast

Tinderblast — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:14:05 +0000

First of all, I love 99.99% of this redesign. The last issue, well … I love the way the corset looks, but, uh, corsets aren’t activewear. I do think that the whole “corset–>hourglass–>black widow’s mark” conceit is clever, but since it seems like a huge part of this redesign is functionality and idealized practicality over spandex, it does jar.

That said, I would buy this comic in a red-hot second, and I don’t even know what “red-hot second” means.

By: Brandon Dawley

Brandon Dawley — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:09:48 +0000

absolutely awesome.

By: kalinara

kalinara — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:53:25 +0000

I really like Fury and most of Natasha’s outfit. I don’t really like the corset though, I get that it’s supposed to evoke the red-hourglass/black widow thing, but the way it sits atop her turtleneck doesn’t really do it for me.

It’s lovely work overall though.

By: Jon McNally

Jon McNally — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:42:03 +0000

Super awesome. Wow.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:44:49 +0000

East meets West in which I believe would be equally at home among 50′s radio serials as well as comics. Everything about each respective character’s wardrobe is perfectly matched to their culture’s sensibilities and methods.
Fury’s battered attire,and what I presume is his only weapon, easily reflects the Gung Ho, Ol’ College Try attitude presented by the propaganda at the time.
Joining the choir Romanova’s corset is stunning and could possibly serve a purpose, say to keep the enemy distracted?,while the sleeve holsters, twin daggers and sniper rifle scream espionage.
Great work Daniel. What I would give to see a Bond Inspired gun totting, romance thriller with these two.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:09:09 +0000

i so want this to be a real comic.

By: Tracer Bullet

Tracer Bullet — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:51:47 +0000

Hmm, Nick needs a better tailor to tell him his pants are too short in the leg and too snug in the crotch. Plus, that kooky pose makes me think they’re about to start doing the frug.

By: Reno

Reno — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:47:11 +0000

This should be a comic book! :)

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:50:58 +0000

Thanks guys! Had a lot of fun drawing these two (as usual with fun adventure draw’ins). I’ve always loved the idea of Nick being a super secret covert operations/spy-guy from WWII, but I’ve never liked the bright blue jumpsuit with a million white straps thing he usually sports. I’m a big fan of super heroic regular people who age, and don’t always need rippling muscles and square jaws to get the job done. This Nick is still into dishing out a whoopin’. He just has better things to do than wax his chest and do his crunches. I still think He’d have a flying car and a jet-pack, though. Those are near necessities. I imagine Black Widow sneaking around in the shadows smoking and cursing silently under her breath. Waiting until the proper moment to strike, and then BLAM, the jacket opens and everyone’s like “Oh man, that’s the Black Widow”. Bodies start hitting the deck immediately.