Why Sometimes Being Blue Make Me Happy - Why I Love Spider-Man: Blue
Have you ever been in love? Have you ever had it taken from you? By your own mistakes, or by theirs? Or just fate saying it’s not your time? If so, you should read Spider Man: Blue. If you haven’t, and just want a glance into that feeling, that’s even more reason to read Spider-Man: Blue.
Every now and then, when I’m not feeling as good as I can be. And I see myself slipping into those bad patterns of staying up too late, eating too much, not leaving my bed, I try and find comfort in the things I love. If you know anything about me, which you don’t, you know I find comfort in uncomfortable things. Hell, even in the name I chose here, it doesn’t portay a good picture for myself. But nevertheless, when I’m down I read Spider-Man: Blue by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale.
This book tells the story of Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy falling in love and the tragic end to their relationship. Anyone who knows anything about Gwen Stacy knows she dies but this book isn’t about her death, even the book refuses to show it. It’s about her and Pete, and how they fell in love. It’s dark but its bright, its melancholy but its inspiring, it’s blue but it makes me happy.
Words cannot describe how beautiful this book is. Tim Sale art cannot be described only experienced. But I’ll try. It’s enticing. It’s like the perfume left on your shirt collar after dancing with your crush the whole night. You keeping to get some, so the experiecne never ends, but you don’t want to do it too often because then it will be gone but it’s irrestibele. It’s Tim Sale. It’s Gwen Stacy. It’s Spider-Man: Blue.
I’ll end on my favourite quote - ‘And I remember being foolish enough to think... let's fall in love’