All throughout April, we’re crowdsourcing a coronavirus quarantine comics reading list. Each weekday for a month, we’ll post a new recommendation from someone in the comics industry to help folks get through the isolation. This includes writers, artists, letterers, editors, comics journalists, publicists, and more…all paired with a local shop that’s currently selling the books via mail order.

Today’s pick comes from artist Isaac Goodhart…enjoy!

My gateway drug into comics was Ultimate Spider-Man by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley. Bagley is probably my number one art influence, and the book’s modern takes on classic stories and villains are all great. However, the best part of it for me is the end of Peter Parker’s storyline.

The end of the Peter Parker saga is so good and so poignant, I couldn’t believe no other writer thought to do it in the 40-plus years of the character’s existence. It’s so perfect in concept and execution that I’m willing to bet Bendis knew he was going to write this storyline very early on. It’s poetic, and honestly, I think it’s one of the best endings for a character’s journey of all time. To me, it’s the number one thing that made the Ultimate Universe special. -Isaac Goodhart

Isaac Goodhart is the artist of Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale from DC Comics, as well as Postal from Image Comics/Top Cow. Isaac is currently working on Victor and Nora: A Love Story for DC Comics.

Ultimate Spider-Man
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artist: Mark Bagley
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Ultimate Spider-Man is the reinterpretation of Spider-Man's origin, updated for today's tweens and teens. Starting over at the beginning, the story of how a tortured teen is imbued with startling powers, has been completely re-imagined to appeal to the hi-tech, media savvy youth of today.
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