The 'Spider-Man Homecoming' poster is an abomination

The newly released 'Spider-Man Homecoming' poster is just awful A pastiche of headshots, badly cut out and with no theme or colour scheme to unite them.

But before we all blame the design agency a quick look at their original ideas shows they had a good concept that worked. Spidey, acting like a normal teen and hanging out around NYC.

Clearly the studio got involved. "Gotta have RDJ in there" "well if RDJ is there then Keaton and Crowe do as well" "and it needs some fire or an explosion or something" "oh and squeeze Washington in beside NYC somewhere, cos, ya know!"

Soul destroying for all involved, apart from the soulless executives.

I long for the days of illustrators Richard Amsel, Drew Struzan and Bob Peak who created some of the most iconic and unforgettable movies posters ever, and there are equally gifted illustrators out there today, like Paul Shipper, who need to be let work on the posters instead of some trainee with no design sense and a copy of Photoshop.

That said they'll need thick skin. Studio interference is what ultimately caused Drew Struzan to retire.

Bob Peak, Richard Amsel and Drew Struzan below…