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About
Urban Species
The birth of
Urban Species was simple, yet counts for a lot to sum
up the company attitude. Being within our social circles
of designers, musicians, and artists, we began to realise
that there isn’t a unique company which represents
our kind of people in an honest way, without being contrived
and only concerned with making a quick buck. We eventually
pooled our resources together, to make a company which
has a very unique and focused clothing style and attitude
which combine all the elements of urban music and art
into clothing.
We pride ourselves
on having ranges and clothing that NO ONE else has.
The clothing began with Urban Species very own range
of T-Shirts, Hoodys, Vests, and caps. The company has
now spawned so much more. Concentrating on exclusivity,
(thus being unique,) we not only stock independent,
exclusive brands from all over the world, we also give
independent designers in the UK a platform to sell and
promote their wear.
The
Marvel Connection
We always had
requests for garments to have Marvel Comics characters
painted on them, done in a fashionable way. This was
absolutely no surprise, as comics, (Marvel in particular,)
has always been attached to urban culture. While we
are pushing for the UK urban scene to be in the public
eye, we always pay homage, and respect where the roots
come from. The ‘urban’ culture roots are from
New York.
The explosion
that occurred in the 60’s and 70’s, between
many creative arts, politics, and lifestyles, very much
affected New York. During this time, Stan Lee and co.
created a revolution in comic book culture. They created
a very real world, where heroes were insecure, had psychosis,
were monsters, they had moral ambiguities, and the writers
tackled current political issues, race wars, and drugs.
Most importantly, Stan Lee had set ALL of this, in a
very real, and a very current New York. They created
Spider-Man, the X-Men, The Hulk, Blade. Daredevil, The
Fantastic 4, The Punisher, the Black Panther, and many
more.
Urban Species
are official Marvel licensees, with an exclusive contract.
We develop one off official garment, designed for, and
sported by fan boys, fashionites, musicians, artists,
and various media moguls. We work on doing unique promotions,
tied with Marvel as they release movies. We are creating
various pieces of official Marvel art, for companies
associated with Marvel. We are in the process of selling
one off official Marvel pieces of art.
Marvel are
working with us, and giving weight behind our larger
projects.
Contact us
on 0207 729 7733 now!
Online T-shirt
Shop
First and foremost, we make clothes. We have a high
quality range of T-Shirts, Hoodies, and Caps. They are
all in house produced, screen printed, embroidered,
and high tech transfer produced, by ourselves, on high
quality garments. All well though out, all well produced.
If you have any queries regarding
colour change of design print, T-Shirt style, or wholesale
orders, please e-mail info@urbanspecies.co.uk or give
us a shout on 0207 729 7733. Don’t be a stranger
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Guinness
World Record Holder
Imagine,
the first Spider-Man movie holds several records for
generating revenue such as
Opening Day
Single Day
Opening Weekend
First $100 Million+ Opening Weekend
Top Summer Season Opening
Top May Opening Weekend
Top Second Weekend
Top Third Weekend
Fastest to $100 Million
Fastest to $200 Million
Fastest to $300 Million
4-day Opening
5-day Opening
6-day Opening
Opening Week (7-day)
8-day Opening
9-day Opening
10-day Opening
Top PG-13 Rated Opening
Opening Wide Weekend Theater Average
Wide Weekend Theater Average
Widest Release
Top Grossing Movie of 2002
Biggest Opening Weekend of 2002
Total
Domestic Cume $403.7 Million
36.2%
Domestic total
Total
World wide Cume $821.7 Million
32.9
% of Total franchise
The
second Spider-Man movie broke records for
Opening
Day
Opening Wednesday
Fastest to $200 Million
Top July Opening Weekend
4-day Opening
5-day Opening
6-day Opening
Opening Week (7-day)
8-day Opening
9-day Opening
10-day Opening
The
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2005
awarded the Oscars for Best Visual Effects to John
Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John
Frazier for Spider-Man 2! John Dykstra accepted the
award.
Total
Domestic Cume $373.6 Million
33.5%
Total Domestic
Total
World wide Cume $783.8 Million
31.4
% of total franchise
PREDICTION
Spider-Man
3 will break all records within the Spider-Man
movie franchise!
As
of July 4, 2007
It's
records are
Opening Day
Single Day
Single Worldwide Day
Friday Gross
Saturday Gross
Sunday Gross
Opening Weekend
Top Summer Season Opening
Top May Opening Weekend
Overseas Opening
Worldwide Opening
Top PG-13 Rated Opening
Top 3-day Opening
Top 4-day Opening
Fastest to $100 Million
3-day Opening
Opening Wide Weekend Theater Average
Widest Opening Weekend
Widest Release
Total
Domestic Cume $336.5 Million
30.2%
Total Domestic
Total
World wide Cume $890.9 Million
35.7%
of total franchise
Special
Spider-Man Box Office Briefing
The Combined
Domestic Total
for all three
Spider-Man
movies as of April 3,2008
is
$1.114 Billion
Combined
World Wide total
$2.489.6
Billion
Making
Spider-Man
one of the most successful
Comic
Book Movie Franchises
in
Hollywood History
Spidey
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Let
me get something off my chest before I go any further
"Organics
Suck".
Having
said that, I can say without hesitation that I support
the total success of the Sony Spider-Man franchise.
I say this because they have done their homework and
hired both a director ( Raimi) and lead actor (Tobey
Maguire) who continue to go to great lengths to capture
the essence of the comic book-The Amazing Spider-Man.
Reading the first volume of Amazing Spider-Man should
be a requirement for the job of director of this movie
franchise. I trust that Sony seeks out directors and
actors who have a true love of this character and
are as committed, if not more committed to the Spider-Man
character as Raimi and Maguire have been.
But, as a Spider-Man comic book collector, I propose
the following argument.
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The
web shooters are an integral part of the character Spider-Man.
No other character in science fiction has such a device.
Gunfighters have six shooters, Swashbucklers have swords,
Star Wars Jedi Knights have Light Sabers, Star Trek Federation
members have phasers, Dick Tracy has the Two Way Wrist Radio,
but Spider-Man and only Spider-Man has a unique devise called
web shooters. They are a means of transportation as well
as defensive and offensive weaponry.
That
the movie would imitate everything about the web shooters
except the web shooters themselves is proof of the importance
of them. If Spider-Man has organic webbing why does he have
to press his two fingers into his palms?
The
character Peter Parker represents one of the first teenagers
to star in his own comic book. Prior to this, teenagers
were the side kicks for adult Super Heroes. At 16, Peter
Parker was Spider-Man, a boy/genius, whose greatest invention(
which he can never take public credit for) is the web shooters
and webbing. His genius, angst and altruism are part of
what makes his character so enduring. That Mr. Raimi would
state that he couldn't see Peter Parker creating something
that 3M couldn't make, is both insulting and confusing.
Val Kilmer's( Batman ) breakout movie was Real Genius.
In this movie, he and several other students, the principle
being a 16 year old character, created a Laser device similar
to the United States Star Wars program. Angelina Jolie played
in the movie Hackers, where she and several
High School students, had the intellectual capacity to hack
into Top Secret Industrial files. In the comedy Weird
Science, we have High School students developing
their own woman in the form of Kelly LeBroc. Mathew Broderick
in War Games showed how a High School student
could match wits with a Super computer. In the Philadelphia
Experiment we have a High School student played
by Christopher Collett, who developed a nuclear device with
stolen radioactive materials and Radio Shack parts. All
of these movies came out years after the Stan Lee/Steve
Ditko created character Peter Parker, 16 year old High School
Science whiz, was created. For all of the success of the
Spider-Man movies, (a success I support because it brings
people into the comic books ), the Spider-Man movie franchise
can never reach it's full potential until it presents the
complete Peter Parker/Spider-Man character. That character
can only be complete with web shooters and Peter Parker
created webbing.
UPDATE:
Of course as fate would have it,
billions of dollars in licensing and merchandising revenue
have trumped 44 years of comic book history-Spider-Man the
comic book character now has organic webbing. This comic
tells you
The fate of the Web shooters
Call me a relic-
say I'm Over the Hill
Organic webbing
ain't got the same thrill
Organics Still
Sucks!
Brand New Day
While not considered Volume 3
of Amazing Spider-Man, Brand New Day Reboots the history
of Amazing Spider-Man/Peter Parker.As a result of the events
in One More Day, Peter is once again living with Aunt May,
he and MJ were never married,although most events that took
place between them did, just not as a married couple.NO
ONE knows his secret identity and
the MECHANICAL
WEBSHOOTERS ARE BACK!
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The definitive Spider-Man movie has the
ability to win an
Oscar
for Best Picture.
Nuff Said
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Now,
if you don't have your own web site to rant on, you
can go to the web site that introduced me to cyber
space chat message boards and that is Spider-Man
Hype. Anyone one who is anyone,
within the Spider-Man world, travels through the Hype
at some point or another throughout their cyber week,
if not day. From the latest Spectacular Spider-Man
cartoons to movies to comics to games, the Hype has
engaging, witty and thought provoking threads. It
is safe to say that some of the most knowledgeable
people on the planet Earth regarding the character
Spider-Man, who have Internet access, frequent the
Hype.
You
name the comic book character who has or had a movie
coming out and the SuperHeroHype.com
will give you the 411.It will also allow you to engage
in some of the largest forums on the Internet for comic
book and comic book movie buffs. Starting with Spider-Man
Hype you can navigate your way throughout the SHH community.
If there is a comic book character whose is going to
come to the Silver Screen, SHH will have up to date
information on the development of the movie as well
as comic book discussions of the character. I will always
be grateful to them for allowing me to be a part of
a world wide cyber community of true Spider-Man fanatics!
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COMIC BOOKS
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The
Harvard and Yale of all things Spider-Man!
Spider
Fan.Org
and
www.samruby.com
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These two fan sites have taken the concept
of aficionado/collector to another level. By all those who
are Spider-Man fans around the world, these two award winning
web sites are the most respected regarding their presentation
of the total world of Spider-Man. In both cases the developers
and web masters have methodically researched, codified and
graphically presented the entire world of Peter Parker/Spider-Man.
Both
sites are truly encyclopedic in their presentations.
Spidey Kicks Butt
The Ultimate in Spider-Man Commentary
is the no. 1 site on the web for in-depth analysis of
Spider-Man and his world. Founded on July 17, 1998 by an
aging Spidey fan as a protest against the deteriorating
quality of the storylines and Marvel's disregard for the
character and his fans, the site has evolved into an
information resource for both old and new fans who want
to
go beyond message board insults and amicably discuss the
finer points of what has become a modern mythology
Spider-Man
Collector
you
think you had toys as a child, wait until you check out this
site. I love it when people take a project all the way and
this man has done just that. You name the Spider-Man toy,
you'll find it here.
Spider-Man
Cover Archive
The
original Spider-Man completists. This web site is dedicated
to the comic book cover identification of every Spider-Man
comic that has ever been printed!! This is the man that
made me believe that it could be done.
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Spider-Man
Crawl Space
-one
of the original Spider-Man web sites. This site has transformed
itself into the "All Spidey All the Time" web
site for Spidey fans.
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Spider-man
Reviews
features
updates on the latest developments in Amazing Spider-Man,
along with reviews, commentary, news and discussion.
In addition, they now have a
regular series of video game reviews.
Drop
a comment anywhere you like on the blog, or join the
discussion board. Enjoy!
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If you consider yourself a true Spidey geek,
then you can’t get any more thrills than going over
to The
Unabridged Spider-Man Appendix. You name
the villain, friend or supporting character in ANY Spider-Man
comic book, these fellows have found them cross referenced
and catalogued them. I give them two thumbs up for having
done their homework. They are major contributors to The Spider-Man
Encyclopedia and it too is a must have for any true Spider-Man
collector. Within this same web site, you can also go over
to The
Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe:
. Its name speaks for itself. You name the Marvel character
OTHER than Spider-Man or Wolverine and they've got the low
down on them.
Green
Goblin's Lair
Home of Spider-Man's
greatest enemy. News and Rumors from Spider-Man 3, Image
gallery, Fanfiction, multimedia and more..
Comic
Book Resources
Would
you like to find one web site that can direct you to many
of the comic book fan sites out there on the web? Here's
one that 's tops in my book
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Now
despite the depth of all of these sites, there can
be no history of Spider-Man without the one official
authority on Spidey and that is
Official
Marvel Spider-Man Index
As
an OMMMS (Original member of the Merry Marvel Marching
Society) I am committed to spreading the word regarding
the wonderful world of Marvel comic books.As a young
man growing up in Brownsville,Brooklyn, New York,
it would have been very easy to go the way of the
villian and super villian. For many of the guys on
my block,the Marvel Super Hero represented a more
identifiable character than the DC Universe.It was
a cousin of mine named Juan Waiters, who introduced
me to the world of Marvel comics.Prior to him, I had
only read DC comics. His exact words to me were "
Brothers read Marvel!"It is the mission of this
web site to encourage Brothers, Sisters, Aunts and
Uncles , Moms and Dads of all faiths, colors and creeds
to use the Marvel universe as a method of encouraging
literacy.Literacy is an essential POWER that must
be encouraged to all people, especially our youth.There
is at least one Marvel Super Heroe that is age,sex,race
appropriate.For me, at he age11- of all of the Marvel
comics my cousin Juan introduced me to, I picked up
a copy of Amazing Spider-Man #18. The rest, as they
say, is history.
It
is stated in the Rock-It Comics biography of the legendary
guitarists Carlos Santana, that he learned how to
read English by reading Spider-Man comic books. This
process of literacy through reading Spider-Man and
other comics is one that I am both a supporter and
staunch advocate.When I graduated Elementary School,I
tested at a 10th grade reading level.Regardless of
America's military and economic strength, without
a literate population, we are a weak nation. Comic
books can and have been an excellent medium to attract
young people into the joys of reading. When you visit
the Marvel website you will be exposed to interviews,
up coming events in Marvel, The new Marvel Catalog
as well as cyber comics.
Since
2002, I have urged all True Believers to invest in
MVL
Hope
you listened to me and made a little spending money!
MARVEL
STOCKHOLDERS APPROVE DISNEY MERGER
While this
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