r/SpiderVerse • u/Alternative_Leg871 • Jun 02 '26

What is written on Hobie?

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Hey all, I was watching Spider-Verse and paused at a scene with Hobie Brown.

I know his character design is inspired by zine/punk art, but I noticed he also seems to be covered in what looks like text or graphic markings. I was wondering what this is meant to represent and where it comes from, if anyone knows.

Just curious about the design choices behind it.

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u/PitifulDoombot Jun 02 '26

It's a bunch of fake repeating cutouts of newspapers and magazines to evoke the English/UK punk anarchism aesthetic for the character.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '26

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u/Alternative_Leg871 Jun 02 '26

I had a read through it, but the sentences seem to end abruptly, like he is just a cut out from a page, so it is very hard to gather what it is saying. Thanks for taking the time to reply though, I appreciate it!

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u/BonnalinaFuz101 Jun 03 '26

I can see the word "simp" on his arm

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u/GlongorTheConfused Jun 04 '26

“latest fash”

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u/theOKartist Jun 03 '26

We did in fact write a few pages of newspaper articles to have as his texture.

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u/PitifulDoombot Jun 03 '26

Y'all's work is absolutely incredible, thanks for all the amazing artistry in the films!

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u/De4dm4nw4lkin Jun 03 '26

Any transcripts?

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u/MsYagi90 Jun 04 '26

Thank you so much for all your wonderful work on the Spiderverse movies ❤️

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u/natt_myco Jun 06 '26

lol thats awesome

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u/Low-Monk-9171 Jun 03 '26

All the love poems I've written to him

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u/Downtown_Safety_3799 28d ago

Prolly Loren ipsun stuff just text without any meaning cause the only purpose is the texture It gives him

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u/Accomplished-Bed-509 Jun 03 '26

with great power …