Teaming up with a number of other YouTube stars and photographer Michael Becker, Camarena is playing the role of Gwen Stacy in a Marvel-inspired murder-mystery series that begins today.
The members of the Spider-Gang include Emma Approved's Joanna Sotomura as Cindy Moon, a.k.a. Silk, Twitch streamer Wesley Johnson as Peter Parker and actress Ashlyn Pearce as Mary Jane, stuntman Yoshua Sudarso as Yu Komori, the Tokyo student who becomes Spider-Man on Earth-70091 in Marvel's Spider-verse.
Beginning with Camarena's Instagram account today, each member of the drama will be posting a nine-frame image with information about the mystery (a crime that Spider-Gwen has been accused of). Posts will roll out daily on each participant's Instagram, with each subsequent post including more and more clues to help viewers figure out whodunnit. Additionally, five other notable Instagrammers will be assisting the story, contributing their own cosplay and smaller frames to help the narrative along.
In an emailed statement to the Daily Dot, Camarena said she's doing the project to satisfy her current fan obsession—and because 'tis the season:
I decided to do a murder mystery set in the Spider-Verse because I’m super immersed in the Amazing Spider-Man world right now. I have a bunch of friends who like to cosplay, and what a better time to do a huge cosplay collaboration than during the month of October? The characters are so fun and interesting, and I saw a lot of similarities between them and my friends, so it just seemed fitting!
The story officially began at noon PT on the #spideymurdermystery hashtag on Instagram. But the players were already showing off their cosplay skills earlier today:
Here's the full story schedule for you to follow along with:
- 10/26 Spider-Gwen @Strawburry17 (Meghan Camarena)
- 10/26 Iron Spider-Man @PeterSAdrian
- 10/27 Yo Komori Spider-Man 70019 @YoshiStunts (Yoshua Sudarso)
- 10/27 Black Cat @VampyBitMe
- 10/28 Silk aka Cindy Moon @JoannaSotomura
- 10/28 Spider-Woman @NikkiPhillipi
- 10/29 Peter Parker @WestheEditor (Wesley Johnson)
- 10/29 Miles Morales @Pierrelepew (Pierre Demery)
- 10/30 Mary Jane @AshlynPearce
- 10/30 Spider-Girl @Glowlexa (Alexa Sutherland)
Check in on each of the accounts, then put the clues together to catch a killer, Spidey-style.
Photo via yoshistunts/Instagram