Early in the thrill-packed sequel “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” the story takes a brief yet memorable detour into a dimension that resembles Lego building blocks and figures.
The clever and amusing scene, a tribute to “The Lego Movie,” was not the work of seasoned animation artists, but that of a 14-year-old fan turned professional creator living in Toronto.
Forgoing the instructions for a set of Lego blocks, he built cars with his own designs.
“I also used to make comics when I was younger,” Mutanga said during a recent video interview.
“Looking back at them now, they’re not the greatest, I’m not going to lie, but it was good practice for telling stories.”
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Toronto, Minnesota, Northwest Region, Cameroon