tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169626575812155292.post6896271078204657454..comments2024-03-27T15:06:43.682-07:00Comments on Handi-CAPEable . NEW!: Uncanny X-Men 515; What Cyclops NeedsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17773416732192167277noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169626575812155292.post-26738435366904479112009-10-07T13:18:49.754-07:002009-10-07T13:18:49.754-07:00Iron Man is just one example of Matt Fraction-scri...Iron Man is just one example of Matt Fraction-scripted comics that are great, which makes me wonder what is going on with his X-Men ( since even the X-Men stories he's done that aren't infected by Land's porn-faces are well below his regular quality ).<br /><br />On the plus side, Magneto finally has his powers back, and showed up at the end of the last issue looking ominous. Hopefully he'll have a good plan to go with his rebirth, but at least the way-too-protracted " Erik-is-just-a-sapiens " plot is over.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773416732192167277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169626575812155292.post-16101838951145918412009-10-06T17:25:13.250-07:002009-10-06T17:25:13.250-07:00Greg Land, yuck. :(
(I don't have anything he...Greg Land, yuck. :(<br /><br />(I don't have anything he's drawn, but he's sort of infamous for the porn-face thing).<br /><br />I'm not familiar with Iron Man at all, outside of the recent movie, and his occasional appearances in X-Men/Avengers team-ups.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169626575812155292.post-9791005024863624312009-10-06T15:03:46.672-07:002009-10-06T15:03:46.672-07:00Welcome to my blog, Lindsay. It's good to see ...Welcome to my blog, Lindsay. It's good to see you crossing over here from Sarah's place.<br /><br />I'm not sure I'd recommend the storyline of the current X-Men, mainly because of the art-- Greg Land, whose artwork has become increasingly lifeless and airbrushed with all his women looking like porn stars, alternates as regular artist with Terry Dodson. If you can skip the stories Land draws, it's more palatable, even if it's well below writer Matt Fraction's standard on his other works ( most notably his Iron Man series, which I devoted a long essay to on this very blog ).<br /><br />There's also the fact that House of M still hasn't been reversed, and as long as the mutant population is 198 or so, the series can't work :(Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773416732192167277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169626575812155292.post-27721424768751441632009-10-05T19:05:08.076-07:002009-10-05T19:05:08.076-07:00(Ha ha! Word verification was "bored")(Ha ha! Word verification was "bored")Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169626575812155292.post-49338886411633533262009-10-05T19:04:43.598-07:002009-10-05T19:04:43.598-07:00Whoa! The X-Men are embracing mutant separatism no...Whoa! The X-Men are embracing mutant separatism now?!<br /><br />I haven't really been keeping up with recent issues of Uncanny X-Men --- part of it was that many of the characters I like most weren't on the new, rebooted X-team (the XSE?), especially now that Storm's gone off to be Mrs. Black Panther; most of the characters besides her were relative strangers to me, and part of it is that I kind of hate following current series because it's easier to wait for trade paperbacks, so I don't have to worry about missing an issue, and part of it is that the whole House of M/Decimation chaos kind of turned me off all the current Marvel titles that weren't Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men --- but this sounds like a really intriguing development. I just might have to pick up this story line.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.com