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Post by Snikts and Stones on Mar 29, 2017 12:27:59 GMT -5
Finally! I have a few TPB's all set and looking forward to digging in. Obviously I know a lot of what's going to happen but "seeing" it on panel for the first time will be fun, as well as reading Claremont and Weezie apply their craft to this classic book. To see a skinny jug eared Sam Guthrie, Dani, Shan, (who were all out of the x books when I started in '92) and all the Xavier Nm's together on page is a real treat. I admittedly can't help but feel pangs of sadness as I know how its going to "wrap up" nine years later in all its "90's Kewl Liefeldian Glory". The sense that the final year was a spring board to another book never sat well with me either.
I'm aware that a big thing involved in its dimise was that Bob Harras really seemed to side with the "hotshot artist and his plots" thing that seemed to permeate all the X-books (Lee, Portacio, Liefeld)
Anyway, I'm enjoying myself nonetheless. Would love to hear from others who loved the series and your thoughts on it. |
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Post by badwolf on Mar 29, 2017 15:05:11 GMT -5
One of my favorite series. I was a teen when they first came out and the realistic, human elements really resonated with me. The Claremont run is classic.
I'm less fond of the Simonson era (and I don't own them any more). I don't remember specifically what I didn't like about the writing, other than it wasn't Claremont, but I remember feeling that Bret Blevins was not the best fit for the book artwise. Also it was soon on to the X-Factor/Mutant Massacre/Fall of the Mutants era where I parted from Marvel entirely.
You're in for some great stuff for about fifty-odd issues, though, don't worry.
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Post by urrutiap on Mar 29, 2017 16:40:05 GMT -5
Me personally, Xavier stuck out like a sore thumb when he was helping out the New Mutants
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Post by Snikts and Stones on Mar 29, 2017 18:18:11 GMT -5
One of my favorite series. I was a teen when they first came out and the realistic, human elements really resonated with me. The Claremont run is classic. I'm less fond of the Simonson era (and I don't own them any more). I don't remember specifically what I didn't like about the writing, other than it wasn't Claremont, but I remember feeling that Bret Blevins was not the best fit for the book artwise. Also it was soon on to the X-Factor/Mutant Massacre/Fall of the Mutants era where I parted from Marvel entirely. You're in for some great stuff for about fifty-odd issues, though, don't worry. I've read that Simonson brought a brattyness to the group, maybe that was it, I too am a Claremont fan. Blevins work always seemed to look like a hallucination or viewed through a fun house mirror! |
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Post by badwolf on Mar 29, 2017 19:06:03 GMT -5
One of my favorite series. I was a teen when they first came out and the realistic, human elements really resonated with me. The Claremont run is classic. I'm less fond of the Simonson era (and I don't own them any more). I don't remember specifically what I didn't like about the writing, other than it wasn't Claremont, but I remember feeling that Bret Blevins was not the best fit for the book artwise. Also it was soon on to the X-Factor/Mutant Massacre/Fall of the Mutants era where I parted from Marvel entirely. You're in for some great stuff for about fifty-odd issues, though, don't worry. I've read that Simonson brought a brattyness to the group, maybe that was it, I too am a Claremont fan. Blevins work always seemed to look like a hallucination or viewed through a fun house mirror! Yeah, I think that was it. They were constantly arguing, and about petty things. I like Blevins a lot, just not for this book (though Gosamyr was quite nice looking...) |
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Post by Snikts and Stones on Mar 29, 2017 19:33:09 GMT -5
I've read that Simonson brought a brattyness to the group, maybe that was it, I too am a Claremont fan. Blevins work always seemed to look like a hallucination or viewed through a fun house mirror! Yeah, I think that was it. They were constantly arguing, and about petty things. I like Blevins a lot, just not for this book (though Gosamyr was quite nice looking...) Also Magik! By the time I met Illyana she was de-aged, and later of course got sick. I'm reading the mini series as well. |
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