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Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Apparently since it's my fault the update was late, I should be the one to write the rant...

I don't owe you an explanation.

I bought Astonishing X-Men: Torn, the third Astonishing X-Men graphic novel yesterday, and proceeded to read a half year's worth of comics in one evening. This is a series that continues to impress me and is one of the few comic series I'm actually reading at the moment. The Torn story arc grabbed me every bit as much as the first arc, Gifted did. John Cassaday's art is fantastic and Joss Whedon's typical banter works surprisingly well for the X-Men.

I also appreciate how Cyclops is portrayed. A lot of X-Men writers make him incredibly dull, but Whedon's portrayal of Cyclops is reminiscent of Chris Claremont's writing from the 80's, when Cyclops actually had a personality. This is, of course, before Claremont's writing began to suck. Similarly, Wolverine is handled very well; many writers make him into just a clawed fighter with an attitude (Wolverine in my experience is one of Marvel's worst written books), and while I won't say I think he's the most fascinating X-Man, Joss uses him wisely and there are even some laugh out loud moments involving Wolverine in the story.

I'm tired of ranting now.

-Kevin

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Yeah, with the time I've been having, y'all probably don't want to hear much from me anyway.

Its been mid-terms, and thats been hard. I've been having rediculous financial problems due to my incompetence.

So, yup. The one thing I've accomplished this month is actually fulfilling my responsibilities to the comic! So thats good, and worth acknowledging.

- Emrys