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MOTW 6/10/09: Do Not Eat the Poultry Unborn!
TexiKen
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Well, since Fables came out this week, it wins. And again GLC #37 comes out as well, having to again be the Nadal to Fables Federer (what if Federer is a literal? how psychedelic).
Any ways: Fables #85 was a good example of getting ready for the third act:
Jack's son meets him, Jack blows him off and then makes fun of the Snow Queen. Jack Frost then freezes Jack.
The Boy Blue group realizes Jack is a phony, and want to kill him. Jack then is made to stay at Bigby and White's place, where he becomes an instantly bad influence on the kids:
And at the end, Jack tricks his son into going to kill Kevin Thorn to prove himself worthy of being a Horner and asking his Dad some questions.
There are some great lines in this book, everyone should read it.
And GLC #37, Oa is a rockin':
Oh and Uncanny #511 was crap:
The only thing worse than traced images are rushed trace images, which is what #511 is. And shit layouts.
Any ways: Fables #85 was a good example of getting ready for the third act:
Jack's son meets him, Jack blows him off and then makes fun of the Snow Queen. Jack Frost then freezes Jack.
The Boy Blue group realizes Jack is a phony, and want to kill him. Jack then is made to stay at Bigby and White's place, where he becomes an instantly bad influence on the kids:
And at the end, Jack tricks his son into going to kill Kevin Thorn to prove himself worthy of being a Horner and asking his Dad some questions.
There are some great lines in this book, everyone should read it.
And GLC #37, Oa is a rockin':
Lots of splash pages, but Scarr seems to be putting her plan into motion now:
Lyssa tries to take the wrong book:
And Oa starts to fall apart:
Lyssa tries to take the wrong book:
And Oa starts to fall apart:
Oh and Uncanny #511 was crap:
Dazzler blows half of Psylocke's face off, but she goes back to her original body.
Maddie is killed because she tried to bond with the wrong body (it's a trap!) that they placed at Jean's grave.
And Hank tells Emma and Scott off, knowing about everything they've kept hidden (he wakes them up in the middle of the night perched on their bed like a cat, when did Hank become a dick?. That was the only decent part of the story, and two pages of Dodson art. It does seem that the Scott/Emma relationship is going to end or at least go on hiatus (lame)
Maddie is killed because she tried to bond with the wrong body (it's a trap!) that they placed at Jean's grave.
And Hank tells Emma and Scott off, knowing about everything they've kept hidden (he wakes them up in the middle of the night perched on their bed like a cat, when did Hank become a dick?. That was the only decent part of the story, and two pages of Dodson art. It does seem that the Scott/Emma relationship is going to end or at least go on hiatus (lame)
The only thing worse than traced images are rushed trace images, which is what #511 is. And shit layouts.
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And the cover was misleading. Maybe if it mimicked Red Dawn instead it would have been more in context.
And X-Men Forever #1 was weak, and I was weak for buying it:
The only likeable characters were Kitty and Nightcrawler, but that's not enough to make me pick it up again.
One of the things that I really liked about the end of New Exiles and the Sword of the Braddocks epilogue was that Betsy was quite happy with her life in the Crystal Palace. Well, so much for that shit.
Also I'm already pretty glad I skipped Batman, Red Robin, and Uncanny this week.
Time to read what I did buy.
Booster Gold #21 hit the stands today, which is the first book to have a back up feature in it now.
Booster Gold is always a solid read, nothing different this time, just a consistently good read with good art and a way to tie into the Batman stuff without feeling forced.
But everyone was wondering about how the back ups would work, and if the Blue Beetle backup is any indication, we'll be fine. Jurgens used more panels on his BG story to make up for the lost two pages he would normally have, and Sturges & Norton did a good job making a 10 page story not feel like filler, and is doing a good continuation of the BB series.
Both books were also very new reader friendly, helping to bridge that gap between those who might have read one book but not the other.
So, good job DC.
I'm really going to need an action figure of this.
Flash Rebirth 3, and I'm finally really, really enjoying the story, whereas I thought it was pretty passable the first two issues.
Man, I'm really excited for this now.
But to be fair, the main Uncanny will be back on those same issues again in a few more writer turn-overs.
I actually didn't think it was that terrible, and I'll probably even keep up with it for awhile.
Part of me hopes it doesn't go on too long, though.
Also, I'm still bummed I didn't find Giant Sized Uncanny First Class #1.
It's basically a main story, Scott looking at the stories the new team told Moira about their past (Wolverine's is the best, he's James Bond and XXX and Ausitn Powers all in one because he doesn't know his past), and then a happy resolution.
I enjoyed issue 3 quite a bit as well. If anything, the first two issues were just a problem of pacing. It seems like it took Johns a bit too long to get around to the interesting stuff. More happened in the last 3 pages of issue 3 than all of issue 1 and 2 combined.
I thought the scenes with Alfred were kind of heartbreaking. THe unsung hero of the Bat-family
Yeah, the line where he said:
Was particularly touching.
That said, how the fuck did Spider-Man not dodge
And is that the real symbiote or what?
That said, I agree Spidey, I too would bang Ms Marvel. New or old.
He'd just had a major fight and was under the influence of pheromones or whatever.
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
1) This arc appears to be over now
I thought Jean was alive now anyway?
2) Terry Dodson had 2 pages of art tacked on to the end of the issue. They were the best two pages in the entire issue. But again, I gotta wonder at Matt Fraction. While the Dodson art was great, the story element seemed really random and tacked on. The story already ended on the previous page. This seemed more like an unnecessary teaser for the next arc than anything. But it was all so ambiguous that it didn't really serve any real purpose that I could see.
3) Regarding Psylocke:
And it was also weird how Betsy just goes back to her old (ninja) body at the end, after having her other body blown up by Allison.
Two Moments of the Week: Wolverine's origin story in Giant Size Uncanny X-Men First Class #1. Most of that story arc was pretty good though.
Second one goes the Justice League preview in Batman, "A Cry for Justice". The art was great and I'm not the greatest judge of writing, but it seemed pretty good too.
I haven't been reading any of Uncanny, but the scuttlebutt around the comic shop is its the worst arc of any x-men comic in the past 20 years in terms of poor story and bad art...which is really saying something if you think about it.
Any disagreement?
That is probably a 1/10 in terms of quality.
This Sisterhood arc by Fraction and Land is probably a 2.5/10. There is some clever dialogue here and there, but it resolved nothing, it brought up old history of Psylocke regarding the body switch for no reason other than to confuse people. Scott and Emma being distant for no real reason since Scott and Emma have been through worse in Whedon and Morrison's runs. And shit art.
And I'm way looking forward to the next arc, simply because the Dodsons are on it. Even if the story is bad, it will still be pretty to look at.
Yeah... it's going to be a long time before someone tops that atrocity.
I haven't enjoyed the current arc of the Uncanny... but it's not the atrocity The Draco or Drago or whatever was.
Unfortunately, they were out of Giant Sized Uncanny First Class #1.
But I did pick up Batman and Red Robin because of you guys, and wow.
Batman was really, really good. Surprisingly good. Battle for the Cowl was sooooo terrible, and everyone says such awful things about Winnick and Benes that I had no faith, but it was really, really good and I may even keep reading.
Edit: Red Robin was pretty meh, though.
and here it is.
Also I like the effect of the black racer uniform flying off of him at high speed.
and this is still true
which is weird because he's such a good artist
uncanny makes me a sad panda because I like fraction and the dodsons
was probably the best thing written in any comic anywhere on Earth this week.
You mean the comic they're doing right now?
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
Yeah. It was highly entertaining. It had Bullseye doing his "everyday objects as deadly weapons" shtick and kicking 'Pools ass to boot.