Everyone is incredibly expressive, there is depth to every image, and the action sequences are breath-taking. Honestly, I would love this book no matter what because it’s that fun, but Cassaday’s pencils are a treat here. In its place were the iconic X-Men designs and absolutely gorgeous John Cassaday pencils. Gone was the leather and the art that wasn’t my personal flavor. So it was Whedon’s post-Morrison tenure on the book with a new title, Astonishing X-Men, that brought me back. Since I was already not reading, the sudden shift towards leather garb and Frank Quitely artwork (which I just do not care for) did nothing to lure me back in. Apocalypse and the Skrulls and a dead fake Wolverine and Wolverine was Death… meh! I ended up jumping back out of my previously beloved X-books, and this resulted in my missing Grant Morrison’s era on the book. When I first got back into comics after the few years in high school where I had quit, the X-Men were mired in some terrible storyline called “The Twelve”, which was just the pits. Even if temporarily.īefore Joss Whedon’s run on Astonishing X-Men, I had been out of the X-titles for quite a while. The book that brought me back to the X-Men Universe. Writer and Artist: Joss Whedon and John Cassaday.
Let it never be said I’m not willing to try new things. I don’t know if my overarching reviews have gotten anyone else’s goat besides his, but look… I’ll try to knock it off and stick to reviewing singular trades. If I’m reviewing something I am not reading for the first time, I just want to discuss everything I have to say about it. I’m not… world-renowned for my focus is what I am saying. I’ve done the same thing with my m8nga weeks. And when I reviewed Savage Dragon, I tended towards a commentary on the entire run of the book that I had read. Like when I reviewed Fear Agent, I reviewed the ENTIRE SERIES. Sometimes I am more into reviewing a run or an overarching arc than I am, like, a single trade collection. Andy has recently taken to giving me crap about the way I review books.Īpparently, I am too vague and not precise enough! Which is fair.
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