Tag: x-men

Recent Reads: Astonishing X-Men (Warren Ellis run)

May 3, 2013

ASTONISHING X-MEN: GHOST BOX, EXOGENETIC, XENOGENESIS: Sometime back Warren Ellis said he was never going to write for Marvel again. After reading this trilogy of story arcs, I really wish he’d stuck with that. I gather the X-universe storylines have taken a turn for the bleak recently, but I liked GHOST BOX less than anything else of Ellis’s I’ve ever read, and less than any X-story I’ve ever read, including what I considered to be the god-awful Grant Morrison/Frank Quitely run that culminated with Cassandra Nova. The art in GHOST…

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whew.

July 27, 2009

DEMON HUNTS is revised and delivered unto my editor. The copped-out storyline is much improved and hopefully everything else that needed explaining has been explained satisfactorily. And now I have no more revisions to do until the next TRUTHSEEKER revision letter. However, lest you think that means I’m caught up, I say BAHAHAHA. O.O Next up is writing “Hot Time”, upon which I’ve done some 1800 words already and, er, I seriously doubt this is going to come in as short as 7500 words. I’m sort of hoping I can…

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why yes, i am avoiding work

July 6, 2009

(sorry for repost, it is due to WP/LJ crossposting dipshittery) – get a picture frame » put together gift basket box – get envelopes » put chance issues in envelopes :) – box up Walker Papers for Mr. M – DEMON HUNTS revisions^H^H^H^H change of plans, work on critique instead – call bonk – make bread – do laundry (Ted’s doing this, bless him) – send receipts (VERY IMPORTANT) Nice swim this morning. I did my first 500 in 9 minutes, which is faster than I usually…bother to do, if…

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X-Men continuity

July 5, 2009

Cut, because although I know at least a handful of people will click through, largely I cannot imagine this is of interest to anyone but myself. :)

aaaaand he lost me

June 30, 2009

In possibly the fastest-ever reversal on a comic book I’ve ever experienced, X-MEN FOREVER #2 put me off reading the series entirely. I’ll probably pick it up in (softcover) trade, but wow, I’ve never gone from really quite eager to read a series to dropping it that fast. There’s no continuity between 1 & 2. They skipped a huge chunk of action, which we will presumably learn As The Story Plays Out, but it’s not a storytelling ploy that I’m willing to accept. It just pissed me off, and even…

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