Good news
So it looks like Whedon and Cassady are doing a second year of Astonishing X-Men. Hey, it looks like I'll be reading the X-Men for at least another year! Thanks, guys!
As I mentioned to Frank earlier today, Morrison's New X-Men spanked all the other X-titles in terms of sales. Now Astonishing is doing the same thing. It just makes you wonder what they're going to do next to keep those sales going. Because right now the keys to the kingdom are with Claremont and Milligan, and I don't think either of them are going to light the world on fire anytime soon. I guess it's a question we can put off for another year and a half, at least.
Earlier this week I also picked up the new first issue of Runaways. That comic is a joy to read. Vaughn has finally hit his stride with the characters (as the last storyarc of the first volume indicated), and introduces several swell concepts to kick the new series off with a bang. As the kids try to handle the power vacuum in LA created by their deposed parents' absence, they're visited by a familiar face from the future who brings dire tidings. But the real masterstroke of the issue is Excelsior, a support group created to help former teenage superheroes reintegrate themselves into society. In this issue we see Turbo, Chamber, Darkhawk, Ricochet, Lightspeed, and the third Green Goblin (and if you don't recognize all those names, you didn't read enough shitty Marvel books in the 90's). The idea is one that could easily backfire, but Vaughn makes it plausible and more than a little funny. It's an idea that's got legs. The great story is enhanced immeasurably by Adrian Alphona's clean pencils, which have improved immensely from the first series, where they were nothing to sneeze at. This first issue is delivering on all the promise of the first series. Do yourself a favor and pick up the trades.
As I mentioned to Frank earlier today, Morrison's New X-Men spanked all the other X-titles in terms of sales. Now Astonishing is doing the same thing. It just makes you wonder what they're going to do next to keep those sales going. Because right now the keys to the kingdom are with Claremont and Milligan, and I don't think either of them are going to light the world on fire anytime soon. I guess it's a question we can put off for another year and a half, at least.
Earlier this week I also picked up the new first issue of Runaways. That comic is a joy to read. Vaughn has finally hit his stride with the characters (as the last storyarc of the first volume indicated), and introduces several swell concepts to kick the new series off with a bang. As the kids try to handle the power vacuum in LA created by their deposed parents' absence, they're visited by a familiar face from the future who brings dire tidings. But the real masterstroke of the issue is Excelsior, a support group created to help former teenage superheroes reintegrate themselves into society. In this issue we see Turbo, Chamber, Darkhawk, Ricochet, Lightspeed, and the third Green Goblin (and if you don't recognize all those names, you didn't read enough shitty Marvel books in the 90's). The idea is one that could easily backfire, but Vaughn makes it plausible and more than a little funny. It's an idea that's got legs. The great story is enhanced immeasurably by Adrian Alphona's clean pencils, which have improved immensely from the first series, where they were nothing to sneeze at. This first issue is delivering on all the promise of the first series. Do yourself a favor and pick up the trades.
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