Wednesday, December 10, 2008

A Question from Great Britain

Captain BritainFor various reasons (which I cannot divulge) I'm thinking of getting the Grant Morrison run of the X-Fellers. Does anyone have an opinion on its relative worth or disworth?

11 comments:

Mr. Pony said...

This is New X-Men we're talking about? For the most part, I found it enjoyable; certainly more so than Morrison's embarrassing run on JLA. Quitely's art is gross, but a lot of fun--although it's fairly sporadic, with lots of mostly decent fill-in jobs, and not enough to sell the thing on that alone. The stories are fairly creative, but the X-Men have kind of been through so much at this point, that a lot of things feel a little re-hashy. Good character interaction, and dialogue. Nice Captain Britain. No bucket fill for you!

Galspanic said...

Good lord I could have sworn Pony drawed that Cap't Britain. I don't know how you should take that.
I quite like Quitely and enjoyed about 60% of Morrison's run, especially the Riot at Xavier's arc. I liked that they were introducing generational differences, as opposed to a new crop of teens that rebel then go back to the party line.

Ruby Tenneco said...

Thanks, guys. It's actually a christmas present for my wife, who would probably have liked the Joss one way more if only I could have kept it secret till then somehow...

Galspanic said...

Is she a comic reader then? Hrm. Intriguing. My wife "likes" comics, in that she likes Hellboy and Fables. Otherwise, they are tolerated.

Mr. Pony said...

Pretty hard to beat Fables for a rich and fun story that anyone can probably get into.

I actually really enjoyed Chris Claremont and Alan Davis' run on Uncanny X-Men (collected in trades under the title "The New Age"). Very very reminiscent of the Claremont/Byrne run in the '80s (almost self-consciously so). Alan Davis's art makes me think the world is beautiful, and all made out of the same material.

Ruby Tenneco said...

Yeah, we just finished Fables a week or two ago; they had the Frog Prince at our library almost as soon as it'd come out.

My wife definitely likes comics; she'd filled in all my missing Alpha Flights from the 80s within weeks of meeting me. She's particularly X-men and Buffy-centric.

Ruby Tenneco said...

woah! just realized that Fables isn't over after all. Sound like vol. 11 will be under our tree as well...

Galspanic said...

That's rad, Ruby!
Dude, Pone...remember clandestine?
And that sexy New Mutants annual where Cypher and Psylocke almost make the sehkz?

Mmmm... Alan Davis.

Even the Nail was good like that. Even the other Nail was ok.

Galspanic said...

We should come up with a term for what Alan Davis universe is made of.

Damn, Ruby, your wife filled in gaps in your comic library?

That's almost as good as when my wife buys me calls me from Toys-r-Us and asks me whether I'd rather have the troll or the stormtrooper LEGO sets.
Let's hear it for geek wives!
Let's hear it for geek girls, period!

Mr. Pony said...

Technetium? Hmmm?

Fun Tanget: Here's a conversation about geek girls I seem to have gotten involved with. Feel free to chime in there! The author of the list is one of the many contributors to Pieces of Things who has never posted, I don't think.

Ruby: I am also very much enjoying the Buffy: Season 8 comic. No luck yet on getting the missus involved, although we were fans of the TV series. Might be a medium thing!

Ruby Tenneco said...

Yeah, my buffy-addicted stepmom is having the same medium-shift problem as your wife with season 8.

The new season of Angel's ok as well, or at least I want it to be-- the story's not 100% great but the premise is awesome!