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Fantastic premise for a mystery. Hilarious dialogue - nay, *writing* above all. Genius ideas on the origins of mutants, how it works, where all the friggin spaceships have gone, the works.
The art isn't perfect but when it's good it's really good.
Ellis thinks big, really big - takes what's been going on in the ongoing storyline, adds some futuristic thinking and injects some real live imagination. It's always fun to see the universe expand under Ellis' tutelage.
But if this parallel universe conce ...more
The art isn't perfect but when it's good it's really good.
Ellis thinks big, really big - takes what's been going on in the ongoing storyline, adds some futuristic thinking and injects some real live imagination. It's always fun to see the universe expand under Ellis' tutelage.
But if this parallel universe conce ...more
Part of me wanted to give this a 4 star rating, because Warren Ellis introduced some good science fiction ideas (such as an island in Indonesia where all the space ships that have attacked earth have been junked-I mean those ships have to go somewhere). At the same time the writing felt turgid, and that he trying a little too hard to imitate his predecessor on the title (Joss Whedon) when it came to the dialogue. Fun, worthwhile, and it was good to have one character talk about fixing the world
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The writing here is top notch (as usual for Warren Ellis). However, Simone Bianchi's artwork (although prety enough) is too distracting. Each isolated panel is well crafted enough. But, on the page, things don't always connect and I found it hard to follow the action. I've been reading comics all my life and I wonder how someone not familiar to comics would read this book.
Further proof of that is seen on the backup "Ghost Boxes" stories, where different artists do a much more efficient work show ...more
Further proof of that is seen on the backup "Ghost Boxes" stories, where different artists do a much more efficient work show ...more
I don't like the X-Men as killers.
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Just started this in anticipation of the Warren Ellis chat next Thursday. So far, in a word, mindblowing!
And finished up just before he started answering questions...
Impressions... Warren Ellis has probably written THE darkest, most twisted, soul-wrenching story arc that I have ever seen the X-men in.
And finished up just before he started answering questions...
Impressions... Warren Ellis has probably written THE darkest, most twisted, soul-wrenching story arc that I have ever seen the X-men in.
Very, very good.
Light on cast.
Good work with the people they used.
Cyclops is my go-to X-Man.
Light on cast.
Good work with the people they used.
Cyclops is my go-to X-Man.
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