Comic Joy ([info]comicjoy) wrote,
@ 2002-10-30 18:18:00
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X-Men Binge
I binged on X-men last night.

I haven't read X-men recently at all, and I decided it was high time to spend half my pay on graphic novels. So Idecided to compare Ultimate and New. Ultimate was good. Solid. Fun. New - New was good in a satisfying manner. Ultimate brought home how soap opera and young X-men are, whilst New dealt with stuff. Adult stuff. But was also fun. I like Morrison here - he's being reigned in by an editor, who is telling him - go with the X but keep it readable. A bit like his fantastic run on JLA. Batty but readable. Ultimate wasn't as tasy.

To top all this off. I got a replacement for my Tale of One Bad Rat. My old work managed to chuck my signed ToOBR, Hardcover Dreamhunters and V for Vendetta into the rubbish, so I am slowly replacing them. So I got the limited edition hardcover Tale. Isn't it good working in a comic shop.

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[info]murnkay
2002-10-30 10:35 am UTC (link)
Ultimate is fun, New is ... Morrison. I mean there ya go really. I enjoy them both but while I like Ultimate I look forward to what Morrison is building.

As for the Tale of One Bad Rat, when I was at SPX I saw Talbot there and cursed myself for not having replaced my copy and then it was crowded near him and blah. I still need to replace that.

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[info]mingmerciless
2003-05-13 07:38 am UTC (link)
I recently fell off the wagon too and am now once again steeping myself in X-Men lore. I stopped many years ago when the number of X-books mushroomed to the extent that I didn't have time to read one weeks' new issues before the next lot came out and, because they were so interrelated, it really was all or nothing and I chose nothing.

Still feeling my way a bit with the current range. Both Ultimate and New I agree are pretty good for the reasons you cite but maybe I'm just too set in my ways from too many years reading Claremont's stuff but I find Uncanny and X-treme to most to my taste (of course, it probably doesn't hurt that Claremont's writing the latter).

Also busy acquiring graphic novels (ie Magneto, the New X-Men ones, X-Treme X-Men etc) to get back up to speed on continuity...

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[info]comicjoy
2003-05-13 10:50 am UTC (link)
Whee! More X-junkies are always good.

And if you can't find any graphi you NEED - give me a yell and I'll have a look from the shop.

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[info]mingmerciless
2003-05-13 11:00 am UTC (link)
Junkies is right. Seems to match all the described symptoms of addictions. It's like I've never been away and like I'm reacquainting myself with old friends!

Thanks for the offer on the graphic novels. Shouldn't be a problem though, with all the comic stores in London!

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