a good week for comics

onefinemess | October 29, 2009

One splash, as expected, and lots of unexpected goodness.  Good times.

X-Factor 50 delivered on at least 85% of what was expected – and there was a lot riding on it, so I’ll call it good.  It may actually be closer to 100%, but the final sequence with Doom and what?whereishe? left me confused.  If this [...]

comics taking cheap shots & the rest

onefinemess | September 22, 2009

The good:
Daredevil 500: Wow.  Shit actually happens.  One thing I give the DD crew props for is that they are not afraid to bend the status quo over and show it who’s the boss. Matt running the Hand?  In a country where Osborn is the good guy?  That actually has some legs.
X-Factor 48: Continues to [...]

07/15/09 comic notes

onefinemess | July 15, 2009

Uncanny X-Men 513: This Utopia thing is DUMB.  Emma and Scott “breaking up” or whatever is dumb.  It makes me suspect they’re bringing  Jean back again (also dumb). Oh Matt Fraction, wherefor art thou and wtf?   At least in only lasts 2 months.
By the way, Norman Osborn is also dumb and obnoxious and annoying.  He’s [...]

Power Man & Iron Fist: fathers of biracial children for hire

onefinemess | June 30, 2009

& other assorted comics chatter:
Iron Fist 27: Yes, Danny Rand/Iron Fist will also be a father soon, following in his perennial buddy, Luke Cage/Power Man’s footsteps.  Also of note, and implied by my goofy title, is that the mother of said child (and soon to be wife of Danny) is Misty Knight.  Now.  This is [...]

pullbox roundup

onefinemess | April 19, 2009

Uncanny X-Men 508: OK.  Now that it’s been “confirmed” that the Red Queen is, in fact, NOT actually Madelyn Pryor (just stolen & animated her corpse I guess) I’m more interested.  Maddie was played out.  Her corpse..not so much I guess.  Which means that cover I mentioned could actually be showing the Red Queen in [...]

X-Factor 41

onefinemess | March 19, 2009

continues to kick ass.
Plot thread necro from the Madrox limited series!
Buy this book.

X-Factor 39

onefinemess | January 23, 2009

was very good.
and very sad.
and I have no idea where it’s going now.  You should pick it up – although the resonance won’t be near as strong if you haven’t been a long-time reader.  Seriously, this thing has been brewing since nearly the beginning of the series.  Ouch.
I’ll be cutting my pullbox back substantially in [...]

Uncanny X-Men 502 & X-Factor 35

onefinemess | September 18, 2008

God, Greg Land’s “pencils” are so fucking annoying I can’t enjoy the issue.  I keep seeing the same faces over and over and over again on different characters – mostly women – he really, really, really cannot draw women as individuals…I guess, something like that.  Many of them still have his horrible “porn star” swipe [...]

07/25/08 – a whole month of comics

onefinemess | July 25, 2008

So I somehow managed to go almost a month without picking anything up.  Here’s what was in my box:
Avengers: Initiative 15:  I love this title.  We get a solidifying of Crusader’s status (although he royally fucked up by driving 3D off…) and some Gauntlet action.  Please don’t cancel this book Marvel.  I think I forgot [...]

06/25/08 – recent comics

onefinemess | June 25, 2008

Final Crisis 2 – I’m sure there’s a reason one of the evil gods is the spitting image of Al Sharpton.  I like the writing in what Morrison is doing here, but much of the rest of the DC world feels “off”.  I think maybe he’s not meant to write mainstream books…everything he does has [...]