tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post4971940788894662196..comments2024-03-22T04:20:11.870-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining X-Factor #49Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-37883983382622297512015-02-24T15:26:32.323-06:002015-02-24T15:26:32.323-06:00@Teebore: // I'm curious to see what you think...<br>@Teebore: <i>// I'm curious to see what you think of Bogdanove's upcoming interior work on X-Factor. It inspires Milgrom-esque levels of distaste in me, but I have liked his work elsewhere. //</i><br /><br />Me too. I think I'd seen his work on a random <i>Power Pack</i>, but the first time it stuck out for me was <a href="http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/uploads/SimonMatthewPark/2006-02-08_075317_mysuperman.jpg" rel="nofollow">his pin-up in <i>Action Comics</i> #600</a> [Wrightson's credit there is for the next piece]. Based on that I was really disappointed when the <i>Superman: The Man of Steel</i> monthly launched, because his stuff quickly became exaggerated in ways I didn't care for, and from some later art he did aping the Joe Shuster studio look he was still capable of the style I preferred. I've liked some if not most of what we've seen of his work here so far, on <i>Power Pack</i> and <i>X-Terminators</i>, so I'm curious about the upcoming stuff as well.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-26629431940681907412015-02-24T09:57:34.677-06:002015-02-24T09:57:34.677-06:00@Teebore
You've only seen the Life of Brian o...@Teebore <br />You've only seen the Life of Brian once?!?!<br /><br />The scene in question is on YouTube: http://youtu.be/kHHitXxH-us Tim Roll-Pickeringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12589024696145675963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-62840895362462415022015-02-24T09:49:13.845-06:002015-02-24T09:49:13.845-06:00@Teemu: No Life of Brian nods on the scene where t...@Teemu: <i>No Life of Brian nods on the scene where two gangs meet each other in the sewers on their way to shenanigans?</i><br /><br />Not familiar enough with Life of Brian to catch the reference, unfortunately. Watched it once when I was a kid, and that was about it. <br /><br />@wwk5d: <i> It's not as bad as the New Mutants Asgard story, but it's as it is, it isn't great either.</i><br /><br />I'll touch on this in the wrap-up, but so far, I've still mostly enjoyed this one as much as I remember enjoying it as a kid, whereas the New Mutants Asgard story has thus far failed to even live up to my generous recollections. <br /><br />@Tim: <i>Certainly this does feel like a writer's frustration and disagreement with the premise.</i><br /><br />It does, and we'll get some more of it next issue, but it seems odd coming from Simonson, who has always struck me as being an easy going sort. I'd expect that kind of thinly-veiled criticism from Claremont or Byrne, but she's never really seemed like the sort to get too riled up about stuff. <br /><br />But that's just my impression of her, of course. I could be totally wrong and she spent much of this time fuming. <br /><br />@Blam: <i> I'm not so fond of the cover's text elements but I think the art itself is great. Diff'rent strokes.</i><br /><br />I'm curious to see what you think of Bogdanove's upcoming interior work on X-Factor. It inspires Milgrom-esque levels of distaste in me, but I have liked his work elsewhere. <br /><br /><i>I meant to add how criminal it is that Marvel Girl is just completely out of the action — she isn't even seen in this issue.</i><br /><br />Yeah. She finally gets back in the action in a significant way next issue, but her large absence from this story is, running length aside, it's biggest problem. <br /><br />Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-35388271905614460332015-02-21T23:01:04.117-06:002015-02-21T23:01:04.117-06:00I'm not the biggest Bogdanove fan, but I agree...I'm not the biggest Bogdanove fan, but I agree with Blam on this one. I think that cover is pretty sweet.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447265712189987074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-83575352749149231262015-02-21T19:25:31.866-06:002015-02-21T19:25:31.866-06:00I meant to add how criminal it is that Marvel Girl...<br>I meant to add how criminal it is that Marvel Girl is just completely out of the action — she isn't even <i>seen</i> in this issue. When Claremont & Cockrum kept her in the hospital post-#100, it was because they didn't know what her powers would be more than that they couldn't write around them. Jean wasn't bogusly absent from plot this much even when she was Phoenix.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-14309001686422457632015-02-20T19:50:09.002-06:002015-02-20T19:50:09.002-06:00@wwk5d: // Of course, as the cover shows, at least...<br>@wwk5d: <i>// Of course, as the cover shows, at least we didn't have Bogdanove illustrating it... //</i><br /><br />Huh. I can't stop admiring the figures, myself — I'm not so fond of the cover's text elements but I think the art itself is great. Diff'rent strokes.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-28078649013889309362015-02-20T14:52:10.995-06:002015-02-20T14:52:10.995-06:00I did find myself also wondering if Apocalypse was...I did find myself also wondering if Apocalypse was referring to Byrne. Certainly this does feel like a writer's frustration and disagreement with the premise.Tim Roll-Pickeringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12589024696145675963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-79804086447246662882015-02-20T14:50:50.056-06:002015-02-20T14:50:50.056-06:00You know, if this story had been one or 2 issues s...You know, if this story had been one or 2 issues shorter, and if Smith had a better inker, this story would probably be much better remembered. It's not as bad as the New Mutants Asgard story, but it's as it is, it isn't great either. Of course, as the cover shows, at least we didn't have Bogdanove illustrating it...wwk5dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-73506190296540218352015-02-20T14:24:50.378-06:002015-02-20T14:24:50.378-06:00On that second set of panels, Apocalypse is surely...On that second set of panels, Apocalypse is surely talking of John Byrne?<br /><br />No <i>Life of Brian</i> nods on the scene where two gangs meet each other in the sewers on their way to shenanigans?Teemunoreply@blogger.com