tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post1929314352957185191..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining Generation X #5Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-4799357126152292892019-10-19T13:57:18.479-05:002019-10-19T13:57:18.479-05:00What a wonderful issue. I remember buying this on ...What a wonderful issue. I remember buying this on released and being struck at how good it was. The art, the humor, just such a fun book. For me, this issue also signified a subtle change in Bachalo's artwork; the whole thing started to become much more stylized after this. And teenage me had a crush on Jubilee with her new hair!Daniel Lichtenbergnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-61731938203506506522019-10-18T22:34:05.286-05:002019-10-18T22:34:05.286-05:00Most of Generation X issues weren't published ...Most of Generation X issues weren't published here in Brasil, so I'm looking forward for your reviews of them. Cesar R. Pontualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06375109987794647615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-28344877007289042092019-10-18T21:02:41.002-05:002019-10-18T21:02:41.002-05:00I still feel such a thrill reading through this se...I still feel such a thrill reading through this series some 20+ years later. More than any other X-series, reading this brings me right back to being a kid again.<br /><br /><b>Former X-Factor ward Artie (he of the pink skin, large head, and ability to create telepathic "images" to compensate for his inability to speak verbally), returns in this issue.</b><br /><br />And reads to be exactly the same age as he was when he debuted in 1986, which is a weird choice on Lobdell and Bachalo's part.<br /><br /><br /><b>Monet slips into a fugue state, just as she did during “Phalanx Covenant”, in which she becomes non responsive to external stimuli and, thanks to her powers, unmovable.</b><br /><br />I really thought this was going to have such an amazing payoff in the long run. Boy, was I disappointed.<br /><br /><br /><b>Skin has grown weary of Jubilee’s “when I was with the X-Men” stories. [...] A narrative caption suggests that, given time, Synch & Jubilee could become two of the most powerful mutants (they won’t).</b><br /><br />Jubilee left the X-Men because she wasn't ready for this superhero life, but she seems pretty ready to relive it via stories (which admittedly can be chalked up to a kid wanting to look big in front of her friends) and jump back into when confronted with Hemingway here. You'd think she'd be eager to go get Mr. Cassidy instead.<br /><br /><br /><b>Synch is able to synch his aura to Hemingway, then punch him through the wall and down the elevator shaft with it (as opposed to taking on Hemingway’s physical characteristics along with his power).</b><br /><br />Is THAT what's happening here?! That's pretty cool. I have never understood this panel at all, and had generally attributed this to Lobdell/Bachalo inconsistency with Synch's powers.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665503542091489778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-24823479730365275412019-10-18T17:53:25.794-05:002019-10-18T17:53:25.794-05:00Gosh, this was such a good series early on. I love...Gosh, this was such a good series early on. I love that AoA did nothing to derail it. You get the impression reading that here, at least, Lobdell was trying to plan things out. Not all of it would pan out even then (see Mondo), but certain things that he mentioned in interviews do make it onto the page here.<br /><br />At the time, X-MEN was still my favorite of the X-books I read, with UNCANNY in second and GEN X in third. As an adult re-reading the three side-by-side with your review, GEN X is easily my favorite with UNCANNY in second and X-MEN third. An exact reversal. I think I mentioned it sometime back, but as a teen I loved Fabian Nicieza's writing way more than Scott Lobdell's as an adult, I find Lobdell far more appealing (though I still like Nicieza for the most part).Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.com