tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post2288685865000062856..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining New Mutants #31Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-4655592949210815992017-01-25T21:19:50.764-06:002017-01-25T21:19:50.764-06:00Mary Wilshire, Brett Blevins and um...Rob Liefeld ...Mary Wilshire, Brett Blevins and um...Rob Liefeld :(Mike-ELhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840254150021796923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-64073723407506062502015-02-28T18:59:18.217-06:002015-02-28T18:59:18.217-06:00This issue should remind others of my previous the...This issue should remind others of my previous theory about the crystal Team America stole which coincided with the Shadow King's return. In the Fat Karma story here, Xi'an wears a very large crystal ring, very prominently displayed on the cover. Was Claremont hinting to us that ring was the crystal, and it was very important to Farouk. However, the outcome of the ring is never shown by the story's conclusion.Nathan Adlerhttp://fanfix.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-41826875702051142082013-06-03T16:32:43.821-05:002013-06-03T16:32:43.821-05:00@Blam: At least in another week I won't have t...@Blam: <i>At least in another week I won't have to worry about having missed or forgotten stuff because I won't be reading along anymore, save the extremely occasional issues </i><br /><br />Aw, that's too bad. I'll do my best not to miss anything for you. ;) Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-43042111842171773282013-05-31T15:40:33.360-05:002013-05-31T15:40:33.360-05:00@Teebore: I read over that passage a couple times
...<br>@Teebore: <i>I read over that passage a couple times</i><br /><br />You're excused. Of course, I tried to excerpt something too, but when I couldn't I also couldn't resist entering the entire thing into the record. God bless 8th-grade typing class, as long as my hands and head are cooperating... <br /><br />@Teebore: <i>When Kitty was still undercover with the Gladiators, she snuck into Alison's room</i><br /><br />At least in another week I won't have to worry about having missed or forgotten stuff because I won't be reading along anymore, save the extremely occasional issues (Special Edition included).<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-63212027987009100042013-05-31T14:37:24.077-05:002013-05-31T14:37:24.077-05:00@Spithead: Who were some of the other noteworthy p...@Spithead: <i>Who were some of the other noteworthy people who came on later?</i><br /><br />In terms of the book's artists? The work of artists like Mary Wilshire and Jackson Guice falls into the "serviceable but unexciting" category for me, but Bret Blevins, whose work is certainly polarizing, brought a unique style to the book (even if it isn't loved by everyone) and then, of course, there's ol' Rob Liefeld, who has nowhere near the level of talent or skill as Sienkiewicz but certainly had a distinctive style and specific vision for the book. <br /><br />@Blam: <i>Wow. He's overselling Dazzler's light-show just a tad, methinks.</i><br /><br />Definitely. In fact, I read over that passage a couple times, looking for a specific line or two, then moved on. When clearly, the whole freaking thing is one big Claremontism. :)<br /><br /><i>I call bandersnatch on Kitty heaving that spike so hard and/or fast that it would go straight through that sturdy-looking support beam.</i><br /><br />Yeah, I want to say maybe there's some way to rationalize it in terms of her power, but I really can't come up with anything, so matter how much I contort things. <br /><br /><i>Kitty refers to having read Alison's diary. What's that about?!?</i><br /><br />That's a reference to last issue. When Kitty was still undercover with the Gladiators, she snuck into Alison's room to alert her of the escape plan, and found her diary lying open, at which point she read about Dazzler wants to give up the fame provided by the Gladiators. <br /><br />So then the question is what's weirder: that Kitty stopped to read her diary, or that Dazzler brought along her diary while living with a group of mutants whose involves trying to kill each other for sport. <br /><br />Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-75633886582112391262013-05-30T20:43:11.201-05:002013-05-30T20:43:11.201-05:00I guess where Sienkiewicz is concerned it's ov...<br>I guess where Sienkiewicz is concerned it's over when the fat lady pulls strings.<br /><br />Another Claremontism, re his tendency to make things not just special but <i>ultimate</i> and, when applicable, touching the depths of one's very soul: <br />Dazzler's light-show is "such raw beauty as none in the audience have ever seen and which few can endure. It overwhelms their senses far far more than any drug. It reaches from the core of Ali's being to theirs and leaves them truly dazzled.<br />"For these people, nothing will ever be the same. After tonight, no light will ever be as radiant, and the most glorious hues will look faded and dull by comparison. It's a moment of glory that will shadow the rest of their lives, a memory that will forever haunt them.<br />"A punishment far more severe -- and fitting -- than any prison."<br />Wow. He's overselling Dazzler's light-show just a tad, methinks. If all that were true, she'd be an extremely effective superhero; not only would her power utterly transfix almost any foe in the moment but criminals would likely promise to stop their activities and reform in exchange for periodic hits of Dazzler's spectacle, like junkies, otherwise lost in a mundane life.<br /><br />Roberto makes quite a leap in sussing out that Kitty's connected to the giant robot, especially given that he's under the influence himself.<br /><br />I call bandersnatch on Kitty heaving that spike so hard and/or fast that it would go straight through that sturdy-looking support beam.<br /><br />Kitty refers to having read Alison's diary. What's <i>that</i> about?!?<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-70492939140732529512013-05-30T19:54:33.701-05:002013-05-30T19:54:33.701-05:00Who were some of the other noteworthy people who c...Who were some of the other noteworthy people who came on later?Spitheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08434638331512076136noreply@blogger.com