tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post2371391797182886727..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining Gambit #1-4Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-11373595103989847152021-03-21T19:15:59.694-05:002021-03-21T19:15:59.694-05:00I know this reply is 3 years later, but thought I&...I know this reply is 3 years later, but thought I'd try to clear up the confusion of the inconsistency between this comic and the animated series depiction of the Guilds, Externals, etc. <br /><br />This book was released Nov 1993, 2 weeks before the initial airing of X-Men season 2's X-Ternally yours. When production of this episode started, this comic series was only in it's conceptual stage. All they knew was that the series would involve a new member of the X-Ternal Highlords that would run the Guilds, there was tithing involved, and Gambit's brother would be introduced. <br /><br />That's why we see similar themes but the interpretations were quite different. Since no designs were available when production of the cartoon started, they went with the designs seen in the Ghost Rider X-Men crossover and did their own thing with the X-ternal character.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-40548987697477651172018-03-12T00:57:16.306-05:002018-03-12T00:57:16.306-05:00See those "assassins wear goofy, brightly col...See those "assassins wear goofy, brightly colored costumes" is the precise point that made me feel 'too old' to be reading X-men comics. They seemed to exist in a cartoon reality that had no connection to the real world.Mike-ELhttp://www.comicbooksyndicate.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-61691938891851511872018-03-09T13:39:13.491-06:002018-03-09T13:39:13.491-06:00I had a similar experience to you with this series...I had a similar experience to you with this series. I picked up the issue 1, but never read any of the rest. Though it wasn't necessarily for lack of interest -- I do recall liking the first issue well enough, but somehow missed the second on the stands, and therefore didn't bother with issues 3 or 4. To this day, I've only read issue 1 one time, and never any of the other three. (I intended to read the whole series in advance of your post here, but that just didn't happen for whatever reason.) <br /><br />I really like this artwork. It's fascinating to see Lee Weeks hewing so close to the Jim Lee style in most of his illustrations of Gambit, since nowadays his style is about as far from Lee as you can get, at least to my eye. In fact, for several years I've compared Weeks with John Romita, Jr. I think they have somewhat similar styles in many ways -- especially if you compare their versions of Spider-Man side-by-side.<br /><br />P.S.: If you want to update your "Collected Editions" Amazon ads, this mini-series was just reprinted, along with the Mackie/Wieringo ROGUE mini, in a 2016 book called (drum roll) X-MEN: GAMBIT AND ROGUE. It's identifiable by its modern-era cover by Mark Brooks.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-84792588399354403952018-03-07T16:41:23.843-06:002018-03-07T16:41:23.843-06:00I wouldn’t think of Weeks & Janson as a natura...I wouldn’t think of Weeks & Janson as a natural combination, but apart from Gambit’s ridiculous hair most of the art on the mini’s really good. Starkings’ clean lettering helps too.Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-68960175513777997822018-03-07T15:46:13.565-06:002018-03-07T15:46:13.565-06:00No, they weren't all killed- the children were...No, they weren't all killed- the children were shown to have survived and the dialogue makes it clear that Belladona's brother only killed a handful of thieves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-72817250662147686622018-03-07T12:33:02.044-06:002018-03-07T12:33:02.044-06:00That Weeks and Janson art looks great! Frankly, i...That Weeks and Janson art looks great! Frankly, it looks better than a lot of the art on the secondary X-titles right now. I also recommend their Tangled Web Spider-Man story, which is really top notch.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447265712189987074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-36546594656114232672018-03-07T11:49:37.711-06:002018-03-07T11:49:37.711-06:00Funny you bring up Candra's animated redesign....Funny you bring up Candra's animated redesign... I bought this at a local convention cuz my local newsstand didn't stock the miniseries, and when I saw Candra in here, I was deeply confused. Now I wonder if they somehow got her & Haven mixed up, since the animated series version looks so much more like Haven.Melahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05539894845356203447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-10204531983416079602018-03-07T06:49:55.993-06:002018-03-07T06:49:55.993-06:00I thought that the entire Assassin’s Guild has bee...I thought that the entire Assassin’s Guild has been killed when they were turned into Brood warriors. The same with the Thief’s Guild, who were murdered by Belladonna’s brother. Also, it seemed clear that Belladonna’s brother was somehow part of the Brood. Lastly, I missed this series too, but now I know from where came the plotline from that episode of the X-Men cartoon from the 90s. However, I remember that Candra was black there. Did the producers merely changed her skin color or changed with another character (for some reason, I keep thinking about that other character that showed up in X-Factor in contemporary issues).Licínio Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12545823888354348526noreply@blogger.com