tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post3229596129164879962..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining X-Force #58Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-48580634819394751162021-04-21T08:02:03.707-05:002021-04-21T08:02:03.707-05:00I was not expecting the Superman homage. Castrillo...<br>I was not expecting the Superman homage. Castrillo’s Byrne influence lends it some extra pop.<br /><br />Meanwhile, I’m not fond of this transition Bobby’s undergone from solid black with crackling golden aura when powered up to increasingly less shadowed, blue-for-black, features clearly discernible, without the corona — essentially, Nightcrawler minus the demonic appendages.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-68561639352871483362021-04-14T10:49:04.580-05:002021-04-14T10:49:04.580-05:00The unconscious members of X-Force rally against O...<b> The unconscious members of X-Force rally against Onslaught by rejecting his visions of their altered, dreamlike realities, declaring that the only way to get a a better tomorrow is to fight for it today, which seems like an attempt to state the series' mission statement, since this is the ostensibly proactive, more-prone-to-fighting X-book (though of course, it's not like the X-Men, Excalibur, etc. don't also fight today for a better tomorrow in some regard).</b><br /><br />It's been 14 issues since Sam's "graduation" issue, in which X-Force sits on the lawn and asks what the point of the group even is any more. Seems Jeph Loeb still hasn't found an answer to this question.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665503542091489778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-20178088624162279732021-04-13T20:24:21.838-05:002021-04-13T20:24:21.838-05:00This feels like an exercise on selling X-Force to ...This feels like an exercise on selling X-Force to new readers who might be picking it up because of the crossover. That's actually a pretty good idea except that it, ironically, comes at the cost of showing what X-Force actually is.<br /><br />The art here is serviceable but I doubt it would win over any new fans. It looks like a cross of Ian Churchill and Todd McFarlane, lacking the charm of either.<br /><br />I agree with you on Siryn's role. I'm guessing that's probably Jeph Loeb trying to give her more substance but I don't recall that it ever goes anywhere.<br /><br />All that aside, it's not a terrible issue but could have also been done outside of the larger crossover wirhouw taking anything away from it.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10082589040664926667noreply@blogger.com