tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post8673316066477529650..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining Askani'son #1-4Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-25180091113578834422023-07-30T09:02:35.215-05:002023-07-30T09:02:35.215-05:00I have to provide counterpoint to the “there’s sti...I have to provide counterpoint to the “there’s still plenty to like here” summary. There is very little to like if you ask me. I think the idea of expanding on a previously unrevealed character mythology is appealing for those of us who love the broader universe building, but these future cable comics are all garbage. The visual language is unintelligible, and the dialogue doesn’t try very hard to fill in for that. Also, these books attempt to make this fascinating multiverse smaller, instead of bigger. I think making the myths bigger is why we love it. Sure we want the eventual payoff of an expanding mythology coming full circle, but this feels more like a shameful and poorly executed attempt at forcing that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-19739857547258179272022-08-13T14:08:15.725-05:002022-08-13T14:08:15.725-05:00Yes, there was a milk bar in A Clockwork Orange, b...Yes, there was a milk bar in A Clockwork Orange, but it was an ‘adult’ version of the traditional Australian milkbar, or convenience store, which often features ice cream or milkshakes. The milkbar in Askani’son is extremely bizarre with several scenes depicting people wading through pools of milk and udders hanging from the ceiling. Also weird was the name of the pirate ship, Gender Splay…what the heck?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-15997852920278872902020-08-21T12:48:30.384-05:002020-08-21T12:48:30.384-05:00I'm with Matt, never a fan with the history of...I'm with Matt, never a fan with the history of Cable that wasn't him being older/big guns/etc. I did not care about his growing up/future/past version history. I didn't like Ha's art at the time and I still don't like it as an adult, it was a big turnoff. Weren't these priced higher too. I was 15 when this came out, I made 4.45 an hour working at Krogers. Knowing that I would only get 2 books at this price point for an hours worth of work, it just wasn't worth it. Scott Churchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795112175606617848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-11119975163450596382020-08-17T14:05:16.364-05:002020-08-17T14:05:16.364-05:00As with THE ADVENTURES OF CYCLOPS AND PHOENIX, I&#...As with THE ADVENTURES OF CYCLOPS AND PHOENIX, I've never read this series (or next week's BOOK OF ASKANI). The whole Cable mythology just didn't appeal to me as a youngster (and mostly still doesn't today). But I just wanted to mention that I'm kind of amazed how much of Cable's backstory was apparently created (or at least fleshed out) by Scott Lobdell and/or Jeph Loeb, between these minis and Loeb's work in the ongoing CABLE series. I've always thought of Fabian Nicieza as the "main" Cable writer, but I feel like in the long run, Lobdell and Loeb actually filled in way more of his past than Nicieza did.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-73309042986810305852020-08-17T08:02:15.536-05:002020-08-17T08:02:15.536-05:00"Nathan & Tetherblood hang out at a milk ..."Nathan & Tetherblood hang out at a milk bar; milk bars were also the preferred hangout spot of the teenaged X-Nation kids in their X-Men 2099 spinoff."<br /><br />I'm not 100% sure, but aren't both references to A Clockwork Orange?<br /><br />"Future spouses Nate & Aliyah meet for the first time in issue #3, and immediately have that "can't stand one another despite their attraction" chemistry (though Nate is more immediately smitten)."<br /><br />Maybe it's cuz my parents would have a lot of really awful fights & such, but the appeal of such romances is completely lost on me. I see these and think "these are two people who are turned on by each other but don't actually respect or like each other", probably cuz of my experiences.Melahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05539894845356203447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-80349305685747871402020-08-16T14:18:11.216-05:002020-08-16T14:18:11.216-05:00"this series fights the now-teenaged Nathan D..."this series fights the now-teenaged Nathan Dayspring discovering his destiny"<br /><br />So one could say this is a series at war with itself?wwk5dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-57486174083988586982020-08-15T23:31:39.611-05:002020-08-15T23:31:39.611-05:00There’s a boy’s name in German Askan (pronounced A...There’s a boy’s name in German Askan (pronounced AZ-KAE-KNEE) which means spear/ warrior carved from the ash tree. This certainly doesn’t sound like a name Jim Lee would have known, so I’d suggest it’s Chris’s!<br /><br />But it seems to suggest an Asgardian connection;-)Nathan Adlerhttp://fanfix.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com