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Some New Mutants fun, and a couple of cute commissions to start the weekend
Three pages from New Mutants #36
Fight scenes SHOULD be more fun with superpowers...
Thanks to Doug, the team have discovered that a hapless touring heavy metal band have become a source of chaos energy. A piece of sentient alien technology (a VERY alien piece of tech, to the point that even Doug has trouble communicating with it) which got stranded on Earth basically hooked on them and is using them to generate enough energy to send a distress signal to it's home-dimension, but in doing so is causing random disasters.
The band aren't even aware of how their brains have been rewired by the alien, but they fight, using the energy they're generating, and co-ordinate a flash-mob to get in the way of the New Mutants trying to stop the team.
Dani, Blink, Warlock and Nate lead the assault to get to the band (It's a good thing Warlock knows his selfsoulfriend is safe by this point, or I doubt he'd be so light-hearted.)
Oh 'Lock, never change! :)
Now some creative use of teleportation powers...
(Don't worry, it's a non-lethal tipped arrow)
It's a shame that the band have no individual identities, they're just "Nameless heavy metal band shooting energy or hitting things"...
The band are eventually overcome, the alien is ejected into space where it's influence is severed and everything is restored to normal.
In an earlier part of this story, Dani noted that having Blink on the team would be VERY handy, given her teleportation powers (and the fact that Magik isn't part of their team at present), so when she notes that they should get the now exhausted Clarice home, and Doug asks where that would be, one wonders what her first reaction would be.
So now we see why Scott put Dani in charge of the "Clean-up Crew" when she phones him to update him on the situation vis-a-vis Blink
Again, I like this, she will carry out Scott's missions, but won't force them to accept Scott's POV if they don't agree with it, or it doesn't seem like the best choice for them. Also her concern that she might have disappointed him is addressed, we've seen that Dani has certain self-image issues, especially now that she's no longer a mutant, and that Scott was the first person she felt showed trust in her after M-Day, so her being concerned about his opinion of her seems natural, and his reassurance is a nice touch.
Though these scans don't show it, I'm still not a fan of David Lopez's face, which often look gaunt, or bug-eyed or just distractingly weird, but otherwise I do like the art on this title, as well as the story, though I think a more developed bad guy team would be useful, two fairly nameless teams (like the Sugar Man's gang, and now Diskhord as a group). I believe that after the upcoming "Date with Mephisto" issue, we're going to be returning to the Ani-Mator's base where Bird-Brain (shudder) came from, and where Doug died, so that could be interesting.
And now...
A few weeks back, I posted some scans of images by an artist I'd just discovered named Sara Richard
So it should come as no surprise that I wanted to add her work to my collection, and that my "Night'n'Night" theme might be just the sort of thing she'd enjoy. I also wanted to add her work before she got too famous for me to be able to afford! :)
I couldn't be happier with the outcome a two sketchcard "puzzle" piece, and I wish the scan should show the subtle use of swirling metallic inks for Nighcrawlers teleportation effect.
But that's not all, I also thought she'd enjoy a Doug and Warlock piece, and she certainly did! I nearly always give the artist free reign as to what pop-culture reference they have Warlock use, and I'm always delighted by the surprise, but this one is special!
I hadn't mentioned to Sara that Soundwave was always my favourite Transformer, so this was AWESOME. I love Warlock's pleased expression, and Doug's less pleased "How do you expect me to fit in THERE?" look (And one hopes that if he DOES get folded up to fit in there, no one presses fast-forward!
Sara was terrific to deal with and I can thoroughly recommend her to anyone wanting something that little bit different in style!
Fight scenes SHOULD be more fun with superpowers...
Thanks to Doug, the team have discovered that a hapless touring heavy metal band have become a source of chaos energy. A piece of sentient alien technology (a VERY alien piece of tech, to the point that even Doug has trouble communicating with it) which got stranded on Earth basically hooked on them and is using them to generate enough energy to send a distress signal to it's home-dimension, but in doing so is causing random disasters.
The band aren't even aware of how their brains have been rewired by the alien, but they fight, using the energy they're generating, and co-ordinate a flash-mob to get in the way of the New Mutants trying to stop the team.
Dani, Blink, Warlock and Nate lead the assault to get to the band (It's a good thing Warlock knows his selfsoulfriend is safe by this point, or I doubt he'd be so light-hearted.)
Oh 'Lock, never change! :)
Now some creative use of teleportation powers...
(Don't worry, it's a non-lethal tipped arrow)
It's a shame that the band have no individual identities, they're just "Nameless heavy metal band shooting energy or hitting things"...
The band are eventually overcome, the alien is ejected into space where it's influence is severed and everything is restored to normal.
In an earlier part of this story, Dani noted that having Blink on the team would be VERY handy, given her teleportation powers (and the fact that Magik isn't part of their team at present), so when she notes that they should get the now exhausted Clarice home, and Doug asks where that would be, one wonders what her first reaction would be.
So now we see why Scott put Dani in charge of the "Clean-up Crew" when she phones him to update him on the situation vis-a-vis Blink
Again, I like this, she will carry out Scott's missions, but won't force them to accept Scott's POV if they don't agree with it, or it doesn't seem like the best choice for them. Also her concern that she might have disappointed him is addressed, we've seen that Dani has certain self-image issues, especially now that she's no longer a mutant, and that Scott was the first person she felt showed trust in her after M-Day, so her being concerned about his opinion of her seems natural, and his reassurance is a nice touch.
Though these scans don't show it, I'm still not a fan of David Lopez's face, which often look gaunt, or bug-eyed or just distractingly weird, but otherwise I do like the art on this title, as well as the story, though I think a more developed bad guy team would be useful, two fairly nameless teams (like the Sugar Man's gang, and now Diskhord as a group). I believe that after the upcoming "Date with Mephisto" issue, we're going to be returning to the Ani-Mator's base where Bird-Brain (shudder) came from, and where Doug died, so that could be interesting.
And now...
A few weeks back, I posted some scans of images by an artist I'd just discovered named Sara Richard
So it should come as no surprise that I wanted to add her work to my collection, and that my "Night'n'Night" theme might be just the sort of thing she'd enjoy. I also wanted to add her work before she got too famous for me to be able to afford! :)
I couldn't be happier with the outcome a two sketchcard "puzzle" piece, and I wish the scan should show the subtle use of swirling metallic inks for Nighcrawlers teleportation effect.
But that's not all, I also thought she'd enjoy a Doug and Warlock piece, and she certainly did! I nearly always give the artist free reign as to what pop-culture reference they have Warlock use, and I'm always delighted by the surprise, but this one is special!
I hadn't mentioned to Sara that Soundwave was always my favourite Transformer, so this was AWESOME. I love Warlock's pleased expression, and Doug's less pleased "How do you expect me to fit in THERE?" look (And one hopes that if he DOES get folded up to fit in there, no one presses fast-forward!
Sara was terrific to deal with and I can thoroughly recommend her to anyone wanting something that little bit different in style!
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