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My "awwwwww" entry for December is Northstar's wedding from Astonishing X-Men #51. (Six pages and a panel from Astonishing X-Men #51, one panel from #52.)

( I'd probably kill you if you did this to me )

skjam

Okay, finally got around to digging out a Marvel comic, Alpha Flight #22 (first series.)

Some context for our younger readers: At the end of the first year of Alpha Flight, their leader Guardian was killed off and the team largely broke up, so the next year focused on stories spotlighting one or two of the members, while advancing the various subplots leading up to the #25 milestone issue. Of course, keeping all the balls in the air means that sometimes a writer gets a little stuck, and in this case had to come up with a villain by looking at his eraser.

Yeah.

Seven pages of a 22-page story, plus a treat.

( The title of the story is 'Rub-Out' )

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SKJAM!

Current Mood: unemployed
Current Music: "I'n on Fire"--BoDeans

grazzt

No real relationship between these two, beyond being group shots of characters who don't normally get together, but should.

( Fun in the sun and an excellent adventure in the works. )

suzene

Yes, they're pretty enough that I'm actually stirring myself to make a post.

( Read more... )

generator_rex

So the "create your own wedding" variant of Astonishig X-Men #51 has been release.

( Read more... )

sherkahn

BleedingCool.com is spreading the wildfire, as they drop the hint that someone iconic to DC is "born this way".

While I am not happy about how DCnU has changed things, this will be a pleasant surprise.

UPDATE: *This just in*

( Place your bets. )

brooms

( 4 pages from AXM #48 )

But 4ever crushing on Bobby.

icon_uk

And so to that end, I'm going to spend the next couple of posts to showcase a couple of artists who are not only well and truly alive, but who have a vibrancy to them that re-energises me just looking at them.

Here's the first, a chap by the name of Patricio Oliver, an Argentinian artist who has a blog here and who is a regular contributor to the always worth a wander through Project: Rooftop.

He has a very stylised style which could annoy the hell out of me, and in lesser hands probably would, but these are beautiful, with a very Erté feel to it.

( The Guardians of the Galaxy )

( A purely notional (alas) New X-Men cartoon )

And a fun assortment of 1920's style New Mutants, for no reason other than the 20's were fun

( So why not... )

( And because I like the use of contrast - Northstar )

But this is how I first cam across Patricio's work, as he shares my abiding affection for Saint Seiya (Which was HUGE in South America, amongst other places, back in the day)

( The Bronze Saints of Saint Seiya )

sigmund_droid

Now I'm not the most peaceful Canadian around but man these fellow nuckleheads do not #$@% around!

Slightly NSFW due to violence

( Less of a Guardian, far more of a Vindicator )

cherrybomb

So yeah, tis the season for hokey Christmas specials and horrible comics. Or, at the least, poorly drawn comics. And horrible 90s art. Oh the horrible 90s art. It's not a Christmas classic like the Harley/Ivy Christmas story or the Joker & Tim one and...honestly, the Alpha Flight Christmas issue really shouldn't be a Christmas classic. Still, it's an entertaining read.

( Scans and Christmas spirit under cut! )

suzene

Title: X-Men: Curse of the Mutants - Storm and Gambit (Marvel, 2010, 22 pages)
Creators: Chuck Kim (writer) and Chris Bachalo (artist)
Availability: On Sale Now

I wasn't actually intending to pick this up (or post more Northstar during the 30 Days meme, for that matter), but it showed up at the used book shop near my house and I knew it had a Northstar appearance, so $.75 didn't seem like too much to risk. And hey, he is my favorite LGBT character...

It turns out that this one-shot really isn't a bad little read at all. I enjoyed the story a hell of a lot more than I have anything that's been served up in Fraction's Uncanny (not that this should be taken as endorsement of the new adjectiveless title, which I'm not digging; I just think that Kim knocked his particular installment out of the park). I'm not that fond of Storm or Gambit, but they're written as competent characters with a strong affection for each other, their voices are spot on, and Storm has a choice near the end that really made me feel for what her character's been through since the Claremont days. Bachalo's art is as expressive as ever, even if I don't think his storytelling skills are the best, and there are a couple of pages of Storm kicking ass that are just flat-out gorgeous. So if you're a fan of either Ororo or Remy, you could do worse than to pick this one up.

Not that you're going to see much of them under the cut...

( All right, on to the spoilers )

So yeah, general thumbs up on this one.

dorksidefiker

This one was REALLY, REALLY hard for me to narrow down to just one. But I'm sure you all can guess who I picked.

( It's )

suzene

Title: X-Men/Alpha Flight: The Gift (Marvel, originally 1985, reprinted in squarebound format in 1998, 96 pages)
Creators: Chris Claremont (story) and Paul Smith (art)
Availability: Available in multiple trades: Asgardian Wars (softcover), Asgardian Wars (hardcover), Essential X-Men v. 5

I'll give you one guess...

( Bountiful Scans Beneath the Cut )

seriousfic

But Northstar LUNGES out!

Because who doesn't like to reveal their sexual orientation while outrunning an explosion/punching an anime character?

(Am I the only one who can't read that dialogue without hearing the dulcet tones of Vampire Bill?)

suzene

Title: Alpha Flight #106 - "The Walking Wounded" (Marvel, 1992, 22pages)
Creators: Scott Lobdell (writing) and Mark Pacella (art)
Availability: Out of print

So...Northstar's coming-out issue.

*deep sigh*

Yeeeah. Northstar's coming-out issue...about that...

( Beware the teal deer. )

There you go,

dorksidefiker. Hope I didn't just replace one bad taste with another. ;)

suzene

Arzeno just finished my commission. Request was: Northstar posing for a teen heart-throb magazine back when he was a skiing champion. I'm kind of lacking for words, but I think "guh!" about covers it. <3

( Sexy, but SFW )

suzene

Catching up on my blogs, sharing random bits of comics news...

Via Alas -- Kevin Smith was booted off of a Southwest Airlines flight for being too fat. He's justifiably pissed off and has been regularly pasting SWA on his Twitter feed since. Unfunny Business over on JournalFen has a more complete link round-up on this one.

Brian Hibbs posts his yearly Bookscan analysis, tracking trade and GN sales outside of the direct market. Interesting bit: while Marvel routinely dominates the DM, it does look like DC comes out ahead in book sales.

Dirk Deppey and Johanna Carlson analyze Brian Hibbs' analysis.

Heroclix announces a Watchmen box set. Colossal Dr. Manhattan to be sold separately. Heh.

And one figure from the Blackest Night Heroclix set because...wow.

( It's not Ruffles, but... )

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