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Mmmm, turkey.
Yep, it’s just after Thanksgiving for those of us here in the
States, and as I think back on this past year, I have several
things to be thankful for. And some that actually pertain to
comics!!
Before I get into that though, the faithful out there may have
noticed something missing last month. Me. I found myself
sucked into being dragged back to Vermont, and it took up
much time. Mainly because I didn’t want to move back home to
my parents. This is something I’m NOT thankful for.
Enough of the whining. What’s so good in comics you ask?
Well, let’s see...
- Chris Claremont’s return to the X-Books. Sure, it didn’t
turn out as we hoped, but it seemed like good things were
going to happen again. And they are finally getting there.
Too bad he’s gone next month.
- The return of Rachel! YAY!!! This was probably the high
point of my year. Sad, huh?
- Howard Mackie no longer with Marvel. First he was
replaced on Peter Parker: Spider-Man with Paul Jenkins,
then came Amazing Spider-Man, which J. Michael
Straczynski is taking over early next year. Finally, there is
Mutant X being cancelled. That’s all of Mackie’s books
gone by the wayside. Yay!
- Speakingof Jenkins, he’s a damn good writer. Buy Sentry
now.
- Speakingof Mutant X being cancelled, the X-Books
FINALLY being pared down. I don’t agree with all the
books they decided to axe, but most of the books were of
low quality. Sure, we’re getting some books replacing
those, but the ideas look intriguing... Quality over quantity at
long last? Well, we have to see. But we are on the right
track.
- Speakingof Rachel being back, something I can talk about
for ages, Cable is an excellent book. Thank the gods it was
saved from cancellation. Weinberg is a brilliant writer.
- Jason Liebig is gone. Bad editor, with bad ideas. The only
good thing he did was bringing in Ellis to revamp several
books which became Counter X. Because he couldn’t get
Liefeld. Whoopsie.
- Liefeld isn’t working for Marvel currently. Always a cause
for celebration.
- And with all this cheering of folks leaving, let’s give some
praise to the new folks Joe Quesada is getting into Marvel.
And what the heck, Joe himself. He’s brought in the
aforementioned Straczynski on Spidey, and Grant Morrison
to revamp the X-Books. Also, Judd Winnick on a Blink
ongoing series (That is a rant for another month. I’d love to
hear what y’all think about it, though). Brought back Joe
Casey to help Morrison on the X-Books, and a bunch of
others. All good folks. Marvel is in good hands with
Quesada.
That’s pretty much everything coming to mind, but I’m sure
I’ll come up with others. Next month, once Christmas and New
Years has battered everyone’s spirits around, I’ll give you
another top ten list, of the Ten Best things to happen in the X-
Books. Some redundancy, but some additional things, trust me.
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