So this series really picks up where Morrison left off.

It’s not often that an artist makes me think “Wow, this person draws really good hair”, but… here we are. Everyone is incredibly expressive, there is depth to every image, and the action sequences are breath-taking. Honestly, I would love this book no matter what because it’s that fun, but Cassaday’s pencils are a treat here. In its place were the iconic X-Men designs and absolutely gorgeous John Cassaday pencils.

Gone was the leather and the art that wasn’t my personal flavor. So it was Whedon’s post-Morrison tenure on the book with a new title, Astonishing X-Men, that brought me back. Since I was already not reading, the sudden shift towards leather garb and Frank Quitely artwork (which I just do not care for) did nothing to lure me back in. Apocalypse and the Skrulls and a dead fake Wolverine and Wolverine was Death… meh! I ended up jumping back out of my previously beloved X-books, and this resulted in my missing Grant Morrison’s era on the book. When I first got back into comics after the few years in high school where I had quit, the X-Men were mired in some terrible storyline called “The Twelve”, which was just the pits. Even if temporarily.īefore Joss Whedon’s run on Astonishing X-Men, I had been out of the X-titles for quite a while. The book that brought me back to the X-Men Universe. Writer and Artist: Joss Whedon and John Cassaday. Let it never be said I’m not willing to try new things. I don’t know if my overarching reviews have gotten anyone else’s goat besides his, but look… I’ll try to knock it off and stick to reviewing singular trades. If I’m reviewing something I am not reading for the first time, I just want to discuss everything I have to say about it. I’m not… world-renowned for my focus is what I am saying. I’ve done the same thing with my m8nga weeks. And when I reviewed Savage Dragon, I tended towards a commentary on the entire run of the book that I had read. Like when I reviewed Fear Agent, I reviewed the ENTIRE SERIES. Sometimes I am more into reviewing a run or an overarching arc than I am, like, a single trade collection. Andy has recently taken to giving me crap about the way I review books.Īpparently, I am too vague and not precise enough! Which is fair.

Astonishing x men by joss whedon