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| Original Title: | New X-Men, Volume 2: Imperial |
| ISBN: | 0785108874 (ISBN13: 9780785108870) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | New X-Men (2001) #2, Marvel Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection #24, Marvel Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection: Publication Order #34, Wielka Kolekcja Komiksów Marvela #21 , more |
Grant Morrison
Paperback | Pages: 224 pages Rating: 3.99 | 3418 Users | 100 Reviews
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"Oh my stars and @%#*ing garters."
Let me start with the art. Frank Quitely, Ethan Van Sciver, and Igor Kordey (?) are all over the place. Their style is similar, sketchy, boldly lined and cinematic. But the characters look so unlike themselves and sometimes downright horrible. Wolverine can look fat and Japanese, Xavier like a starved villain, and everyone lumpy, skeletal, or big-headed. This is a long comic run, so the artwork is surprisingly off-putting.
"Welcome to a world where the weird are kings."
Grant Morrison, the beautiful bastard, is one of my favorite writers because his work is so different and intriguing. And he succeeded in keeping me turning these pages. This is hands down the strangest X-Men run I've read so far. Telepathic brains in jars, acidic vomiting, mutant organ farming. It's just a very fun, wacky world he's created here.
So this is a mixed bag. Morrison stays grounded but just weird enough to keep things fascinating. But damn it, the artwork is off. There were rare panels or splash pages that I loved by Van Sciver and especially Quitely, but I mostly complained while reading. I'm curious if anyone else is bothered by the artwork, because I hoped it would improve...
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| Title | : | New X-Men, Volume 2: Imperial (New X-Men (2001) #2) |
| Author | : | Grant Morrison |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Trade |
| Pages | : | Pages: 224 pages |
| Published | : | January 3rd 2007 by Marvel (first published 2002) |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Comics. Graphic Novels. Superheroes. Marvel. X Men. Comic Book |
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Ratings: 3.99 From 3418 Users | 100 ReviewsWrite Up Based On Books New X-Men, Volume 2: Imperial (New X-Men (2001) #2)
Things get real in the war against mutantkind, as the X-Men have to face off against the chaotic Cassandra Nova, an invulnerable telepathic mastermind. The battle occurs simultaneously on earth and in space, as Cassandra Nova plans to not only wipe out the X-Men, but also the galactic Shi'ar Empire."Oh my stars and @%#*ing garters."Let me start with the art. Frank Quitely, Ethan Van Sciver, and Igor Kordey (?) are all over the place. Their style is similar, sketchy, boldly lined and cinematic. But the characters look so unlike themselves and sometimes downright horrible. Wolverine can look fat and Japanese, Xavier like a starved villain, and everyone lumpy, skeletal, or big-headed. This is a long comic run, so the artwork is surprisingly off-putting. "Welcome to a world where the weird are
This is probably the favorite thing I've read from Grant Morrison. I usually find his stuff too surreal and incomprehensible. This was dark, heavy, had a cool plot and it all made sense. I haven't looked ahead, but I'm hoping he wrote more of this series.
Art is inconsistent but the storylines are good
The book begins with a solid, classic Morrison: weird, nasty, mixing high fantasy with everyday issues. It seemed that after a very slow and somewhat boring beginning with Nuevos X-Men: E de Extinción it gained traction. Somewhat I was expecting something of the caliber of his tenure with Doom Patrol or the Invisibles. Alas, the last third is a waste and unfulfilling, and the end was predictable and rushed.
Definitely a Morrisoneitas read! So I really enjoyed New X-Men, Volume 1: E Is for Extinction, I thought it was a good, straight forward X-Men story, especially coming from Grant Morrison who writes comics that are anything but straight forward. This volume I'm afraid Morrison is back to writing weird stuff nobody can understand (Well at least just me). So the story picks up after Vol 1 left off with Professor Xavier in a coma and the X-Men in disarray. We see the villain from the first volume
An excellent wrap-up of the story arc in volume one. Those who say Kordey's art is harder to look at than Quitely's have a point. I always thought Quitely looked semi-underground, but Kordey is one step closer to underground than that. I would post at least one awesome splash page which totally redeemed him, but I can't find it on the Internet.I will say that I stopped following the X-Men right about the time X-Factor started (Jean Grey lives!), but I did not feel at sea here, much.
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