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adjectiveless X-men squee
Aug. 10th, 2013 05:56 pmFactoid: Apparently "adjectiveless" is how one refers to the X-men book that has no adjectives in the title, presently Brian Wood's all-ladies book. (This as opposed to "Astonishing X-Men," "Ultimate," "All New," soon "Amazing," and possibly a couple more that I'm forgetting.)
Anyway, on to the squee. First, the 3 Chicks Review Comics podcast did quite a long interview with Brian Wood, which basically confirmed all the positive impressions I'd had of him before this, that this is a man I trust to write a female-team comic. There was a lot of talk about how he wants this to be a superhero comic that happens to feature women; that he wants this book's identity in the X-Men stable to be "the action book." Which happens to be full of women.
Second, I read X-Men #3. I was amused by the discussion on the CBR boards, which focused almost entirely on plot logistics and the uses of various people's powers, because man, do I not care about any of that. What I want are character beats. I'll believe whatever silly thing you want about sentient bacteria from outer space that can possess machinery, just as long as I get character stuff. And not only did I get that in this issue, but now I know these characters well enough to be excited about them. The first two I enjoyed, but this one I LOVED.
( other things I loved (with slight spoilers) )
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Anyway, on to the squee. First, the 3 Chicks Review Comics podcast did quite a long interview with Brian Wood, which basically confirmed all the positive impressions I'd had of him before this, that this is a man I trust to write a female-team comic. There was a lot of talk about how he wants this to be a superhero comic that happens to feature women; that he wants this book's identity in the X-Men stable to be "the action book." Which happens to be full of women.
Second, I read X-Men #3. I was amused by the discussion on the CBR boards, which focused almost entirely on plot logistics and the uses of various people's powers, because man, do I not care about any of that. What I want are character beats. I'll believe whatever silly thing you want about sentient bacteria from outer space that can possess machinery, just as long as I get character stuff. And not only did I get that in this issue, but now I know these characters well enough to be excited about them. The first two I enjoyed, but this one I LOVED.
( other things I loved (with slight spoilers) )
Crossposted from Dreamwidth. Comment here or there. (
