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My favorite cartoon is back! Well, one of the reasons it's my favorite is because I don't watch any other one but I'm still ridiculously happy about it. I missed you, 'Avatar'.
New X-Men 42 'Children of X-Men, part 1'
After months and months of non-stop carnage, death and misery, Yost & Kyle wisely decided that the kids need a breather. And it's possible that someone finally pointed out to them that the parts they are really good at are dialog and little character scenes, instead of, say, writing a five-issue-long battle with demons. The result is that we get an issue that has 22 pages full of dialog and little character scenes (ok, there were also 4 pages with a new Big Bad Villain on them, but let's not be finicky). In other words, it's the most delightful installment since, well, ever.
It packs lots and lots of humor in, it gives a bit of spotlight to practically every member of its gigantic cast, it recognizes what's happening in the other corners of the Marvel playground and, most of all, it makes sense. It's freaking fantastic.
Now's the part where I am to report all the glee moment, but, since there are about 75 of them, I'm going to heroically try to limit myself to the Top Ten:
- Megan apparently not having a shut-up button and Pixie: 'Doctor Strange said he'd teach me more, but I have to be eighteen. And that I have to take a vow of silence,' Beast: 'We are hoping he'll take you early, though.'
- The grown-ups finally realizing that, with the kids having just gone through months and months of non-stop carnage, death and misery, they might be a bit remiss in their guardian duties
- Santo making it his personal mission to make Victor a hardcore Lizard-Man, recruiting Laura to the project as the surgical specialist.
- Elixir totally spacing out on his newly-discovered super-super-powers.
- Beast and Colossus waiting for Santo to show up for the lava-form research, Colossus' 'Are you sure he can tell time?', Beast's 'Not entirely' and, naturally, Victor gleefully offering a helping hand in the smashing-Rockslide-in-the-name-of-science bit.
- Julian blowing his room up because he apparently can't use his tk on 'anything smaller that a refrigerator' and then perving a bit on the Cuckoos (Mercury: 'Do you know how old the Cuckoos are?' Hellion: 'Old enough,' Me: 'Brilliant')
- Nori trying to find out what actually happened to David in Limbo, everyone giving her sketchy details until Laura the surgical specialist recounts the whole gory deal.
- Megan fighting Wolverine with unicorns.
- The whole 'Who's the youngest mutie on the planet and therefore most likely to die a very gruesome death very very soon' project - not only a very neat idea on its own but plays into the imminent 'Messiah Complex'.
- Laura 'Hands off my man, bitch' reaction when Nori, for reasons known only to her, pounces on Julian.
The next issue probably won't be as much fun, since, presumably, they are going to deal with the new Big Bad Villain there (who's actually an old villain, just brought into spotlight) but if it's even half as fun as this one, I'll still be ecstatic.
Even 'Endangered Species, part whatever' was ok. Mainly because something of significance actually happened for a change, meaning Dark Beast possibly killing a Guthrie. Besides, I like the Guthries, I like the very idea of the Guthries so I'm always happy when Mrs G. and her innumerable children make an appearance. Mike Perkins' art was less than stellar, but at least there was some drama.
Also, 'Captain America' continues to be utterly engrossing despite the fact, apart from Iron Man in the supporting role, it holds no characters that I actively like and a few that I actually actively dislike. The first 'Marvel Comics Presents' proves to be a mixed bag with the nice starts to the Hellcat (Stuart Immonen, yay!), Omega Flight (part 1 of 12, though? isn't it an overkill?) and the seems-random-so-far-but-I'm-quite-positive-it-really-isn't crime storylines on the one hand and a rubbish Spider-Man piece about his billion counterparts from other dimensions on the other (which, I guess, leaves the Thing story in the no man's land part of the scale for being ok but too sappy). 'World War Hulk' mostly annoyed me, especially that it's four issues in and only now we see one of the Illummnati try to explain to Hulk that they did not, in fact, kill his wife and kid. 'World War Hulk Frontline' keeps on the trend of being actually better than the real thing it's supposed to accesorize. I hope Sentry throws Hulk into the sun next month, even though I do realize it's extremely unlikely. I also hope 'Secret Invasion' will be good enough to let me forget about all those failed giant crossover events Marvel has been dishing out left and right over the recent years. Even though I do realize it's extremely unlikely.
So that you don't think that my media life consists solely of cartoons and comics - because that would be sad - I assure you that I watch proper movies too. I would love to add that I also read proper books but that would be a lie. So I won't.
.
New X-Men 42 'Children of X-Men, part 1'
After months and months of non-stop carnage, death and misery, Yost & Kyle wisely decided that the kids need a breather. And it's possible that someone finally pointed out to them that the parts they are really good at are dialog and little character scenes, instead of, say, writing a five-issue-long battle with demons. The result is that we get an issue that has 22 pages full of dialog and little character scenes (ok, there were also 4 pages with a new Big Bad Villain on them, but let's not be finicky). In other words, it's the most delightful installment since, well, ever.
It packs lots and lots of humor in, it gives a bit of spotlight to practically every member of its gigantic cast, it recognizes what's happening in the other corners of the Marvel playground and, most of all, it makes sense. It's freaking fantastic.
Now's the part where I am to report all the glee moment, but, since there are about 75 of them, I'm going to heroically try to limit myself to the Top Ten:
- Megan apparently not having a shut-up button and Pixie: 'Doctor Strange said he'd teach me more, but I have to be eighteen. And that I have to take a vow of silence,' Beast: 'We are hoping he'll take you early, though.'
- The grown-ups finally realizing that, with the kids having just gone through months and months of non-stop carnage, death and misery, they might be a bit remiss in their guardian duties
- Santo making it his personal mission to make Victor a hardcore Lizard-Man, recruiting Laura to the project as the surgical specialist.
- Elixir totally spacing out on his newly-discovered super-super-powers.
- Beast and Colossus waiting for Santo to show up for the lava-form research, Colossus' 'Are you sure he can tell time?', Beast's 'Not entirely' and, naturally, Victor gleefully offering a helping hand in the smashing-Rockslide-in-the-name-of-science bit.
- Julian blowing his room up because he apparently can't use his tk on 'anything smaller that a refrigerator' and then perving a bit on the Cuckoos (Mercury: 'Do you know how old the Cuckoos are?' Hellion: 'Old enough,' Me: 'Brilliant')
- Nori trying to find out what actually happened to David in Limbo, everyone giving her sketchy details until Laura the surgical specialist recounts the whole gory deal.
- Megan fighting Wolverine with unicorns.
- The whole 'Who's the youngest mutie on the planet and therefore most likely to die a very gruesome death very very soon' project - not only a very neat idea on its own but plays into the imminent 'Messiah Complex'.
- Laura 'Hands off my man, bitch' reaction when Nori, for reasons known only to her, pounces on Julian.
The next issue probably won't be as much fun, since, presumably, they are going to deal with the new Big Bad Villain there (who's actually an old villain, just brought into spotlight) but if it's even half as fun as this one, I'll still be ecstatic.
Even 'Endangered Species, part whatever' was ok. Mainly because something of significance actually happened for a change, meaning Dark Beast possibly killing a Guthrie. Besides, I like the Guthries, I like the very idea of the Guthries so I'm always happy when Mrs G. and her innumerable children make an appearance. Mike Perkins' art was less than stellar, but at least there was some drama.
Also, 'Captain America' continues to be utterly engrossing despite the fact, apart from Iron Man in the supporting role, it holds no characters that I actively like and a few that I actually actively dislike. The first 'Marvel Comics Presents' proves to be a mixed bag with the nice starts to the Hellcat (Stuart Immonen, yay!), Omega Flight (part 1 of 12, though? isn't it an overkill?) and the seems-random-so-far-but-I'm-quite-positive-it-really-isn't crime storylines on the one hand and a rubbish Spider-Man piece about his billion counterparts from other dimensions on the other (which, I guess, leaves the Thing story in the no man's land part of the scale for being ok but too sappy). 'World War Hulk' mostly annoyed me, especially that it's four issues in and only now we see one of the Illummnati try to explain to Hulk that they did not, in fact, kill his wife and kid. 'World War Hulk Frontline' keeps on the trend of being actually better than the real thing it's supposed to accesorize. I hope Sentry throws Hulk into the sun next month, even though I do realize it's extremely unlikely. I also hope 'Secret Invasion' will be good enough to let me forget about all those failed giant crossover events Marvel has been dishing out left and right over the recent years. Even though I do realize it's extremely unlikely.
So that you don't think that my media life consists solely of cartoons and comics - because that would be sad - I assure you that I watch proper movies too. I would love to add that I also read proper books but that would be a lie. So I won't.
.