boyajian@akov68.DEC (Jerry Boyajian) (09/04/84)
Comments on a couple of of postings by Randy (Randwulf) Haskins: > This finally came in. Lots of interesting things happen. > We finally get a little more of Rachel's story, and it doesn't > look good. Without even worrying about Selene, there are hard > times ahead for the X-men. #200 ought to be something else > (one hopes it'll be as good as 175). Personally, I hope it's much *better* than #175 (which I thought was a bit of a dud). I should have some comments on X-MEN #188 in my next batch of reviews. > ...[ELFQUEST] 20 wasn't in yet. They said they > wanted 20 ready for the Con in SF, but maybe since they've > extended the number of issues, that isn't a goal any more. First of all, to be picayune, the convention (the World Science Fiction Conven- tion) was in LA, not SF. be that as it may, I just talked with my girlfriend tonight, who went to the con, and she said that ELFQUEST #20 was definitely there. Issue #21 didn't affect the deadline, since the Pinis wanted to hold a "Quest's End" party at the Worldcon. > I have to agree that the wierd-person-name-starting-with-"S" > is getting on my nerves. He is a great artist, however, I > don't think he belongs drawing the New Mutants. It seems > that their recent storylines have purposely gone in a direction > such that they allow him to draw impressionistically. I'm > sorry, but if I want that sort of art, I go to a museum. If > I pick up a comic book, I want a good story that art is > used to put across. The art in a comic should be like > the soundtrack in a movie, it shouldn't draw attention to itself > such that it takes attention away from the story. Ah, well, > maybe he'll move on to something better for him. Well, I agree with the first part --- Sienkiewicz's (I'm getting good at this!) art doesn't belong on THE NEW MUTANTS. I can't agree with your later statement, though, which I interpreted to mean that his impressionistic art style doesn't belong in comics, period. > Right, issue 200 is just around the corner. I mean, look at > the blow off we had in 175. We have to outdo that in 200 (I > don't remember what happened in 150, offhand, and I never > read 100...). Actually, maybe Maddy will be involved (again, > gasp, poor kid). I just hope it doesn't turn out to be another > hoax like 175 with Mastermind. Grr. #150 was the (so far) last fight the X-Men had with Magneto. #100 was a real biggie: the X-Men fought what was at the time the newest model of Sentinels, and during re-entry (they had been up at the old abandoned S.H.I.E.L.D. Space Station), Jean Grey (as Marvel Girl) died for the first time, to be reborn in #101 as Phoenix. I'm waiting for the issue in which Scott & Maddy drop by the mansion and meet Rachel. Boy, is that gonna be a scene! Rachel is gonna *freak*! --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA