At Broken Frontier, writer Mike Carey provides commentary on several pages from X-Men #193, out this week: “I like being able to play with the larger cast. It’s part of what makes the X-Men so cool and so much fun -– that there is this enormous list of dramatis personae, and they’re all there to call on when you want them. Moreover, when you bring a character back out of relative obscurity and shine the spotlight on them, you know that somebody somewhere is cheering -– because everyone has a favourite X-Man. Even my mother-in-law.”
December 1st, 2006 at 1:39 pm
Am I the only one who finds Chris Bachalo’s artwork confusing during the action scenes? I wrote about it on my blog but I am probably the only one who feels this way.
http://www.photontorpedoes.com/archives/2006/11/xmen_193_chris.php
December 1st, 2006 at 1:43 pm
Heh. I read that this morning.
No, you’re not the only one. I love Bachalo’s art, but a lot of his work on X-Men has been difficult to follow. I’ve frequently found myself going over his action sequences multiple times to try to figure out what’s going on — sometimes without much success.
December 1st, 2006 at 5:23 pm
I don’t think that Bachalo’s art is hard to follow, but I do think that taking your time and poring over his art gives a much better experience than just reading the words and looking at the pictures for a moment. Same for Risso, Quitely, Hitch, Lee, and a handful of others.