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Marvel's June Solicitations

The Natural Way

07:30 / 27.03.02

You can viddy them over at Comics Continuum.

Igor's bollocksing up the art for two issues in June. Great. Get him to rush them out again, Marvel. Go on.

Bloody twats.

08:54 / 27.03.02

Actually I believe Igor is being made the main artist on the book. I could be wrong though.

Regrettable Juvenilia

09:08 / 27.03.02

On the plus side: we are getting two issues in a month, and presumably this is so that Quitely can do the promised five issues in a row. Plus, that's a very nice Ariel Olivetti cover for 128...

I have to say though, X-Force seems to have a much better deal where fill-in artists are concerned: issue 129 is drawn by Duncan Fergredo.

The Natural Way

10:13 / 27.03.02

Yeah, absolutely.

Why doesn't Marvel realise that the NXM readers are just as likely to enjoy fun, interesting, poppy art?

And Trij: thanks, but of course I know that already. I was complaining about the two a month thing (after Kordey's last disaster). And, TBH, I don't give a shit if I get none a month as long as, when the comic does come out, it's full of perdy pictures. These shitbombs won't be.

12:38 / 27.03.02

Lucky me, I don’t find the art the problem other people apparently do…

I have to feel sympathy for Igor Kordey. Must feel like being an understudy and hearing a general groan when the announcement’s made that the principal’s absent.

Frankly, I’ve seen far worse artwork… and I think that, if we’re honest, most of us have really. No, go on, be honest.

Anyway, I’ll wait until I see the comics before having a go at the artwork. I’m awkward like that…

DBC

16:04 / 27.03.02

Well since Igor is being made the main artist on NXM, maybe his art will get better. Everywhere I've been, people have said it looked like a rush-job, so maybe being made the main artist will give him more time to work on the book.

For all we know, Marvel's been going to Kordey at the very last minute and saying "You need to draw this up real quick. You've got a week".

16:59 / 27.03.02

They're releasing the 'imperial' tpb:

New X-Men Vol. 2: Imperial
cover by frank quitely
grant morrison (w)/frank quitely, ethan van sciver & igor kordey (p)
THE SCOOP: Continuing Grant Morrison's bold reinterpretation of comics' #1 super team!
THE STORY: As protesters lay siege to the Xavier Institute, Professor X lies in a coma -- trapped within the shattered form of his evil twin! Cassandra Nova, the psionic psychopath inhabiting Xavier's body, has returned to Earth -- with the might of the entire Shi'ar Imperium! Collecting NEW X-MEN #118 - #126!
THE BUZZ: "At the end of each issue, I find myself truly shocked -- wondering what will happen next and dreading the wait. Under Grant Morrison's guidance, NEW X-MEN has become the comic book equivalent of heroin. I can't wait for my next hit." - Cinescape
THE FORMAT: 224-page trade paperback!
7-59606-10887-9-00111 19.99

http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=1037

they're calling cassandra nova a 'psionic psychopath' when she's clearly a gnostic demiurge. sigh.

17:05 / 27.03.02

You don't expect the unwashed masses to actually know those words, do you?

Marvel wasnts to appeal to everybody, not to a small group that uses words like "gnotic".

Joe average will see the book and know what a psychopath is, he probably won't know what a demiurge is.

18:41 / 27.03.02

demiurge is pretty much a synonym for republican, right?

hehe...

19:07 / 27.03.02

I don't think so. I think it refers to the creator of the material world. At least that's what this nifty "glossary of gnostic terms" says anyway.

Matthew Fluxington

20:22 / 27.03.02

sigh. Igor is NOT being made the main artist. He is the co-artist. meaning he and Frank each do half of the issues for the year, plus there will/might be other guest artists.

20:44 / 27.03.02

Oh. My mistake. That's what I get for listening to people in bookstores while flipping through NXM.

Remember kids, don't talk to strangers. They'll just feed you false information.

Matthew Fluxington

20:45 / 27.03.02

Well, Trijhaos, some of these things can be as simple as reading the letters column of the current issue of the comic.

20:48 / 27.03.02

Unfortunatly, I don't have the current issue of the comic. The people around here aren't very good with keeping the comic stock current, so I'm usually about two weeks behind everybody else.

Matthew Fluxington

00:02 / 28.03.02

Ah. I wish they'd get Duncan Fregredo to be the NXM fill-in instread....*swoons*

I love that guy.

Solitaire Rose as Tom Servo

02:50 / 28.03.02

Sorry, I'm still swooning over the fact that they are putting out an Essential Tomb Of Dracula.

Now all I need is an Essential Master of Kung Fu and an Essential Warlock and I can die a happy fanboy.