I love WARREN ELLIS' work!!His first issue of "ASTONISHING X-MEN" is an exception, though. I understand this is NOT a continuation of Whedon/Cassaday's run. I'm ok with that fact and looked forward to Ellis new take upon picking up this issue.
Unfortunately it doesn't feel like Ellis knows the X-Men as characters outside of names, costumes and powers. This book felt like Ellis dusted off a previous old script for some other unused comic and adapted it to the X-Men. Perhaps it was an unused script for X-Factor because apparenlty the X-Men now work with the San Francisco Police Department as Mutant Detectives. "C.S.I. Mutant Town."
Every character is disgustingly smug, pompous, pretentious and oozing with self-satisfaction. I walked away from the issue hating every single one of them.
Overall, I found this comic to be sloppy, smug and a huge disappointment. Man, I really hated this book. JIMSMASH!!
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I agree 100%
ditto,.....i just dropped the title.
We've had several customers bring their issue back requesting an exchange, as well as a significant amount of regulars dropping the title.
oh and cool blog!
I hated and dropped it. SUCKED!
"Oh, the cleverness of ME!"
LOL, good one!
I agree, Ellis' take on the Astonishing X-Men is off base and unlikeable.
I think you have mentioned before, but check out the current X-Force series. It is surprisingly good and probably the best x-book being published right now.
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