Cut, because although I know at least a handful of people will click through, largely I cannot imagine this is of interest to anyone but myself. :)
( X-Men continuity, 2004 & beyond )
I might try House of M. The only X stuff I've read in ages is Whedon's, which I enjoyed, though I'm now wading through way too much Bat material and trying to accept what's happened there.
Speaking of...did you know Paul Dini's writing two titles now? :)
I admit being fascinated by what you're reading, though. I do have a love for the X-Men though wallowing in X-angst bothers the crap out of me sometimes, and we won't even go into how much I hate the Scott-Emma dynamic. So if you find something good, pass it along. Because I really don't need to see the same old same old all over again.
I actually like the Scott-Emma dynamic quite a lot, partly for its entirely fucked-up nature. I like the exploitation of Scott's weakness for telepaths, I like the fact that Emma, who is not and never will be a good person, actually fell in love with the boy scout, I like that with every page I turn I still don't trust the relationship. It's at least a "something changed" story, which was never, ever going to happen with Scott and Jean, although I don't care much for how they dealt with Jean's death WRT the storyline.
I'll no doubt keep posting as I get and read the next storylines, never fear. :)
You might really want to follow the Dark Reign set if you did the Emma storyline, because Dark Reign's X-Men plot is all about Emma. I got frustrated with the "we're moving to San Francisco where we can be a really obvious metaphor!" thing (because I'd thought the metaphor was pretty explicit before!) and so hadn't been following Manifest Destiny, and therefore didn't pick up the first Dark Reign stuff that ended up being in both arcs. I kind of wish I had now.
Yeah, I've actually read all the main stories for all three of those, although my memories of HOUSE OF M are slightly unclear (but it turns out I've got the softcover GN, so I may re-read that this afternoon). I don't think I've read anything X in its entirety from *after* HOUSE OF M, though, so that's evidently where I need to really pick up.
CIVIL WAR was pretty good right up until they COMPLETELY COPPED OUT at the end. :p
X-Factor is the only one I've been reading consistently for a long time. It's Peter David, so very consistently good.
I'm currently subscribed to Uncanny, and I like it. The move to San Francisco basically works (in this title), and it feels like classic X-Men, not the ultra-dark or ultra-violent stuff that a lot of writers like to do. (Ahem, the recent version of X-Force.)
I've sampled most of the other titles and dropped them recently.
In the slightly longer ago, I liked the various New X-Men/New Mutants run. A bit out of the X-Space, Runaways is also a lot of fun. And as long as you're shopping for graphic novels, don't forget Buffy Season 8!
I'll read anything Grant Morrison or Warren Ellis do, pretty much, but I haven't been able to sustain the notion of the "Marvel 'Universe'" (double attack quotes, raar) as a in-some-sense-actually-existing, unitary place for many years. It's more like some anime: these characters in this book have the same names as those characters in that book, but they aren't really meaningfully connected.
Juat some kid from the webirishkateJuly 5 2009, 17:43:13 UTC
1st I would recommend X-tream X-men Storm leading the team and not a hole lot of classic x-men to muck through. 2nd is exiles the 2000-2006 about re-boot this is the good stuff its like sliders in the marvel setting. 3rd and last the new Cris Claremont X-men forever just started and is going to be Huge, Just realized all the stuff I am recommending is Chris Claremont or influenced by him I hope you like him.
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Re: Juat some kid from the webmizkitJuly 5 2009, 20:40:08 UTC
Yep, I've got all the X-Treme stuff, most of which I enjoyed. I've read bits of the Exiles here and there and think it's one of the best things Marvel's done lately, but I haven't picked them all up. And sadly, though generally I like Claremont a lot, I didn't at all care for the storytelling choice in the second XMF, so I'm likely to wait for trade before I read any more of that...
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I might try House of M. The only X stuff I've read in ages is Whedon's, which I enjoyed, though I'm now wading through way too much Bat material and trying to accept what's happened there.
Speaking of...did you know Paul Dini's writing two titles now? :)
I admit being fascinated by what you're reading, though. I do have a love for the X-Men though wallowing in X-angst bothers the crap out of me sometimes, and we won't even go into how much I hate the Scott-Emma dynamic. So if you find something good, pass it along. Because I really don't need to see the same old same old all over again.
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X-Factor is the only one I've been reading consistently for a long time. It's Peter David, so very consistently good.
I'm currently subscribed to Uncanny, and I like it. The move to San Francisco basically works (in this title), and it feels like classic X-Men, not the ultra-dark or ultra-violent stuff that a lot of writers like to do. (Ahem, the recent version of X-Force.)
I've sampled most of the other titles and dropped them recently.
In the slightly longer ago, I liked the various New X-Men/New Mutants run. A bit out of the X-Space, Runaways is also a lot of fun. And as long as you're shopping for graphic novels, don't forget Buffy Season 8!
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