Posted by Smalls at adsl-67-122-161-208.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net on December 08, 2003 at 01:01:31:
In Reply to: Re: Deconstruction self-destructs. posted by Runshouse21 on December 08, 2003 at 00:44:17:
I used to be really into the X-Men but...
Ick, these days its so dark and dysfunctional, you know?
The whole point of the X-Men used to be that they were facing down insanely dark future after insanely dark future, mutant holocaust after mutant holocaust... but at the end of the day, they themselves stayed a family and they themselves stayed hopeful.
I can deal with there being too many damn characters and too many damn books... but Jesus, does it have to be so hopeless and Matrix-y?
But that I could get on those books, hit the reset button somehow and make them secret again and give them costumes again and... even if you needed a hokey time-travel explanation, come on, someone needs to get in there and lighten things up a little.
Fantastic Four's still good... cherry-picking around DC still bears some fruit, "Formerly Known As" is good, JLA has its moments...
Liberty Meadows is beautiful to look at, even though it grows more obsessed with its lame weird soap opera subplot instead of being a hit-or-miss funny Bloom County rip-off, which is what its best at...
I really think that the next big trend in comics is going to be the return of the comedy book. Or at least, it should be.
Mike