tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post3891884119303559663..comments2024-03-26T20:11:01.933-04:00Comments on NOT BLOG X: X-MEN/WILDC.A.T.S - THE DARK AGE - May 1998G. Kendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-84237872458830308432014-04-24T12:01:31.029-04:002014-04-24T12:01:31.029-04:00Actually Ellis blamed the editor (Ruben Diaz if me...Actually Ellis blamed the editor (Ruben Diaz if memory serves), not Mat Broome, for this travesty. <br /><br />Ellis was very plain, even angry and vindictive (with apparently some justification) on the internet that the editor rewrote the script without his input.hueysheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575786917604922595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-61107249735932151392014-04-13T21:07:51.906-04:002014-04-13T21:07:51.906-04:00More than one writer has complained about Mat Broo...More than one writer has complained about Mat Broome's pencils before (Chuck Dixon had some choice words about it); a quick look at CBDb shows he's worked as recently as 2009, but I wonder if this reputation has burned some industry bridges.<br /><br />It never occurred to me that Warren Ellis wrote this (or <i>2099 A.D. Apocalypse</i>, a teenage favorite of mine, for that matter), but all the earmarks are there, especially, as G. points out, the endless snark that disregards any pre-established characterization.kerrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-74643656540373624092014-04-13T02:30:15.047-04:002014-04-13T02:30:15.047-04:00I think you're right on with these. The first...I think you're right on with these. The first three were nothing deep, but each one was like a great popcorn action movie. <br /><br />This one was a real disappointing way to cap things off.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-65213252647686504102014-04-11T14:12:21.467-04:002014-04-11T14:12:21.467-04:00I recall Warren Ellis essentially disown this comi...I recall Warren Ellis essentially disown this comic way back when. I remember not being able to make heads or tails of it despite liking Ellis's other work. I suspect the storytelling deficiencies of 1998 Matt Broome have a lot to do with its incoherence.<br /><br />- Mike LoughlinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com