tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post4071425869123725669..comments2024-03-26T20:11:01.933-04:00Comments on NOT BLOG X: NEW MUTANTS #89 - May 1990G. Kendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-84230809246064455842013-05-17T04:20:40.458-04:002013-05-17T04:20:40.458-04:00I love how in the cover it looks as though Cable i...I love how in the cover it looks as though Cable is just holding his fist out and Super Sabre has run straight into it, as if he was hoping that that would stop Cable.<br /><br />Speaking as someone who loves continuity to a Kurt Busiek-esque level, reading your continuity notes on this issue pains me. I can handle retcons when they're pulled off convincingly, but <i>why</i> do future writers just look at stuff established in this issue (however vaguely) and say, "Let's ignore that in favour of our own ideas!" I know that vague hints which never had any payoff were handed around like ...something...cheap... around this time, but did the writers ever actually plan on following up on their hints?!<br /><br />Sorry to get so annoyed, but this sort of sloppy writing really annoys me. Why put out a vague hint if you have no idea where it's going? Why not tell other writers your plans for characters if they're writing them, so that your original ideas can still be executed? I realise that you can't please everyone and that there'll always be <i>someone</i> who'll ignore your hints in favour of their own story, but you could at least try to have a grasp of what you're doing with the character and follow up on it. If retcons are necessary, I prefer that they at least address the original story rather than just overwriting it without explanation.<br /><br />Gyah, that was really long-winded and ramble-y.Harry Sewalskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886168494924203493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-43058795269951491532012-12-06T00:01:35.047-05:002012-12-06T00:01:35.047-05:00My main issues with the cover are where the people...My main issues with the cover are where the people are placed, and how they are reacting (that, and the tumor which seems attached to the Blob's throat...I know he's fat and with a double chin, but that's a horrible exaggeration, and he looked nothing like that on Liefeld's previous cover). Cable in bonking Sabre on the head, yet he looks like he is being punched across the face. And if Cable is delivering an uppercut to Pyro, why does is kneeling at Cable's feet? <br /><br />Ugh, this is just bad, bad, bad.wwk5dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-55030232919649329272012-12-05T23:29:13.425-05:002012-12-05T23:29:13.425-05:00"I don't think we ever get a scene of any..."I don't think we ever get a scene of anyone from X-Factor letting him take their (legal) charges away from them to live in the mansion's basement, do we?"<br /><br />Cyclops appears in the next issue briefly, but I think it's already treated as a given that the team's moving in with Cable.G. Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-27755507165880095182012-12-05T11:29:09.407-05:002012-12-05T11:29:09.407-05:00I'm pretty sure the answers to any and all que...I'm pretty sure the answers to any and all questions about why Cable is doing anything in these issues and how it fits with the later retcons is "because it's kewl". <br /><br />And I say that as someone with a greater-than-average amount of affection for the character, twisted back story and all...<br /><br />I'm still amazed at how quickly and abruptly Liefeld is able to not only integrate Cable into the book, but him in charge of the main characters. He first appeared two issues ago and now he's the team's new leader, just like that. <br /><br />And while Moira vouches for him in this issue, I don't think we ever get a scene of anyone from X-Factor letting him take their (legal) charges away from them to live in the mansion's basement, do we? <br /><br />It's just amazing how quickly Liefeld was able to shift into this new direction. <br /><br />@wwk5d<i>As if the horrible cover isn't a sign of what's to come...</i><br /><br />For whatever reason, the idea of Liefeld drawing Super Sabre has always cracked me up. Blob and Pyro and even Avalanche have these more traditional super-villainy looks that Liefeld can exaggerate, but Super Sabre is just this old dude in a bomber cap. He just seems so relatively normal, and Liefeld usually doesn't do "normal".Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-77549277982422134832012-12-04T02:29:57.995-05:002012-12-04T02:29:57.995-05:00As if the horrible cover isn't a sign of what&...As if the horrible cover isn't a sign of what's to come...wwk5dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-76281030477701867702012-12-03T23:17:03.133-05:002012-12-03T23:17:03.133-05:00Okay, now I see what you're saying, but I'...Okay, now I see what you're saying, but I'd argue that kid's expression is so bad it works lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-29350729247195165722012-12-03T20:32:32.408-05:002012-12-03T20:32:32.408-05:00That's not the worst page in the issue, true. ...That's not the worst page in the issue, true. But just looking at it, that storytelling is fairly awful. Cable's somehow gotten closer to the railing even after running away from it in the previous panel, and that kid's reaction is just ridiculous. And what is he even looking at if the fire is in the bay?G. Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-16665714374498479692012-12-03T13:36:07.770-05:002012-12-03T13:36:07.770-05:00IDK, I think that page you picked out actually loo...IDK, I think that page you picked out actually looks pretty good...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com