Terry Moore continues to be my gold standard for realistic/varied character design. And Fiona Staples for fantasy. Because if a comic's defense for everyone looking the same is that its a fantasy, my question is why that fantasy is so boring.
Blink. Up until imzy I had little idea how semi-popular she is. There's at least 3 of us. There could be dozens. Nevernude levels of population...
I know some of the reason I like her so much is that I started reading comics right around the Phalanx event, and AoA is still my favorite event ever. She was also a very JoeMad character. She just looks so coooool. And AoA Blink was mentored by Sabertooth, and pretty badass. 616 Blink saved a bunch of lives through self-sacrifice. I really enjoyed her time leading the Exiles, but my loyalty to the character was cemented well before that. I will admit that I gave up comics for a few years after one of the times Marvel "Killed" her and Deadpool, the other book I was following a the time, a few weeks apart. I didn't feel like being jerked around.
I'm really hesitant to read her more recent appearances in the Necrosha storyline. Because Selene's the worst, amirite?
It added Demon Bear and the original New Mutants Graphic Novel and first 3 issues. Also, it convinced me not to grab the first 2 volumes of Essential X-Factor, instead jumping to volume 3.
Essential Marvel is my preferred bathroom read. I'm going to need to go shopping soon though because I'm down to Killraven (schlocky but fun) and 2 volumes of Essential Spider-Woman (crazy continuity angst).
Thanks! I was pretty proud of how it turned out.
Thank you, Ray, for giving me warm fuzzies about this community. Blink has been my favorite comics character since AoA. I remember trying to look up things about her circa 1997 when I first got internet access and only being able to find 2 paragraphs. And approximately 43 fansites for the band Blink-182.
My hands swell up when I knit more than a little anymore. I really miss designing patterns though. Now I limit myself to one big project a year, usually for charity. Last year I made Captain America's shield into a shawl. Its not even that I'm a huge Cap fan. It's more that I was surprised it hadn't shown up on ravelry as something that had been done before and it was mainly concentric circles. https://desertbus.org/silent-auction/23 It had the added benefit of being lace that I rarely had to count.
I'm trying to figure out a simple way to work with the Wonder Woman W's for next year, but it continues to evade me.



Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-MenBody diversity in X-Books.Apr 06, 2016 at 8:33 AM