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[salinea]

I'm due an update I think. I haven't been reading much lately, but I just started reading Checkmate; and mostly, I've been continuing reading Claremont era X-Men stuff.

Liked a lot of the X-Men stuff - I'm up to issue #200 - though the art is starting to get very uneven. Let's not even mention the hairstyles. I kind of really liked the meeting between Storm and Forge.

I find the New Mutants stuff a bit more uneven; some stories are great (the Legion one, the whole Asgardian stuff, some of the standalone stories) others less so (the Nova Roma arc especially, that whole fatphobic thing with Karma was disturbing, and the introduction of the Hellions was a bit weak though not without potential). I especially like Dani and Illyana.

Read Secret Wars which is extremely dorky, mostly in fun ways but also in awkward ways. Gotta love the Aliens Made Them Do It premise.

Read the Kitty Pryde & Wolverine miniseries which was pretty good.


That's all for now; you can continue reccing me stuff

Comments

[lilacsigil]

I agree about New Mutants - it's very up and down, and after about issue #50 it goes way down in quality. I think the art has dated on X-Men (as well as the clothes and hair - the 80s is a distinctive time!) but I still adore that era of stories.

If you like Checkmate, have you read the original run of Suicide Squad?

[flo-nelja.livejournal.com]

Oh, tu as lu la vraie version du chapitre 200, donc ! Je sais que tu avais déjà lu le résumé crack. ^^;;

Et oui, les coupes de cheveux des années 80, c'est quelque chose. ^^

Il faut vraiment que je lise Kitty Pryde and Wolverine. Mais ce n'est pas ces jours-ci que j'aurai le temps...

[ruthk.livejournal.com]

Issue 200 is when things start to get downhill more or less - at the same time as X-Factor starts. Coincidence?
I'd recommend the Magik limtied series, provided you like Illyana.