tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post1796587371583498440..comments2024-03-28T03:13:15.831-04:00Comments on Remarkable: Jason Powell: Claremont Post-1991 X-Men?Geoff Klockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-40693503216660865682014-11-15T15:38:16.380-05:002014-11-15T15:38:16.380-05:00Speaking to what Claremont was doing contemporaneo...Speaking to what Claremont was doing contemporaneously over in the other mutant titles, I would like to take this opportunity to discuss <i>Wolverine</i> and the origin of Psylocke's armor (an indication, perhaps, that I should have posted this in a previous review). I myself am a stickler for timelines, and it should be noted that <i>Fall of the Mutants</i>, despite being published in the autumn of 1987, actually bills itself in the story itself as happening during high summer. Two (chronological) issues later, Claremont gives us a story set during Christmas of that year. This means that, assuming that the X-Men claimed the Reavers' base relatively quickly after <i>Fall</i> (a supposition not wholly remarkable from the text), then at least <i><b>four months</b></i> pass between issues #229 and #230.<br /><br />Enter <i>Wolverine</i>. A newspaper in the first issue identifies the story as taking place in August. This, then, is the reason Claremont was able to reveal how Logan acquired Psylocke's armor some two months after the armor had already debuted in <i>Uncanny</i>: <i>Wolverine</i> was running behind the main title.NietzscheIsDeadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03768198450373297438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-89269214946715635382010-05-20T13:04:58.908-04:002010-05-20T13:04:58.908-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.homes for sale costa ricahttp://costa-ricarealestate.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-33633517680373326372010-01-18T23:51:09.857-05:002010-01-18T23:51:09.857-05:00Stephen,
Thanks, yeah, I probably will do that. ...Stephen,<br /><br />Thanks, yeah, I probably will do that. I actually have the list of favorite non-X stuff at my own blog, but I can do one here and actually say a little bit more about each one. <br /><br />As for the X-spinoffs in the 1975-1991 range, it occurs to me I have written about a lot of the best stuff: the Classic X-Men backup strips with Bolton, the New Mutants Asgard thing with Art Adams, the Paul Smith X-Men/Alpha Flight mini, the Frank Miller mini, and I've got a post drafted about X-Factor 65-68 ...<br /><br />But yeah, I'll do a list of some other stuff too.<br /><br />This is good -- if Geoff truly is worried about what will happen after I get to the end of the run, then we've got enough ideas here for another month's worth of posts, I think, at least.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-19938232455163732812010-01-18T23:29:45.326-05:002010-01-18T23:29:45.326-05:00my favorite non-X-Men Claremont works
What about ...<i>my favorite non-X-Men Claremont works</i><br /><br />What about doing this one as a one-post list -- not going item-by-item, but just telling us what they are?<br /><br /><i>the Claremont X spin-offs that were published in the golden window from 1975-1991</i><br /><br />Similar suggestion, but here I wonder about your possibly doing a list of your favorites -- which ones you think genuinely deserve to stand beside his X-run (or the best of his X-run, if you think any do).<br /><br />SFStephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16524368948187746248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-59153665482658597942010-01-17T16:27:03.122-05:002010-01-17T16:27:03.122-05:00I'll be looking forward to it.I'll be looking forward to it.Inkwell Bookstorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01609687997535147041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-64617866471121951262010-01-17T16:18:48.421-05:002010-01-17T16:18:48.421-05:00I.B., sure, why not? I'll throw it on at the ...I.B., sure, why not? I'll throw it on at the end, just to stretch the series out to one extra entry. :)<br /><br />(I just dug up the list on the hard-drive, and I realize I have to update it. My tastes have changed in the last year ...)Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-79853428642531051012010-01-17T15:38:03.871-05:002010-01-17T15:38:03.871-05:00Back in Oct. 2008 (!), you wrote, "Patrick, j...Back in Oct. 2008 (!), you wrote, "Patrick, just for fun I recently put together a list of my top twenty Claremont X-Men issues, and this two-parter takes up two slots. So obviously I agree, it's way up there on the list."<br />Any chance you'll run that list here?Inkwell Bookstorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01609687997535147041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-33541561703540164642010-01-08T12:27:50.078-05:002010-01-08T12:27:50.078-05:00I would love to see some companion posts to your x...I would love to see some companion posts to your x-men posts talking about what Claremont was doing over in New Mutants, Excalibur, Wolverine, ect at the same time as Uncanny. These titles dance around each other so much. I would love to get a better sense of the full picture of what he was up to with the X-characters globally.Evannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-74603894474993629242010-01-07T22:48:48.459-05:002010-01-07T22:48:48.459-05:00me too! send it here!me too! send it here!Geoff Klockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-21585185576797238262010-01-07T21:18:55.624-05:002010-01-07T21:18:55.624-05:00Peter, I would love to see that.Peter, I would love to see that.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-30943181211731068452010-01-07T20:48:08.723-05:002010-01-07T20:48:08.723-05:00Are you interested in having someone do write-ups ...Are you interested in having someone do write-ups on the New Mutants? I've been working on a mega-post about the Illyana Rasputin as rape survivor allegory for scans_daily, but I'd be just as happy to see the material here.Paul Faragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16593799976249334272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-87661077454261137132010-01-07T16:33:51.158-05:002010-01-07T16:33:51.158-05:00From what i read of X-treme X-men it wasn't ba...From what i read of X-treme X-men it wasn't bad, He was the first and only writer to make me actually care about Bishop and that's no mean feat. I also liked his Introduction of Sage who deserved a much greater role in the canon, this brings me to the point here really about his critics and the reputation building up against him... I think Claremonts work suffers as he's so defined by his mammoth original run and the editorial conditions today are very restrictive on what he can actually do to these characters.<br /><br />So he creates a great character in Sage for example, but where to next for her?<br />He is but <b>One</b> writer writing a marginal X-men book. Actually you could argue they're ALL marginal seeing as there are so many X-teams but the point is X-treme was a pretty good book on its own terms, the artists were very variable and IMO not sympathetic to the writers goals but as a skilled character writer Claremont was still second to none for me when this book was out...<br /><br />Now X-men Forever on the other hand has veered so far off the set path I too have difficulty fully investing in it anymore, but to its credit it is still entertaining in its own right. Some very nice art for a change and possibly the most accesable X-book out there barring the rather excellent Nostalgia orientated 'First Class' which is set in the early Claremont/Byrne era - It's outside the remit of this blog but anyone reading that?Dave Mullennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-44366580580796926122010-01-05T23:41:25.021-05:002010-01-05T23:41:25.021-05:00Ba -- I am looking for someone to cry while readin...Ba -- I am looking for someone to cry while reading X-Treme X-Men. <br /><br />Jason -- sorry about that. I can vouch for Jason -- he sent me a ton of Claremont reviews before New Years.Geoff Klockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-84277466880378684462010-01-05T23:04:52.485-05:002010-01-05T23:04:52.485-05:00You know, last night, I actually broke down and fi...You know, last night, I actually broke down and finally ordered some new copies of Claremont's "High Frontier" trilogy, his prose novels. (I had them all but lent them to to this really hot chick who liked science fiction. True story!)<br /><br />Anyway, I'm really looking forward to re-reading those.<br /><br />That has nothing to do with anything, I guess.<br /><br />BTW, the review of issue 251 is already written; I hope nobody thinks we're stalling by posting this instead. It's a good one, too. Stay tuned, folks!Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-50591278815947541222010-01-05T21:55:17.205-05:002010-01-05T21:55:17.205-05:00I've mentioned to Geoff that I'd probably ...I've mentioned to Geoff that I'd probably be up for covering Claremont's first "Revolution" come-back issue - and even the first issue of his second return, with Alan Davis - but I probably couldn't muster enough enthusiasm to cover anything beyond that. And if someone else were willing to do a more thorough job, I'd gladly let them take on the entire project.neilshyminskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14745442660488961314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-81024905021232360372010-01-05T21:53:56.166-05:002010-01-05T21:53:56.166-05:00Are you asking for someone to write about x-men po...Are you asking for someone to write about x-men post claremont, or claremont's x-men work post 1991? Because, honestly, Xtreme X-men alone will make you want to cry.bahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892528094367274617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-86704766200083514622010-01-05T20:29:20.559-05:002010-01-05T20:29:20.559-05:00Does it necessarily have to be a continuation of t...Does it necessarily have to be a continuation of the X-Men or can it be a new long run blog series like Lee/Kirby FF?Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00185609263234354638noreply@blogger.com