Why, Marvel? Why?

I am a nerd. I admit it, I love it, embrace it, etc, blah blah blah. My weapons of choice are PC games and comics. But goddammit, Marvel, why must you fuck up Ultimate X-men?


Here's the problem: they switched artists. The old artist (Greg Land) drew detailed, realistic characters in the much more modern trend toward realism (and in my opinion, better art). As of issue 79, there's a new artist, and it feels like I'm stuck in the '80s with stylized comics that really aren't as entrancing as I want them to be. The better the art, the less writing needs to be done, and that's how I judge a comic- how much reading I have to do. I can't even begin to express how disappointed I am with the new artist for the Ultimate X-men.

So after reading issues 79 and 80, I picked up "Phoenix: Endsong" to sooth my saddened soul. Just for the record, "Endsong" is quite possibly the best character-focused comic book in the world. Yes, I know I rave about "Wolverine: Origins," but "Endsong" is just stunning, both graphically and plot-wise. So many story-lines twist together into a graphically beautiful and thrilling comic. But it did remind me how much I'm going to miss Greg Land's artistic abilities.

Luckily, my feelings of depression were smothered some-what by the reminder of how awesome my 18th birthday is going to be. For those who don't know, I'm getting myself a tattoo. What tat, you ask? The Phoenix logo. The cool one. On Jean Grey's outfits. Yeah. That one. Ain't it sexy? It's going on my left shoulder blade and holy crap I can't wait.

That is all.

Amy out.