Marvel has stepped away from massive X-title crossovers, so you probably can get the full story without scratching your head too much just by reading Astonishing's 12 issues...
Walking I get. But power walking? Why not just run for a shorter time?
Angel ,'Time Bomb'
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Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.
CaBil - Mar 11, 2004 11:05:00 pm PST #1554 of 10000
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
§ ita § - Mar 11, 2004 11:35:02 pm PST #1555 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In fact, all the X titles seem completely unrelated at this point.
Kiba Rika - Mar 12, 2004 5:10:21 pm PST #1556 of 10000
I may have to seize the cat.
I was hoping for some Kitty Pryde in Joss's X-Men. As surprises no one, she's my favorite character. (What? A small, bookish, Jewish performer-type with headaches? No!) I'm so relieved to see she will be old school Kitty and not this new thing I've been told is Kitty. (I'm a bit of a crappy X-Men fan, as my current reading of comics has me only caught up to around 1984.)
ETA: Also the computer-nerd thing has no small part in my Kitty love, and where I see a big Kitty-Buffy parallel is dealing with superpowers while your parents are mid-divorce. All the while being expected to go to school, and trying to have a nice, normal life with a boyfriend who's too old for you. (Granted, there's a big difference between 200 years older than you and 5 or 6 years older than you, but still.) Which, by the way, I never forgave Colossus for Secret Wars. (I'm all out of order in my reading of X-Men related stories...)
Jeff Mejia - Mar 17, 2004 4:29:25 am PST #1557 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
Just a reminder to everyone that Tales of the Vampires #4 is supposed to be in the stores today.
There is also a decent interview with Sam Loeb, who wrote a story for issue #5, up at The Pulse.
Remember folks, it's not what you know, it's who you know.
§ ita § - Mar 19, 2004 4:41:54 am PST #1558 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 19, 2004 5:13:52 am PST #1559 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Is there any way this isn't a dig at the first movie (white fonted):
Scott: Sorry Logan, Superheroes wear costumes. And quite frankly, all the black leather is making people nervous.
sumi - Mar 19, 2004 5:16:00 am PST #1560 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Once again -- I really liked the Jane Espenson story but actually both stories were good. I'm not sure I understand what it is that the kids have suddenly understood in the framing story.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 19, 2004 8:48:25 am PST #1561 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Sumi, I think the vampire storyteller has mesmerised his captors, and they're bringing him the children as dinner.
sumi - Mar 19, 2004 9:00:54 am PST #1562 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Ah! Then I wonder why he hasn't also mesmerized the children -- or is this what the storytelling is all about?
sj - Mar 19, 2004 9:03:21 am PST #1563 of 10000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I think he had mesmerized the one who he caught by the throat.