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Well, that’s not ominous. (X-Men #17)
I like the idea that this dude is the one narrating the story. (X-Men #17)
Darkstar’s family is unreasonably complicated even by Marvel standards. (X-Men #17)
I like to think he watches this like a soap opera. (X-Men #17)
Colossus is still all about cathartic landscaping. (X-Men #17)
This is a very awkward scene, for reasons including but not limited to Scott’s deeply baffling anatomy. (X-Men #17)
Two great tastes that go great together! (X-Men #18)
I’m sure there’s a lot of emotional resonance on this page, but I’m too distracted by the BABY WITH STRYFE’S HEAD to care. (X-Men #18)
CLASSIC. (X-Men #18)
I really appreciate that Illyana appears to be visiting this cover from an entirely different genre, possibly one with hella vampires. (X-Men #19)
Remember the time the X-Men defeated a guy by being TOO ANGSTY FOR HIM TO DIGEST? Because that absolutely happened. (X-Men #19)
That said, the Soul Skinner’s got some angst of his own. (X-Men #19)
Balloon placement matters, kids. (X-Men #19)
Well, then. (X-Men #19)
Ah, mistrust walks, a fundamental of teambuilding. (X-Men #17)
Hi, Revanche. (X-Men #17)
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I know I’m being absolutely negative, but I can’t help but telling how much Andy Kubert’s art upsets me.
Sorry.
Thank God, another person whom the end of the podcast made feel guilty about being negative! đ
I have mixed feelings about Kubertâs art. Some of the layouts come across as very effective – I think part of why itâs sort of OK that the âSoul Skinnerâsâ powers are a little nebulous is that Kubert has put some thought into how pages as a whole are going to suggest the nightmarishness of whatâs going on inside peopleâs heads without the dialogue needing to define it clearly.
But when you get to the specifics of whatâs drawn inside the actual panels, well… There are some good striking images of Colossus, but thereâs also the likes of the very obvious anatomy fail on betoweled Scott that our host points out above.
And, while no-one should ever draw Psylocke in that costume, Kubert *definitely* shouldnât be doing it. Writing and art combine to produce a quintessential example of â90s cringe. It was particularly awful after reading The Only Good Depiction Of Post-Bodyswap Betsy in Excalibur two weeks ago. âOh yes. This is what they do with this character in her own book.â
Kubert is all that bugs me in an artist: blurry, ostentatious, flat, repetitive, anti-narrative…and a pretty bad drawer. I know this may sound odd for an Adams’ fan like me, but Art’s got something that Kubert hasn’t: imagination and sense of composition.
All this in my honest opinion, of course.