Astonishing X-Men #31
Abigail Brand, director of S.W.O.R.D., has been in some sticky situations, and she isn't the type who asks for help to get out of them. But when you're careening towards Earth in the cockpit of a damaged spaceship after being attacked on an exploding asteroid 7.5 million miles from Earth...it's time to call the X-Men. They might not have much of a plan, or much of a chance, but that's certainly never stopped them before. Superstar artist Phil Jimenez joins writer Warren Ellis for the second arc of the mind-bending ongoing series!
WRITER: Warren Ellis
PENCILS: Phil Jimenez
INKS: Andy Lanning
COLORED BY: Frank D'Armata
LETTERED BY: Chris Eliopoulos
COVER BY: Phil Jimenez
Price: $2.99
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| comicBOOKchris | 10/07/09 | No | Read Review |
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also it looks like its going to be a regualer book finger crossed
Posted by oldmanlogan88 on 10/05/09 at 02:50 PM
I consider Jimenez to be third in series of great artists to handle this book, though I must admit I'll miss Bianchi.
Posted by J4K3 on 10/05/09 at 03:19 PM
I didn't mind and even liked Bianchi. But Jimenez will definitely kick my ass!
Posted by cromulent on 10/05/09 at 03:38 PM
Im so excited for jimenez on the book as well. He fits much better than Bianchi IMO.
Posted by rift1128 on 10/05/09 at 04:57 PM
Agreed. I've missed Jimenez on a regular book ever since he left Wonder Woman. The sporadic story arcs in Spidey just weren't enough.
Posted by zattaric on 10/05/09 at 05:39 PM
I just hope this is the start of regular monthly issues. The wait has been driving me crazy.
Posted by vadamowens on 10/05/09 at 06:30 PM
I never thought I'd be picking this book up again after reading the 1st 2 issues of Ellis's run, I just don't think he gets the characters, or really gives a fuck about them. But I can't say no to the Brood, and life's all about giving people 2nd chances!
Posted by cutty on 10/05/09 at 09:23 PM
I think Jimenez will be a big improvement over Bianchi. He's art was great to look at, but not suited to story telling. Maybe he could be a cover artist.
Posted by Zeppo on 10/06/09 at 07:34 AM
I dropped the book 2~3 issues into the Bianchi run but am willing to give this a flip test in the store.
Posted by torippu on 10/06/09 at 12:39 PM
I don't mind Bianchi on covers but his interior work is just too hard to follow. Glad to see interior art with actual inking again, there is just something about pencils-to-color that I just don't like. Call me old fashion but I like my comic characters with with a black ink outline.
Posted by comicdork37 on 10/06/09 at 04:01 PM
What is this book? I seem to remember something about Kitty Pryde, Buffy, and an egg of some sort. Is this an Age of Apocolypse book? It's been so long.
Posted by Viktorr on 10/06/09 at 04:22 PM
Gonna give this a second go after completely abandoning the first Warren Ellis arc. Hopefully this arc will have better and less murky art than Bianchi's art
Posted by comicBOOKchris on 10/07/09 at 12:36 AM
Jimenez is one of those artist that i follow no matter what book it is. His art is so clean and crisp, that it is a joy to look at!
Posted by boostergold4 on 10/07/09 at 08:20 AM
Buying this solely for the art, Ellis you'd better thank Jimenez for your second chance... hey marvel, how about Jimenez on Uncanny and ship Land off to Astonishing?
Posted by rivendell3 on 10/07/09 at 11:41 AM
No. we don't want him
Posted by vadamowens on 10/07/09 at 02:03 PM
Land would be horrible on Astonishing. Jiminez was good on this issue, but he seems a little rusty.
Posted by coltrane68 on 10/07/09 at 09:27 PM
some of the panels were a little rough in this one. in general I liked this more than ghost boxes, thus far.
Posted by vadamowens on 10/08/09 at 11:24 AM
This was fairly enjoyable, if a little light on story. Jimenez art was quite good.
Posted by Jim on 10/11/09 at 03:28 PM
I liked this, despite the fact it was basically just two scenes. I think this arc will be a vast improvement over the sort of interesting but mainly boring first arc.
Posted by ProjectX2 on 10/11/09 at 10:10 PM
I liked this, but I'm waiting for Warren to reallly put his spin on these characters. I'll stick with it, but I expect some magical storytelling to come from these creators. I've read that they are both excited to work with these characters, so I'd like to feel that excitement as a reader - and I fully believe both Ellis and Jimenez are able to give me that...
Posted by Cranpa on 10/11/09 at 11:03 PM
I really enjoyed it.
"I wanted to see how many time you bounce"
Posted by theegreatone on 10/12/09 at 01:15 AM
Dropped. Worst. Issue. Yet.
Posted by Mangaman on 10/12/09 at 03:12 AM
Bianchi was so wrong for this book. I'm so happy Astonishing's getting a great artist again. I love Jiminez, he fits so well with Warren's writing.
Posted by rockingeek on 10/05/09 at 02:45 PM