I grabbed the latest issue of WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN (#27) and began reading it while cooking supper tonight. I got two pages into the book and immediately noticed a glaring issue that has been gnawing on me ever since.
Let me interrupt by noting that WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN is arguably my favorite x-book these days -- second only to X-FACTOR. I like the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. I like the teachers. I like the students. I love Quentin Quire and Oya. I love Broo. I love Doop. I love the oddball romance between Husk and Toad. Kid Krakoa cracks me up. I love the Bamfs. I hate the Hellfire Club. But otherwise, I love the book.
So issue #27 starts with the following panel featuring an administrative meeting with the school's main teachers. Check this out:
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Feel free to click on the image if you need a better look. But essentially, Beast reports that Rachel Grey (FKA Phoenix, FKA Marvel Girl) is tracking down the stupid Hellfire Kids Club. Storm notes that there are no other telepaths on staff so they had to cancel Rachel's classes, which tend to be telepathic self-defense classes.
My gaze shifts to the window immediately to Storm's left (our right). I'm not looking at Kitty Pryde. I'm looking at the guy outside the window. Let me highlight him for you:
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Let me introduce you to Chamber. The other telepath on staff at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. True; he is not a terribly powerful telepath. But sometimes it's good to learn from those who've learned to accomplish defensive skills with less sheer power.
Since the beginning of this book, Chamber has seen very little love. He doesn't get to teach. He doesn't get to defend the school. Instead, he apparently enjoys checking out the shrubbery. My advise to Kitty and Storm? Instead of hiring new teachers, take advantage of those who are already pulling a salary from you.
One of the things that I'm looking forward to is the 2013 Free Comic Book Day! This year's FCBD is scheduled for May 4, 2013. It's a special day where the various comic book companies offer free comic books to any and all -- largely as a way to promote comic book reading with newer readers, but also as a treat for those of us who've been reading them for years. I've already written a little bit about the 2013 FCBD (here). But Daydreams, my local comic book store, recently began promoting the upcoming FCBD and they are promising to feature three different comic book creative types: Eric Gapstur, Phil Hester, and Jason Aaron... the writer of WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN!!!
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Now this is the scenario I envision for May 4th. I will show up at Daydreams with my copy of WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #27 and ask for a signature. I will open it up to the first full-page spread and have him sign there. I will then casually note that Chamber is in the background of the page where the senior school staff are discussing the lack of telepaths on staff at the school and see if he picks up on where I'm going. I will then let the discussion continue onward organically and report back here on what happens next.
Husband Mark asked me if I really want to be one of those types of nerds.
So I ask you. Should I be one of those types of nerds on May 4th? Please share you thoughts in the comments section below.
Let me interrupt by noting that WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN is arguably my favorite x-book these days -- second only to X-FACTOR. I like the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. I like the teachers. I like the students. I love Quentin Quire and Oya. I love Broo. I love Doop. I love the oddball romance between Husk and Toad. Kid Krakoa cracks me up. I love the Bamfs. I hate the Hellfire Club. But otherwise, I love the book.
So issue #27 starts with the following panel featuring an administrative meeting with the school's main teachers. Check this out:
Feel free to click on the image if you need a better look. But essentially, Beast reports that Rachel Grey (FKA Phoenix, FKA Marvel Girl) is tracking down the stupid Hellfire Kids Club. Storm notes that there are no other telepaths on staff so they had to cancel Rachel's classes, which tend to be telepathic self-defense classes.
My gaze shifts to the window immediately to Storm's left (our right). I'm not looking at Kitty Pryde. I'm looking at the guy outside the window. Let me highlight him for you:
Let me introduce you to Chamber. The other telepath on staff at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. True; he is not a terribly powerful telepath. But sometimes it's good to learn from those who've learned to accomplish defensive skills with less sheer power.
Since the beginning of this book, Chamber has seen very little love. He doesn't get to teach. He doesn't get to defend the school. Instead, he apparently enjoys checking out the shrubbery. My advise to Kitty and Storm? Instead of hiring new teachers, take advantage of those who are already pulling a salary from you.
One of the things that I'm looking forward to is the 2013 Free Comic Book Day! This year's FCBD is scheduled for May 4, 2013. It's a special day where the various comic book companies offer free comic books to any and all -- largely as a way to promote comic book reading with newer readers, but also as a treat for those of us who've been reading them for years. I've already written a little bit about the 2013 FCBD (here). But Daydreams, my local comic book store, recently began promoting the upcoming FCBD and they are promising to feature three different comic book creative types: Eric Gapstur, Phil Hester, and Jason Aaron... the writer of WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN!!!
Now this is the scenario I envision for May 4th. I will show up at Daydreams with my copy of WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #27 and ask for a signature. I will open it up to the first full-page spread and have him sign there. I will then casually note that Chamber is in the background of the page where the senior school staff are discussing the lack of telepaths on staff at the school and see if he picks up on where I'm going. I will then let the discussion continue onward organically and report back here on what happens next.
Husband Mark asked me if I really want to be one of those types of nerds.
So I ask you. Should I be one of those types of nerds on May 4th? Please share you thoughts in the comments section below.