dead like them

drive-by readings

X-Force #23 (Marvel) "Necrosha: Chapter Four" Craig Kyle Christopher Yost Clayton Crain Cory Petit apart from the cover which shows Banshee but in no way does he appear in the inside pages, i have no complaints about this issue, as the X-people completely realize they're in for a fight of their lives against their dead friends and enemies. considering they can't kill dead people, they're really out of options here. Emma Frost gets a nostalgic jolt when she sees a resurrected Blink, and the pain of that causes her to urge Logan to go postal on Selene. Warpath tries to stave off the slaughter by bringing Eli Bard the Spirit Blade, but of course the baddies take that and him back to Selene to provide entertainment by duelling with his late bro Thunderbird. its also interesting to see Archangel regrow his blade wings back even if Blink destroys(?) them. an intriguing subplot has the Wolf prince Hrimhari exchanging his soul for Hela to bring back Elixir, who in turn heals the now-pregnant Rahne - a difficult sacrifice. oh wait, i have one more beef: Clayton Crain continues to exasperate. i can't make sense of the fight scenes, even if i recognize most of the characters being depicted.

hey, the proper term is Native American! yer gonna git sued for this!


Logan demonstrates what happens if you don't use Colgate Whitening.


oh, hey, look who unearthed this poster from 2003!


despite being hundreds of years old, Selene's no slouch when it comes to fashion, hey?

snaps: X-Force #22

... where Blackest Night spills full-scale into the X-Universe. oh wait ... this isn't Blackest Night?! really?!?!

also, this features a Blink you don't know or remember (and am not talking Exiles either). and also features some atrocious Clayton Crain art (somebody bring back Mike Choi!!!). and oh, somebody got knocked up.

1) huh? when did the Sh'iar Gladiator die and become a zombie?


2) emo girls are sexy. even when they're dead.


3) what? he's just doing what normally males when they found out they got someone pregnant!


4) why is dead Skin (heh.) talking to himself? oh, that's right, some editor snoozed on the job again.


5) you mean aside from the fact you're half-naked and being worshiped by a bunch of dead people?

snaps: New Mutants #7

... where its back to high school for the original New Mutants, with a lot more bitching, yelling, demons, zombies, rivalries, and decapitation.

1) and don't forget Saddam was his boyfriend! (what? am sure she watches South Park!!)


2) hey, Jetstream! do you want it whole, skim, 2% or half-and-half?


3) hmmm. the 'exclamation mark' could also denote a remark line. which basically means none of your 'actions' would be executed.


4) ah, DougLock. always the best of friends.


5) Bobby learned from Bernard Pollard. yup, he did.


6) the correct answer to that is: DUH.

eyes up here, boy!!

he hasn't been dead that long, but hey - Caliban still has male instincts, no?



AND HE CAN SMELL 'EM TOO!!!!


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X-Necrosha one-shot

what does this tell me?

... Selene has big boobs? (c'mon, keep it real - don't tell me it doesn't they don't jump off the poster!)

... dead people have been infected with the techno-organic virus?

... dead people have been resurrected to protest their non-inclusion in the current health care debate?

... Blackest Night has a Marvel crossover? (no rings though)

... Wolverine is still in one piece, meaning he survived Romulus?

... Dani Moonstar and Karma are recording this whole shindig for the Xavier archives?

... Selene has really big boobs?


who do we want playing Selene in a live action X-Men movie? i say Demi Moore. (because I want Kate Beckinsale for Psylocke, dammit!!!)