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Steven Queen
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An amazing perspective on the top panel. A lot of visually interesting detail all around. Wonderful (and labor intensive, no doubt!)
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Thad Studebaker
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There’s a growing part of me who wishes these M-Men would get tired of the names and commands of “Silence!” from Alt-Magneto and retaliate. They’re too rotten at this point for any kind of true redemption, though.
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Jason K Fulton
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These pages really do look amazing. Like, there is a HOLY SHIT panel on every page!
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Rebecca Jansen
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Man, those great background buildings... and the vehicles! :^O
Those thick black panel borders remind me of an old graphic product that came in a tape spool which you would cut to length and stick on the page or paste-up. I guess like letraset now a weird relic of a different age. There used to be all sorts of architect products like that too, at least I'd have to imagine they are totally obsolete now.
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Wallace Sellars
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There's something extra special about the panels with civilians that JB draws. Contrasting super powered characters with regular folks makes displays of mutant power all the more uncanny!
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Peter Martin
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QUOTE:
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Interesting...
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Michael Arndt
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Loving the storyline.
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Matt Hawes
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This is definitely my favorite storyline of the series so far!
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Jason Ladwig
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JB, when drawing something like the New York crowd, or people in the bus, are they generic constructs or are you ever tempted to draw folks you know?
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Brian Miller
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... I figure if I forget something, it probably wasn’t too important...
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I’m finding that the older I get, the less that’s the reason. By the time I’m
Matt Reed’s age, I’m gonna have to have a clip board tied around my
neck.
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James Johnson
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....must ....stop.....head.....from....spinning....
...too.....much....... action.......
.....incredible....story....artwork.....
...going....to.....rest........
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Tim O Neill
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JB: "As we move into this phase of this particular story arc, I find myself in a not unfamiliar situation—having to keep track of all the pieces I’m juggling at the same time.
Don’t want to find myself half an issue into the next tale and realize I left some point unexplained.
It would be easier, of course, if I kept written notes and outlines for myself, but for as long as I’ve been passing myself off as a writer, I’ve generally preferred to do it all in my head. (Method in my madness. I figure if I forget something, it probably wasn’t too important.)"
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One of my favorite aspects of this project is that it's coming straight from you, and it is not going through an editorial process. That's no shade on editing/editors - I recognize their important role and how they help the artists to make the work as strong as possible. If this were being published, it would be different and not have the occasional continuity glitch or dangling concept. But any missteps are really insignificant compared to the benefit of seeing you weave this tale using the process you have developed over the years. I don't think it would be worth changing just so you could be in step with a whole team. We've seen that in your career, but we have never been treated to this. The pencils-only approach is a constant reminder that we are getting it straight from the drawing board. And it's such a blast.
I think we all appreciate the air-tight narrative of a slick Disney movie, but we can put the cotton candy down every once in a while and enjoy a big, sprawling comic book opus. JB's work defines the X-Men for me, and this is such a wonderful third part of a career spanning JB X-Men trilogy (X-MEN: THE HIDDEN YEARS, UNCANNY X-MEN run, and now X-MEN: ELSEWHEN)
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