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“I HATE THIS SHIRT!” (X-Men #270)
X-Men… (X-Men #270)
…and New Mutants. (Not pictured: X-Factor.) (X-Men #270)
Look, dude, I am PRETTY SURE they have schedules in the future and you’re just being a dick. (X-Men #270)
Strong Guy FTW! (X-Men #270)
The X-Men, summed up in a single perfect panel. (X-Men #270)
“It’s impossible! Unless there was an unscrupulous redhead, or I guess if he got bored…” (X-Men #270)
Fortunately, the Genoshans were able to outfit them with strategically placed shadows and thought balloons. (New Mutants #95)
THAT’S NOT REASSURING. (New Mutants #95)
My first kiss was basically exactly like this. (New Mutants #95)
Well, then. (New Mutants #95)
The weirdly anticlimactic death of Warlock. (New Mutants #95)
In the land of Genosha… and Manhattan… and some random airstrip… and, look, they use this basic plotline a lot. (X-Factor #60)
Ah, THAT’S the Hodge we know and love! (X-Factor #60)
“Son, do you have a license for that esoteric paraphernalia?” (X-Factor #60)
Boom Boom’s dad is a jerk. (X-Factor #60)
Awwww, they’re learning! (X-Factor #60)
You’d think they’d eventually wise up and get clothes resistant to their own and each other’s powers, but, no. (X-Factor #60)
This is just delightful. (X-Factor #60)
Scott, that’s not how you–you know what? Never mind. (X-Factor #60)
I know they hadn’t been retconned to be father and son yet, but this is some great accidental foreshadowing all the same. (X-Factor #60)
NEXT EPISODE: This asshole, again.
LINKS & FURTHER READING
- For more on Miles’s upcoming project, Thor: The Lightning and the Storm, check out http://www.thelightningandthestorm.com!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0ORTPFslu0
Jean!! Look out for that very slight depression in the ground!!!!!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B04CFmLs1ApDbkxTcVFSd1dpcFU/view?usp=sharing
If the President thinks Hodge is disgusting, wait until she finds Sugar Man hiding out in the basement…
I can say as a long time Superman reader that Bog’s extremely musclely dudes always threw me off too. The other three Superman artists of the time drew him as sleek and toned, not huge, and one week a month he was just gargantuan.
This is David Wynne’s best piece yet. It has been fun to watch him grow as an artist.
John Bogdanove though…I remember being confused by his art when these issues came out. I felt they looked horrible. Thanks for sharing the hypothesis that Al Milgrom may have been responsible for it looking so weird. Bogdanove moved on to Superman after this which confused me as well. It was like, are other people actually into this? I didn’t even give his Superman a peek after this stuff.
Also, enjoy your breaks! You folks deserve one! This and Stop Podcasting Yourself got me into podcasting. Thanks for making such a great show, I’ll miss you!
I confess I’ve never been a Bogdanove fan, be it New Mutants, Power Pack, or Superman there’s always been something just… off to me when I look at his work.
It’s not his work is BAD, he clearly has talent, and obviously has fans, but it just never quite worked for me. My loss I’m sure.
p@ this Busta is great 🙂
haha, i just had to post that 😀 made me think of it