snow on the sahara

Okay. So. Everyone's nattering on about Disney buying Marvel Comics and how this will affect various books and the biz in general, but I feel they're neglecting one obvious thing that is worth taking the time to consider.

I'll just give it to you in three words (four, depending how you count compounds):

Spider-man. Kingdom Hearts.

Discuss.

Thought this might interest you:

I have this book. It's wonderful. A carton of hate and a wedge of spite run around wreaking havoc.

Today I spent some time reading through some old X-Men comics, circa mid-nineties. I was fondly reminded of how good they were back then, for the most part, and I remembered why I loved certain characters so much. It also highlighted how desperately out of character Cyclops is these days, so bit of a double-edged sword there. How do you go from him recalling that on his wedding day, he looked into Jean's eyes and thought "I will never let you be hurt. I will never lose you" to "OMG going 2 fux0rs emma now LOLZ kthxbai!"? Oh em geez. It might not annoy me so much if it hadn't been an obvious attempt at Grant Morrison making Scott his Marty Stu. Sigh. RAGE.

I think I'm going to scan the issue where Jean faces off with Sabretooth (X-Men #28, I believe), because it really reminded me of why I like Jean so much. This is the issue I should pull out and shriek over when people say she's just a canon sue. (Which she is under certain writers, but then, certain writers retconned Kitty to a teenagers. Writers FUCK UP on occasion.) "Look! She was comforting but not condescending to Jubilee! She told off the Professor instead of kowtowing! She and Scott had a mature and realistic discussion about their emotional issues! She wore a very snappy blazer!" Okay, maybe that last part is just me. This issue also took place during the Nicieza/Kubert run (best art EVAR) which really was my favorite.

Sigh. I need some X-Men icons. And then I need to alphabetize my comic book collection. Why? Because I am anal. Yes.