Comments on: MONDOcomics #20: September 16, 2009

By: Caesar

Caesar — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:47:42 +0000

And you know, since I’m here and procrastinating, I want to mention how Fraction’s Iron Man story is swiftly losing steam with me. I liked it when it was Tony on the run from the entire world, using his wits and technology to stay one step ahead of his pursuers, but now that his intellect is approaching the level of a child (who’s still somehow smart enough to program computers and operate suits of armor despite no longer being able to spell), I’m failing to stay compelled, and the whole argument against just shooting himself in the head instead of doing this incredibly complicated journey to ‘delete’ his brain is looking more and more contrived.

Okay sure, maybe there are parts of the brain that could be salvaged and mined for information in this tech-savvy comic-book universe; fine, I can dig it. So why not just stick your head into a vat of hydrochloric acid or jump into a volcano or something? And to be honest, I’ve forgotten what Tony is actually trying to accomplish in these last few issues, he just keeps puttering across the world while becoming more and more retarded but I have no idea why. If the reason is that he needs another part of some code to delete his brain, refer back to my “JUST JUMP INTO A VOLCANO ALREADY” argument.

I think all I’m saying is, I wish Fraction thought of a different MacGuffin to propel Tony all across the world with. But, I remain optimistic that the conclusion of this storyline will tie everything up nicely and be awesome. Expect one of my adorable rants later on if this does not come to pass.

By: Caesar

Caesar — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:37:12 +0000

Yes, Byrne did draw Cyclops slimmer than Colossus, but he damn well should, since Colossus is a Russian farmboy brought up on a diet of communist protein shakes while he indulged in childhood hobbies such as plowing fields without a tractor. But he still wasn’t slim by any stretch of the imagination.

And yes you’re absolutely right, Byrne’s Nightcrawler was different in body type than his Cyclops, who was different from Wolverine, who was different from etc etc. Byrne was good at that and I too wish more artists abandoned the artistic method of drawing two different body types (bodybuilder with unfeasibly large biceps and supermodel with unfeasibly large hooters) and then just switching costumes and heads onto them to indicate different characters.

By: Miles

Miles — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:06:10 +0000

I’d always take Frank Quitely’s Cyclops over Jim Lee’s. It makes him different than the rest.

And I’d argue that John Byrne draws Cyke slimmer than, say, Colossus. But Byrne was awesome at making his characters looking different than one another, something most artists can’t seem to do today.

By: Caesar

Caesar — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:45:16 +0000

I don’t really care that people draw Cyclops as slim or not, simply for the fact that said nickname started when he joined the X-Men as a skinny kid and he’s grown up into a man since then. I have no problem thinking he put on some muscle mass as an adult, and hell, if you look back, WAY back at John Byrne’s art circa the Dark Phoenix Saga, which was what, in the 80’s? — He wasn’t being drawn so skinny then. It seems pointless to complain about how he’s not being drawn as skinny enough when he hasn’t consistently been drawn that way in almost thirty years.

What I would like though, is a little consistency between artists. Some draw him like a bean pole, others like a mini-Thor or something.

By: Isaac

Isaac — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:32:01 +0000

“More than a regular author/robot — a gifted robot.” ah, awesome. Thanks Miles.
As someone who has also been called ‘Slim’ in the past, I agree with your Cyclops statements.