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No Effort Week: Death to the Uncool

January 24th, 2011 by | Tags: , , ,


Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely at what was, at this point, the top of their game. From Flex Mentallo to We3 on through to All-Star Superman, this duo has proven to be one of the best in comics.
New X-Men: Riot at Xavier’s remains one of the best, if not the best, X-Men stories.

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12 comments to “No Effort Week: Death to the Uncool”

  1. agreed! coincidentally i JUST re-read Riot At Xavier’s LAST NIGHT. so prophetic! definitely my absolute favorite X-Men shit ever. i love the Special Class stuff especially.

         by ross January 24th, 2011 at 11:13 --replyReply to this comment

  2. I thought this was going to be about Wizard closing.

         by Endless Mike January 24th, 2011 at 11:16 --replyReply to this comment

  3. Last panel is the best. Possibly ever.

         by Munkiman January 24th, 2011 at 11:50 --replyReply to this comment

  4. @Endless Mike: I never paid attention to Wizard before and don’t plan to now.

         by david brothers January 24th, 2011 at 11:55 --replyReply to this comment

  5. Ahhhh, yes. I concur.

         by Claire January 24th, 2011 at 13:25 --replyReply to this comment

  6. @ross: @ross:

    crazy, me too!!

         by andy January 24th, 2011 at 14:59 --replyReply to this comment

  7. Grant Morrison’s run on X-Men came at probably the peak of my active involvement in / reading of comics and that shit was incredible. He completely blew my little teenage mind. Sheer genius, man. I really need to go back and reread those issues, but the whole scope of his run – the storytelling, the inventiveness and liveliness of his universe and his characters – just made a huge impact on me, and I really think it’s up there with the best.

         by Doug January 24th, 2011 at 16:27 --replyReply to this comment

  8. I’ve been rereading this run this week, I’m not on Riot At Xavier’s yet, but I can’t wait. It’s definitely my favourite part of the best X-men run ever in my opinion.

         by bongoes January 24th, 2011 at 19:33 --replyReply to this comment

  9. Plus, once you know the truth about Xorn, Quire’s reaction before his death is unbelievably unnerving.

         by Dan Coyle January 24th, 2011 at 21:30 --replyReply to this comment

  10. @Dan Coyle: Although that reaction is ambiguous; as he ascends to a higher plane of consciousness, he could easily be referring to Sublime as well as Magneto.

         by Stig January 25th, 2011 at 02:55 --replyReply to this comment

  11. Huh, Geoff Klock has this as his least favourite Morrison/Quitely collab, and I’ve never been much inclined to disagree/question it. Certainly I think there are better stories from New X-Men, namely E for Extinction, Assault on Weapon Plus and Here Comes Tomorrow.

    That said, the pages you posted are undeniably great.

         by James W January 25th, 2011 at 03:29 --replyReply to this comment

  12. You could blog battle about it!

         by James W January 25th, 2011 at 09:52 --replyReply to this comment