Just caught up on a couple of recent Uncanny X-Men issues. You know, on the surface, they’re okay. I think I’m the only person in the world who doesn’t have a problem with Greg Land’s art – it’s solid and slick. The stories are okay – nice characterisation, stuff happening, nothing ground-breaking…
But…the content is the problem. It’s just not satisfying. Sebastian Shaw goes to hit Emma at the end – you call that a cliffhanger? And in my day, you could fill about 3 pages of an issue with what happens in these two issues…
And pleeease – stop making Emma Frost a slut! She’s not a tart – she’s sexy and sophisticated. She is not a bimbo!!!
Oh, and while I’m at it, I also caught up with Uncanny X-Force 3 and 4. Well they’re not bad – the new Horsemen are a bit weird, but they’re quite inventive and different. I think the problem here is the art – yeah it’s nice and imaginative, but it’s also quite hard to tell what’s happening sometimes. The storytelling is a bit too ‘off’. I mean, I guess I’d rather have this artist than the dreaded Humberto Ramos, but still, it’s really unclear what’s happening sometimes…
2 comments:
I have a problem with Greg Land's art on that cover, and it's the same problem with most of his art. If you ae going to trace pictures of porn actresses, at least get them in relevant poses. Emma Frost is being written as a slut probably because, if this cover is anything to go by, he draws her as one. Who pulls their strap down while carrying a massive gun. Freud would have gone mental if he spoke to Greg Land, and it just enforces the stereotype that all comic readers are sex obsessed male virgins with no idea of "women", they just want to wank over drawings of women with big titties.
It's a sad situation and there is no reason for it.
Comics creators need to step back and take a good look at what they are doing!
There are ways to make Emma sexy, but she doesn't need to have two giant balloons on her chest!
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