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X-Men by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus
by Jonathan Hickman, Leinil Francis Yu
First reread since reading the issues. The omnibus collects xmen and giant size xmen, but it’s missing the x of swords tie in issues.
Hickman’s Xmen series was always interesting, and some of these issues are the best of the Dawn of X line. The art is great for the most part, though I do think Linel Francis Yu maybe wasn’t the best fit. There was a general sense of alienation to Hickman’s writing, which led many to have “are the xmen the bad guys now” takes, and I don’t think Yu’s stiff figures and sometimes creepy faces really helped that. It didn’t strike the balance of tone that Larry’s and Silva did in Hox Pox.
My biggest complaint is more about the whole line, which falls in part on Hickman as the “Head of X” and a bit on some of the other writers in the line (many of whom just didn’t bring their A game or enough imagination) but probably the bulk of the blame belongs to the editors at Marvel. Head of X or not, I cannot imagine Hickman had taken on all the roles of an editor, and everything I have read from him and others make it sound like he was primarily supportive and hands off.
Either way, my main problem is that the line felt far too unfocused. Sure, the close collaboration they had let them do fun stuff with the timeline, but it really feels like there were some major gaps in story potential and a real lack of focus. Many of these issues feel like Hickman is tossing up layups for some other writer who never takes the ball. Maybe he was planting seeds for himself for later, and maybe his early exit was what fucked everything up. That may explain some of the unresolved threads in these issues but not the other part. In short, the line was a disappointment after the incredible height of Hox/Pox. The quality of the work put out by the other writers and the clear roadblocks that Hickman ran into (storm was supposed to get pregnant, Franklin was supposed to be a mutant, etc) when he should have been given carte blanche almost certainly played a part in him leaving.
Hickman’s Xmen series was always interesting, and some of these issues are the best of the Dawn of X line. The art is great for the most part, though I do think Linel Francis Yu maybe wasn’t the best fit. There was a general sense of alienation to Hickman’s writing, which led many to have “are the xmen the bad guys now” takes, and I don’t think Yu’s stiff figures and sometimes creepy faces really helped that. It didn’t strike the balance of tone that Larry’s and Silva did in Hox Pox.
My biggest complaint is more about the whole line, which falls in part on Hickman as the “Head of X” and a bit on some of the other writers in the line (many of whom just didn’t bring their A game or enough imagination) but probably the bulk of the blame belongs to the editors at Marvel. Head of X or not, I cannot imagine Hickman had taken on all the roles of an editor, and everything I have read from him and others make it sound like he was primarily supportive and hands off.
Either way, my main problem is that the line felt far too unfocused. Sure, the close collaboration they had let them do fun stuff with the timeline, but it really feels like there were some major gaps in story potential and a real lack of focus. Many of these issues feel like Hickman is tossing up layups for some other writer who never takes the ball. Maybe he was planting seeds for himself for later, and maybe his early exit was what fucked everything up. That may explain some of the unresolved threads in these issues but not the other part. In short, the line was a disappointment after the incredible height of Hox/Pox. The quality of the work put out by the other writers and the clear roadblocks that Hickman ran into (storm was supposed to get pregnant, Franklin was supposed to be a mutant, etc) when he should have been given carte blanche almost certainly played a part in him leaving.