Anyhoo, I hope that sets your mind at ease...a little

It could be Exhibit A in why women aren't into comics.

Really? We must have been reading two different books then, because since he came on the book I've found his artwork awful. Pablo Raimondi wasn't blowing me away either, but I find myself longing to have him back on the book after only, what 2, 3 issues with Stroman. Yuck.

I found the Layla Miller special incredibly more enjoyable, though I couldn't help but notice that they misspelled CYCLOPS twice in the same issue. Spellcheck is your friend, letterers...

God damn it, I hate her and the way that Land "draws" her so, so very much.

Suzene: Bill Reed, I believe, coined “Frubaker.” He can confirm or deny!

I don't think I did. I'm more of a "Brubaction" man.

Thanks for stopping by, Mr. Michael Bann. Good to see local comics boys done good.

I loved that Fraction injected his sense of humour into the book, too. 'Generally looks like a demonic pirate elf' and 'don't make me learn about hot pockets' were the lines of the week, for me.

Greg Land is problematic, yes, but I'm 100% hooked in to the writing.

Someone above said it was cool...and in concept it is a cool idea...BUT, why was it used? Wolverine and Nightcrawler appeared right above the bad guys. Not barreling into them.

Was it Land not having a clue how to draw the sequence? (I understand Hustler only gives you so many types of action poses). Is it Brubaker not having a clue what a fastball special is, why it'd be used, or how Nightcrawler's power works?

It was one of those big ideas, crap execution that seems to be often happening in Brubaker's X-run.

And since I potshot Callahan above, I want to give him props for his Ghost Rider review on the CBR main page. The Morrison/Doom Patrol analogy is really spot on. And the sentence "Not only did Aaron drive a grindhouse-crafted stake through the heart of Daniel Way's dull take on the character, but he's now begun to inject a Morrisonian absurdity and glee into the ruckus" sums up why I'm loving Aaron's GR so much despite having no previous affinity for the character.

Damnit, I think you're right about Uncanny. I almost didn't buy it because of the art - everything I hate about Land is here and, if anything, I'm learning there's more to hate as I have rarely seen much beyond his cover work - and the story isn't good enough to make up for it. I did like some of the character work. The Scott-Emma exchange seemed okay to me and I chuckled at Beast's Hot Pockets monologue. But the plot is weak/dumb. I guess I'll just echo WWK5D in saying that I'm surprised, but I think Astonishing stays on the pull list while Uncanny goes. Some books just aren't made for some writers, and this looks the usually dazzling Frubaker's weak spot.

Speaking of annoyance with Fraction and Marvel, the "new framing sequence" in Origin of Danny Rand special is two pages of Danny looking out a window? Really? Don't framing and sequence imply story in more than one place, like, oh I don't know, before and after your reprint stories that I already own?

I've dropped X-Factor, and the Layla Miller special reminded me why. I miss that crazy plot device.

The only DC Universe book I bought this week was Brave and the Bold. It was good. People who like done-in-one adventures with sharp dialogue, contrasting characters and beautiful art should check it out.

BDaly: Yes, the paragraph is written horribly. My three-year-old has told me so as well. Please forgive me!

Uncanny is just...disappointing. Who knew I'd prefer what Ellis is doing with Astonishing?

What's a traditional American name? The most common ones are English, Irish, German, Dutch and Polish, and a lot of them, plus a whole heap of others, are well worth a laugh. If your name is Pornsak, people will find it funny. It's inevitable. I'm sure he's over it.

"The unfortunately named associate editor is the associate editor of this comic. The associate editor is named “Pornsak.”"

There are a million ways around that mess. I know you don't have a sub-editor (or an editor), and for the most part your writing is decent, but that's just awful. What does that first sentence even mean? Why not "This comic has an unfortunately named associate editor" or "The associate editor of this comic has an unfortunate name"? I must also echo some others in being confused at how you can be sure but not sure. I'm bound to suffer pedant's peril now.

Anyway,

If I hear good things about Air I'll get the trade. Please don't tell me how that attitude leads to titles getting canceled.

Incredible Herc still rules.

X-Factor still rules, though the crossovers are unfortunate.

Uncanny X-Men does not rule. I am dropping it fo sho.

X-Men #501 was just a weak showing from cover to cover, art and storywise. I don't ever expect much from Land (if I can recognize both the character he's supposed to be drawing and the emotion on his/her face without having to refer to the dialog, he's doing better than usual), but the story looks that much worse next to what I know Fraction and Brubaker are capable of delivering.

BTW, I don't know if you coined the term "Frubaker" or not, but consider it yoinked.

People named Dick probably agree.