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Astonishing X-Men Omnibus (2009)

by Joss Whedon(Favorite Author)

4.5 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0785138013 (ISBN13: 9780785138013)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Marvel

review 1: Yep, Joss Whedon's run on the "Astonishing X-Men" was just as great as I'd been hearing for years. And if you've spent any time watching "Buffy", "Angel", "Firefly", or the "Avengers" movie, that should come as no surprise. If there's one thing that Whedon knows, it's understanding group dynamics and giving each of his characters a moment to step into the spotlight and shine. Even when the action involves a rampaging, sentient robot or a distant alien planet, Whedon manages give things a sense of intimacy and emotional weight. His knack for great, snappy dialogue is also on display throughout this volume, which collects four narrative arcs originally written between 2004 and 2007.
review 2: Goodreads decided to have a fit right when I pressed submit for my revi... moreew of this book and I'm disinclined to write another. In short, Whedon >>>>> Morrison. So much more enjoyable than the previous set of arcs. More intimate, personal, much better dialogue and no pretentious pseudoscience gobbledygook. This set of stories manages to stay character-driven while keeping the planetary, even galactic, stakes high and avoids melodrama by having superheroes face normal problems: grief, love, isolation, fear, and crisis of identity. More than anything the juxtaposition between Morrison and Whedon has made clear that Morrison, in spite of comics being a visual medium, has a really crappy tendency to tell rather than show. He recaps in stiff dialogue with the traditional "how-did-we-get-here-dialogue" that answers that question no one is asking in stiff and awkward panels. There's none of that in this volume. Whedon assumes his readers are intelligent and doesn't feel the need to say what can easily be shown and inferred. Perhaps he trusts his artists more than Morrison does. Whatever the case, it works better and keeping Cassaday on for the entirety of the run rather than alternating between artists definitely helped build a synergy that makes this a great read. Professor Xavier continues to be the world's biggest asshole. less

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