Image United — A crossover to watch out for!

Even though I’m not as big a fan of Image as Marvel or DC, I’m still familiar with some of their characters (Spawn, WildCATS, Witchblade) and their creators (McFarlane, Liefeld, Portacio).  I have not followed any of their comics.  But when I saw this latest crossover featuring their most famous creations, it got me interested.  I also liked the fact that each of the creator will draw his own character in the comic.  Who knows, this might be my jumping point to the Image Universe.  I’ll give this one a try.

Here are some cool images from Image United (from CBR):

On the left is the cover featuring none other than the most famous Image character (at least for me), Spawn, and on the right is a new character by Marc Silvestri, Barricade.

Check out some of the other great covers here at CBR: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=23121

Messiah Complex – A Letdown

After completing the so-called next big X-Men crossover Messiah Complex, I was completely underwhelmed. They just have to do the very predictable plot of killing a major character, which in comics usually means that this character will be resurrected again after some issues. And I don’t like the art and the battle scenes look convoluted.

I miss the good old X-Men days when Chris Claremont was writing and Jim Lee or Marc Silvestri were doing the arts. I miss the good old X-Men team dynamics. Now there are just too many characters that will make returning readers feel out of place.

I love to love the X-Men again and hopefully that will happen again soon…