Last Sunday l went to the club for friends of comics, because there was an art meeting and l made sure to bring with me a copy of the comic book Brigands, l knew that the comic book artist Panagiotis Tsaousis who did the art was going to be there
So after l did some drawing l approached Panagiotis Tsaousis and asked him if he would like to sign the issue, he kindly said yes.
He did not only sign it but also made a small sketch, l’m such a happy comic book fan!
Comic fans in Dubai already must know but whoever is a comic book fan should visit the Dubai Mall not because its the biggest mall in the world but to visit Kinokuniya Books!
It was an unexpected surprise that this Japanese book store had such a big collection of comics of all types from Superheroes to Manga to European comics and in all formats!
Also the statuettes and figurines of comic book characters, animation, movies and games where simply stunning.I was bedazzled for a few moments before I started searching for something to buy which I eventually did
I’m so glad that I found issue one of Guardians of the Galaxy and Young Justice, I’m a big fan of both titles!!
I’m a big fan of the New Mutants, I was 13 years old when I first read issue 4 of volume one and since then I have been following how their stories progress in different comic book titles. So obviously I had to read the newest limited series about them that came out.
New Mutants: Dead Souls is a 6 issue limited series written by Matthew Rosenberg, penciled & inked by Adam Gorham and coloured by Michael Garland. Issue one came out in May 2018 and issue six which was the final issue of the limited series came out in October 2018.
The limited series focuses on a new set of team members from the New Mutant history. This new roaster consists of Karma, Magik & Wolfsbane three of the original members, Boom Boom & Rictor who joined the original team along the way and are better known as members of X-Force, Strong Guy & Prodigy who are the newest additions. This wasn’t a roaster I was looking forward too especially as I did not see how these characters are linked and how they will interact with each other.
Luckily Rosenberg wove such a story rich with threads of the New Mutant and X-Men history. I was so glad how the characters seemed so true both as to what I knew of them and also in how they have matured and evolved without dismissing the continuity that has defined them.
The art by Gorham was very much to my taste, a bit of gritty/realistic as l like to call it. It has a lot of detail and cool face expressions and what l absolutely enjoyed was that each character had his distinctive look and style which made them different and recognizable. It’s not easy to achieve this.
I really enjoyed this limited series which I did not like at the beginning for the choice of its team roaster but I loved it for the character interaction and for the continuous history and true continuity mentions, it made a good story even better. But l wish it did not end the way it did. It seemed more of a cliffhanger for a next issue then a nearly tied up story.
Its not a comic book series for a jump on point for new readers or a fresh start of reintroducing the New Mutants but I do believe its a great comic book for long-standing fans.
I would definitely suggest it for hardcore New Mutant and X-men fans, you will absolutely enjoy it.
Griffin
It’s been a month since he arrived at this place he does not know. He heard people call it a city by the name of “Athena” but it has no resemblance to what was called a city back home, no balance with nature.
He wondered until he exit the city and came to a mountain, nature was different here as well it had no spirit or soul but he came here because he sensed a familiar presence.
Griffin loves going on adventures but at this place all seemed mundane so he decided to build a grove as his mentor had showed him.
To his surprise the charm was a lot more stronger here than back home…like a powerful source which was searching a way to burst out.
When Phillip has to make a serious decision he closes his eyes sees his choices in black and white until they merge into a final big grey hued choice.
Then Phillip knows what to do and that’s why his friends call him the guru!
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