The good news: Matt Fraction (Casanova, Punisher War Journal) is joining Uncanny X-Men as co-writer alongside current series writer Ed Brubaker, with whom he also co-writes The Immortal Iron Fist. Also, Terry Dodson (Wonder Woman, Marvel Knights Spider-Man) will be one of the regular series artists.
The bad news: Greg Land (X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Ultimate Power) is going to be the other regular series artist. Behold his hideous cover for Uncanny X-Men #500:
I leave it to the Greg Land experts to point out where he's used all the base materials appearing on this cover before -- oh, here, someone's already done it -- but just like Land's involvement in the first issue of the almost-weekly Amazing Spider-Man was the nail in that coffin, so this makes me think, nope, I don't think I'll be reading Uncanny for much longer. Hell, the more I look at that cover -- and especially a wonderful little piece like this -- the less likely I think I am to even buy #500.
Here's another blogger who also explicitly demonstrates that Greg Land is doing nothing with his art that a person with a collection of Greg Land-drawn comics couldn't do, and to some extent echoes my own progression in my distaste for Land's art. And like everyone keeps saying, why Land gave innocent li'l Pixie (flying girl, far left hand side) a bad case of pornface is something I'd rather not think about too deeply. Though now that I think about it, I'm probably giving it more thought than Land did ...
On the other hand, Ellis/Bianchi Astonishing X-Men begins in July, so there's that to look forward to.
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