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Poptopia (Uncanny X-Men)

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This volume collects Joe Caseys first 6 issues on his run on Uncanny X-men with a sassy contemporary take on the X-Men. The main part of this trade is the 4 part Poptopia storyline about the young mutant Chamber getting a taste of the life of the rich and famous through an affair with a teen pop star. This quickly turns into a media scandal as dating a known mutant is a controversial career move for the Britney-copy. Ian Churchills colerful and playful art fit the story very well. On of the issues is drawn by a different artist in a much more moody but effectful style. The last story has the X-Men turning up at a mutant brothel (the 'X-Ranch') and one of the girls there, Stacy X, joining the X-Men

I'm not real sure what to say about this colletion. It's a middle of the road story. Not real great, but not real bad. It brings up some issues, but never really deals with them. The art is good except for #398. I guess the hard core fan would like it.

I understand the X-Men have undergone a revolution by the time this trade paperback gets out.

Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, and Ethan Van Sciver do a fantastic job of revamping the books in the partner New X-Men series and its first story arc, E is for Extinction.

Joe Casey however, seems to have the right intentions, but just isn't apparently comfortable yet. He plays around with pop stars, and genetic cleansers, and mutant whores (to come after this trade paperback in the form of Stacy X), but he never really seems to be heading anywhere with his storylines.

The art for the first half of this trade paperback is gorgeous, thanks to Ian Churchill. He makes everything look good, even the ugly people look fantastic in an ugly way. But then he leaves halfway through, and the art takes a drastic turn for the worst. Without a good artist around (such as Marvel has always relied on to support the mediocre writing), the book falls flat. Ashley wood's art in the fourth book is just..repulsive.

I bought the Poptopia books separately, and have only read them maybe twice each. And that was for Ian Churchill's art. Don't buy it, go buy E is for Extinction by Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely instead.

Then this is what would happen. It was a kinda funny story, but totally pointless. Nice art though. I think the moral in this story is "Don't date shallow girls and turn ur back on ur friends." U deserved what happened to u in Decimation, Jono. lol ok maybe not...
As for the supposed anti-americanism....WTF?
How?
Where? Do u even know what ur talking about?
(I'm having so much fun reading r reviews though.)