![]() ![]() It all begins in 1975 with Len Wein and Dave Cockrum on Giant Size X-Men, which brought back Wolverine from a single appearance in Incredible Hulk and introduced a trio of characters that have become anchors of the franchise: Storm, Colossus, and Nightcrawler. ![]() The vast majority of thematic material later expressed in other forms of X-Men media including films, games, and toys originated in this run. This 16-year period of X-Men by Chris Claremont is indisputable as the most classic era of X-Men, as well as generally considered to be one of the best runs of superhero comics of all time. Ultimately, many fans and comics resources refer to the entire relaunch from issue #94 forward as Uncanny X-Men – a convention Marvel upholds with the titling of their Marvel Masterworks reprints. However, the cover featured the “Uncanny” adjective starting with #114. ![]() X-Men did not officially become Uncanny X-Men until issue #142. Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont (1975 – 1991) Last updated February 2023 with titles scheduled for release through August 2023. The definitive issue-by-issue comic book collecting guide and trade reading order for the original run of Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont comic books in omnibus, hardcover, and trade paperback collections. Part of Crushing Krisis’s Crushing Comics. ![]()
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![]() I have not finished a single book of A Song of Ice and Fire, but I loved The World of Ice and Fire, that book that was nothing but worldbuilding. ![]() I own every single book in the Wheel of Time series (except Crossroads of Twilight, because that shit sucked), for example, and I am a long-running fan of Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar books. And if there are two SFF tendencies that I love, it would be “really long series” and “tons of worldbuilding”. Here’s where I’m coming from: I love reading, in general, and science fiction and fantasy, in particular. ![]() But after listening to I Don’t Even Own A Television’s episode about Outlaw of Gor (the sequel to this book), I decided to take a look at the first book in the series to see how bad it was. Nor do I usually force myself to read books that I hate. ![]() I don’t usually take so much time reviewing a book. Wow, this cover definitely isn’t degrading to women. ![]() ![]() ![]() The addition of a green stripe on the far right side of this oval-shaped canvas adds further to this suggestion, flattening the canvas and creating an element that is incongruous, disorienting and, in Brown’s words, “annoying.” If this figure is on the brink of expiry, he does not go quietly into that good night – railing against the proverbial “shallow end” (or quiet death) that the title suggests. With eyes removed, nose melting, and his mouth lost in a swirling, almost sentient beard this figure hovers on the brink of becoming complete abstraction. Such is the case in The Shallow End, where Brown transforms the c.1771 portrait of an anonymous elder into a grotesque, anachronistic visage in an ostensible state of decomposition. ![]() ![]() It is no small irony that Brown continues (and amplifies) this “fundamentally appropriative” practice centuries later and samples a number of Fragonard portraits in the process. In Brown’s oil paintings, hybrid figures painted in intricate swirls reveal the sumptuous potential of oil paint. In and around 1770, French Rococo painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) created a series of approximately 15 “portraits de fantasie” by reinventing the compositions of fellow artists. Sources include Rembrandt, Delacroix, Greuze, and Raphael, as well as Abraham Bloemaert, Francesco Mancini, Gaetano Gandolfi, Elisabeth Le Brun, and Bernardo Cavallino. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Dangerous espionage, an unusual love story, and richly drawn background make this a book to capture quick and lasting interest. But just when Mara is ready to offer Sheftu her help and her heart, her duplicity is discovered, and a battle ensues in which both Mara’s life and the fate of Egypt are at stake. So, to barter for her freedom, she finds herself playing the dangerous role of double spy for two arch enemies-each of whom supports a contender for the throne of Egypt.Īgainst her will, Mara finds herself falling in love with one of her masters, the noble Sheftu, and she starts to believe in his plans of restoring Thutmose III to the throne. ![]() Mara is not like other slaves she can read and write, as well as speak the language of Babylonian. ![]() Mara is a proud and beautiful slave girl who yearns for freedom in ancient Egypt, under the rule of Queen Hatshepsut. This compelling story of adventure, romance, and intrigue, set in ancient Egypt, was written by the three-time Newbery Honor and Edgar Award winning author Eloise Jarvis McGraw. This compelling story of adventure, romance, and intrigue, set in ancient Egypt, was written by the three-time Newbery Honor and Edgar Award winning author Eloise Jarvis McGraw. ![]() ![]() I'm more drawn to Naz than ever, but his complicated history with my brother makes whatever this could be.nearly impossible. What began as a tiny flame when we were young now threatens to consume us. Years later when we meet again, we've both pursued our dreams, lived a little, found success.but never found love. I shared one magical night under the stars with my brother's rival, thinking it was the start of a once-in-a-lifetime something.īut one awful moment ended it all. From the beginning, my brother warned me to stay away from him. ![]() I met Nazareth Armstrong when I was eighteen years old. Set in the dynamic worlds of professional basketball and entertainment, two of Kennedy Ryan's most critically-acclaimed series- HOOPs and Hollywood Renaissance-collide in this tale of forbidden romance. ![]() |