It all started around 3 weeks ago. I was at Borders Books to buy a copy of the Classic X-Men #2 trade paperback when, all of a sudden, there she was. Right next to the magazine section, gazing at me from the comic rack, A:TI #5. Now, normally I see a cover like that, with a big World War Hulk label on it, and I just walk right past, but this issue had something special. Right there behind hulk was the fucking Constrictor. My heart said no, but my brain screamed 'OMG!'.
I knew then that I had to buy it. I read it, and I must say, I really, really like it. So, now I've bought all the issues up to this point and have the series on subscription at my local comic shop.
While I was there, I also picked up a copy of The New Avengers #34, just to see how it was. My overall response to most of the issue is a resounding 'eh'. Yu's art is just too scratchy for me. The whole idea of using a few scratchy lines to symbolize shading just looks horrible to me. However, at the end of the issue, I nearly shit myself.
Like all comic fans, I constantly have ideas for comics that I think would be cool, or at least provide a lot of badass fight scenes. One of those that has always been in my mind is apparently coming to fruition in the pages of The New Avengers. While I'm not a big fan of Wolverine, I have to admit the guy is pretty much badass all-around. One of my comic ideas was to have Wolvie get bonded to by venom-style symbiote. Well, I got a look at the cover for issue #35, and it looks like it's going to happen. Unfortunately, Marvel won't let me have the picture to show you, so I'll just have to link it: OMG! wolverine and venom getting all merged!
Unfortunately, if the art is anything like it is in ish 34, it's going to utterly suck. I don't want to say Yu is a bad artist, because this is all I've seen of his work, but this is a pretty fucking bad first impression.
EDIT: Fixed broken link
