Not dead, just reading

So,

bipagan introduced

lovelokest to the wonders of the X-verse just before I went up to Ottawa. Cue orgy of buying/downloading/etc. No one can fall headlong into a fandom like Nelle can fall headlong into a fandom.

My love of all things X-verse is deep and true but has been mostly on hold, because comics fandom is expensive. Thanks to the modern magic of the internets, it's not nearly as expensive as it used to be, and so Nelle's descent into the crazy time-sink that is the X-canon has drawn me quite happily in with her. I've read a scattershot bunch of more recent stuff (including all of Astonishing X-Men. Joss Whedon and then Warren Ellis, was there ever an X-series more tailored-made for my love?), reread some old favorites (such as Warren Ellis' run on Excalibur) and am now reveling in Claremont-era Uncanny X-Men, doing a giant skip-the-boring-bits reread on my way up to the stuff I haven't actually read before (which is a good 200+ issues away).

LJ Fandom seems to be heavily tilted towards DC, but for whatever reason it's the Marvel-verse and particularly the giant soap opera that is the X-Men that owns my heart.

Speaking of soap operas, just as I was leaving Ottawa,

iclysdale gave me the first Pocket Book of Strangers in Paradiseto read on the plane. I have since devoured the next 3 books and only haven't gone through any more because I haven't had a chance to see if the local comic shop has them in yet (they were out). It's the giant lesbian soap opera of my HEART. I just want to love it and pet it and keep it forever!

So, yeah, that's where I've been.

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I own all of Strangers in Paradise and will happily lend them to save on your pocketbook!! I love it beyond reason.

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fairestcat

I will happily take you up on that! I do intend to own them all eventually, for rereading and lending purposes, but they're not actually the smartest thing I could be spending my money on at the moment. *G*

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were-duck.livejournal.com

Of course! They are well worth having. I have mine in trade, which are a little larger format, but I think they're collected differently than the pocketbook versions--what's the last thing that happened where you are in the series?

Will you be at club on the 2nd? I can bring them then, if so!

From:

fairestcat

I read the first three pocket books and then as many as

iclysdale had in digital form to upload for me, so the last one I read was issue 63.

I will definitely be at club on the 2nd. I'm actually quite looking forward to March's discussion.

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I saw this on the internet and thought I would share!

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fairestcat

OMG THAT'S SO AWESOME.

Thank you for sharing ♥

(I actually read a whole bunch of Strangers in Paradise last night while waiting for Watchmen to start. I'm so close to the end now, OMG)

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Oh, X-Men -- they were my first big fandom love. I've been looking forward to the resurgence in X-Men fic when the Wolverine movie hits. :D :D :D

Strangers in Paradise is wonderful. I think SiP is the longest run of comic books that I bought in single issues. *ponders* Okay, that might be a tie with Books of Magic. But yes, SiP = made of AWESOME.

From:

fairestcat

The last time I was reading X-Men I didn't get around to reading all that much fic, but I think I'll definitely be dipping my toes into it this time, especially with Nelle around to link me to the stuff she's reading. :)

I'm almost done with SiP and I'm still just full of SO MUCH LOVE, and I've already started foisting it upon everybody I meet.

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tygerr.livejournal.com

Wait. Joss wrote for Astonishing??? I had no idea!! *boggle*

From:

fairestcat

Yeah, he wrote a whole 24-issue arc, it's pretty damn awesome. Astonishing is essentially standalone compared to the rest of the Marvel universe and thus really easy to dive into and I definitely recommend it. Right now it's being written by Warren Ellis who is also all kinds of incredibly awesome.

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tygerr.livejournal.com

I spent a few years (mid-late 90s, IIRC?) idly dabbling in X-Men fandom. Joss...X-Men... *still boggling*

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kd5mdk.livejournal.com

I have a single issue of Strangers in Paradise. Which unfortunately isn't enough to let you know what's going on or anything, so I never read any of the rest.

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bipagan.livejournal.com

I'm telling you, I love the library. Do you know they let you sit there and read as many back issues as you want?

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