X-Men Ultimates

Posted on January 30, 2008 No Comments

Taking a bit of a break from the graphic novels, I picked up the collections for Ultimate X-Men (Vol. 1 and Vol. 2) and read those the past few days. Or maybe “devoured” is a better term? As bedtime reading, they kept me up far later than planned.
The “Ultimate” series seem to be aimed at rebooting the various characters. Cleaning up the bios, removing the tangled or inconsistent story arcs of the past decades and generally starting over. (more from Wikipedia) These two X-Men collections were my first introduction to the Ultimates, but I think I’ll be picking more up as time goes on.

The superhero comics were never a big draw to me as a kid. Frankly, I read more of the Archie and Richie Rich stuff — and Mad and Cracked of course… As an alleged adult, however, I find them much more interesting. I’m curious to see where this leads me. Am I going to transform into someone who knows where his local comic shop is?!?

On the literary front (aka books without pretty pictures), I’m halfway through Stephen King’s Duma Key and loving it.It is a nice big thick monster but I was hooked in almost immediately.