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Astonishingly Animated X-Men #1

Thursday, May 8th, 2008 at 4:19 pm by Jami

Though Emma’s voice in my head is slightly older than the voice actor they chose, this is actually quite good. Whedon’s dialog works best when read out loud. I also love the subtle enhancements to the animation, the little wisps of hair, the undulating ocean, nice and subdued. Cassaday’s art doesn’t need any fiddling.

I know Crossgen was experimenting with this style of animated comics and if they were still around, I suspect they’d be at the forefront of this technique. So the question is, if Marvel does more of these animated comics and releases them for free to spread virally, aren’t they subverting their whole subscription online comics?

Hope they do more and I hope more companies do their own versions.

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9 Responses to “Astonishingly Animated X-Men #1”

  1. AvatarVonKraut
    Posted: May 8th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
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    Cool idea, like the animation, but the voice acting is pretty terrible in my opinion.

  2. AvatarKevin Bahrt
    Posted: May 8th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
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    agreed, maybe they can get some of the voice actors from the tv show or movie to come back

  3. AvatarKevin Bahrt
    Posted: May 8th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
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    and kitties voice reminds me of river tam’s for some reason

  4. AvatarSamuraiartguy
    Posted: May 8th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
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    Voice acting is always quirky… but the overall concept, and look and feel….

    AIIIIIIEEEEEE!!! CRUNCHYPANTS!!!

    Very reminiscent of the Mighty Marvel Ani-comics from the 60s… Whoa … Flashback.

  5. AvatarTaellosse
    Posted: May 8th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
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    So, wait, Jean’s dead again? When did that happen?

    Wait, lemme guess: she traded places with Aunt May from Spider-Man for some bizarre reason.

  6. AvatarTaellosse
    Posted: May 8th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
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    Oh, hey, I just noticed, you have Gravatars implemented here! Cool! I was hoping someone else I post to would start using them.

  7. AvatarDrezz
    Posted: May 9th, 2008 at 8:53 am
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    I remember a few years ago that Marvel had tried the “ani-comic” when Flash was starting to take the world by storm. It wasn’t too well received, since there was no voice acting - just music and floating elements.

    This updated version isn’t bad - with some careful storyboard planning and the ability to manipulate some of the artwork for effect, you could very well see the next step in the evolution of comics. Sure, most of us would like to have it in print - but having the story spring to life with a soundtrack and some voice-overs with good pacing isn’t such a bad idea.

    This concept has been around for a while - I’m surprised no one has jumped on it earlier to make it work. I guess licensing and distribution has held it up for so long.

    I’d prefer original stories and characters with this same feel though - Broken Saints was one of the first to pave the way for this ani-comic type, along with Brendan Cahill’s “Outside the Box” - both really interesting reads - and the animation helps move the stories along nicely.

  8. AvatarLurklen
    Posted: May 9th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
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    I thought it was cool, and the only voices that bugged me were the Professer and Logan’s.

  9. AvatarKevin Bahrt
    Posted: May 10th, 2008 at 12:30 am
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    I like http://comics.cyberneticevilstudios.com/ a lot too for this sort of thing

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