The series that has critics and fans raving returns for its final installment! The ruination of the X-Men revisited! Re-live the now-classic storylines like Mutant Massacre and The Fall of the Mutants. With appearances by Longshot, Cable, and The Marauders! Created soup to nuts by comic book superstar Ed Piskor in the Mighty Marvel Manner!
Rated T+
With one final issue to wrap the series up look forward to a recount of fan favorite, Days of Futures Past. Ed Piskor is one of the few actual cartoonists left in the business currently, each work he produces is a genuine labor of love and a gift to the medium as a whole. As the Eisner Awards rear the corner, Ed stands a chance to win Best New Series for his time with the X-Men, both perfect candidates for that honor. Read Full Review
There is so much to be unpacked in this series, and that has never been more true than in "X-Tinction" as the finale draws ever closer. Read Full Review
'X-Men: Grand Design' is absolutely a comic for obsessive fans of the medium by someone who is equally obsessed. This is also a comic meant to be physically held and read by turning pages. This comic is meant to be experienced. Pick it up. Read Full Review
With one issue left to go, its hard to tell where Piskor plans to land this plane. Where, in this tangled history, will he find a conclusion that doesnt feel arbitrary? But Piskor has earned my trust. Im along for the ride. Read Full Review
More than just a simple history lesson, Grand Design's X-tinction is the most streamlined investigation into the beginning of the most convoluted periods in X-history. Piskor's passion and ingenuity is on dazzling display as he maintains the heart of a period where the X-men were at there peak. Like an alchemist transforming precious metals, this book is entertaining, creative, and encapsulates the time period of its stories to perfection. This is all presented in a visual encyclopedia with footnotes that would put David Foster Wallace to shame. Read Full Review
Ed Piskor's X-Men: Grand Design – X-Tinction #1 is an achievement in focus as he chooses not one, but two characters with convoluted backstories (Cable, Madelyne Pryor) to be the anchor point of his exploration into late 1980s X-Men comics. For all the cool digressions and sizzling subplots, Piskor rides the momentum of this mother/father/child/ex-girlfriend/creepy scientist guy melodrama from page 1 to page 40 and even plays telekinetic baby keep away along the way. Like Renaissance painters who would find their own story out of a complex tapestry of Biblical stories and classical mythology, Ed Piskor turns the “X-Overs” of the late 80s into a powerful family drama that happens to involve eye beams and psychic powers. Read Full Review
This is a definite BUY and one of the highlights of modern comic book making. You won't want to miss this one. Read Full Review
The stories of Storm, Forge, Mr. Sinister, and especially Madelyne Pryor jigsaw together nicely to produce a 40-page history text. This is not an era of X-History I'm familiar with, and the cartoonist got me up to speed with admirable thoroughness. I feel like the decision to de-prioritize X-Factor was made after careful consideration, and while it has drawbacks, the result feels like a best-case scenario.
It's a lot to fit in here but Ed Piskor does a good job summarizing and illustrating it.
This is a good X-Men history lesson. It does get a bit convoluted and confusing, but it is X-Men. You can only do so much.
Comic that overstayed It's Welcome.
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