Punch Up: “To Me My ❌-Men”

Chapter Three:

3: June, 1981, The Uncanny X-Men No. 149 by Cockrum, Claremont, Rubinstein, J. Chiang, G. Wein, & Louise as editor. Shooter Era continues.

Mixtape track: Planet Earth by Duran Duran

Previously on “to me my ❌-Men” the shipwrecked and the party crasher.

As you have all witnessed, especially when reviewing my favorite cartoonists, I am nearly a full spectrum appreciator of comics. Don’t get me wrong, to me 2/3rds are trash and hurt my eyes, but this has little to do with the genre, narrative, or aesthetic approach. It generally has to do with how the pieces fit within a complex context.

One aspect I am here for is some mid 20th century stupid zany cartooning. Embrace this fine ass art! No. 149 is simply here to note these comics roots.

Kitty literally rolls out in the most ‘I’m so coool, I’m 13’ rebranding , that is so epic…it stops us dead in our tracks with…well a visceral reaction. So visceral, I make sure you can’t unsee it.

But the real purpose is to hit us over the head with this is a kid and this world they are in is an adult world.

The rest of the comic kinda illustrates the nonsense I am trying to avoid. But I will defend Kitty being a kid and comics being weird.

Post script has Scott in his own eccentric outfit. I love Pirate Scott…in small doses. Same with 13 year old Kitty.

Next: Daredevil No. 179