What is this? Why? I can answer the first, but not the second.
This is a tumblr where, each day, I read and post about one X-Men comic, in order, from January 1st 2024, when I'll start with the first ever X-Men issue, until...whenever I stop, or run out of issues (which will never happen, I will definitely stop or die first). The idea is that the posts will be entirely freeform: some of them will be actual, like, reviews of an issue, some of them will just be "this panel is goofy", most of them will be something in-between.
My guide here is the excellent, exhaustive but actually useable Crushing Krisis reading order guide, found here (https://www.crushingkrisis.com/crushing-comics-guide-collecting-marvel-comic-books/x-men-reading-order-guide/): I'll read through according to this order, reading all the mainline issues. This guide also includes a bunch of optional side-issues - guest appearances etc. - which I will mostly be skipping, but I'll do optional stuff if it seems fun.
Why am I doing this? I dunno, I needed A Project. I have a crippling reliance on overly elaborate social media projects of this kind. I'm a comics-adjacent nerd and I know the broad outlines but I have no connection to the fandom don't know the X-Men in huge detail, although I've always wanted to, and there's enough stuff there to keep me going for decades. Also I want something that's a mixture of genuinely good stuff and stuff I can laugh at.
This is a secondary account: follow this or check out @acrossthedeadcontinent which is my primary: it's dormant (for now) but might have details of my various other tumblr activities. In the meantime asks and so on are open.
EDIT TO ADD: Editing to add that on the last day of 2024, I have made it through a full 365 days of this (366, actually!). The project goes onward, though, and I am obviously far from done. I feel like I should add some context about the reading order I'm using (link again) and note that it goes up to approx. 2018, or something like that, so although I am reading mostly much older comics than that, I may be missing recent comics set in the earlier periods, but frankly I've read more than enough of those already, jesus christ if I have to read another Wolverine comic set before his debut I'm going to--
Anyway. I'm also, just for clarity - when I started this whole thing I didn't know how these dudes were and how much I'd have to clarify - am not currently reading any of the tangentially X-Men characters and series like, say, Captain Britain and Namor. That may change or it may not, we'll see.
What have I learned from a year of this? I've learned that I can't do a post without a typo. I've learned that I can't stand Banshee. I've learned how the words 'first class' can send a shiver down my spine. I've learned that beatnik cafes are a hip place to hang out. I don't know, man, don't ask me that question. Or do, ask me whatever you like, the ask box remains open and the most fun thing about this project has been the comments and responses, so do please keep providing those!











