Comics and cartoons

20’s | Generation x | New X-men | Runaways | New mutants | Young Avengers

[teen-comics]

finally making a pinned post!

Read more for updated account info (long tho) explaining where i’m at now!

First of all this account was originally dedicated to marvel comics featuring teen characters. it was born out of 15 year old me absolutely consuming everything featuring a teen super hero team after reading Runaways (something I sadly have the runaways tv show to thank for!)

that was 6 years ago…. im not sure how long i’ve had the blog but basically i’m an adult now and my interests have broadened. a bit.

now this account coverers yes, Runaways, Young Avengers, Academy X, Gen X etc etc but I also just love reading X-men in general my favourite run being Grant morrisons new x men and the main uncanny x men through the 2000’s. I don’t want to change the name because i’m kinda attached to it and also I can’t think of a better one ! so for now the very inaccurate name stays

I also watched and have since rewatched X men evolution and Young Justice and want to be able to post more here because I did the rewatch with my best mate over lock down and then didn’t post much about it probably because I still felt like this account should be restricted to comics! I don’t think that anymore, or that it should be restricted to marvel! obviously YJ is DC but also -

Fables! again I read the whole thing a couple years ago now so still struggling to actively post but again I want to engage more especially as Fables is like the smallest fandom ever and has basically been forgotten except by die hard fans and people who know Once upon a time was originally gonna be based one “some comic”

so this account covers a lot and don’t let the bio fool you, however, yh i still don’t get along with basically anything current and barely anything past the mid 2010’s i do try and I pop my head in sometimes to see what current marvel comics is producing but I clearly have a very big bias towards the 2000’s and some notable 80’s/90’s faves

(also disclaimer this isn’t any like “marvels gone woke” nonsense the “woke” parts of older stuff is what i love the most abd i sometimes think some issues are handled even better or more realistically than they are now, but i’m also aware the plenty is not. I am Queer, and leftist and that’s about as much personal info as i want to give out but rest assured I just like the vibes of older stuff)

I would like to dive into more DC stuff, especially 2000’s stuff if it’s as good as marvel was then. maybe even check out some of that batfam everyone’s always on about 👀

I want to use this account more, it’s not big and I expect a lot of people have deactivated over the years as a lot of people i follow have stopped posting as well but if anyones still here expect some crumbs of activity that will hopefully mean more posting in the future.

if not i’ll update here again in a year

[neapoliting]

they're gonna put my boy on the freaking television

[wwprice1]

Mark Brooks is a genius!

[x-fitter]

Fallen Angels #2 (1987)

[x-fitter]

X-Men Annual #10 (1986)

[iconuk01]

There is a LOT to say, or in some cases specifically NOT say, about these costumes.

I will note, because it amuses me, that the Vietnamese character, raised Catholic, has a codename "Karma" derived from Indian Hinduism, and is wearing as her symbol (again) the yin-yang symbol associated with Chinese philosophy.

I appreciate she's an Asian character, but does she have cover THAT much ground all by herself?

[wemblingfool]

This is liefeld, yes?

If so, it's really interesting because I don't see his early work often at all, and it's really interesting so see how badly he devolved. Like, there's a lot of room for improvement, but it's still really competent work. I would have actually been kinda into this and eager to see him actually grow.

If it isn't liefeld, then this artist definitely shaped him completely.

[iconuk01]

Oh heavens no! This is Art Adams in X-Men Annual #10 from 1986.

Liefeld wouldn't start with Marvel (though, yes, on "The New Mutants") until 1989.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

I do love how both Magik and Wolfsbane seem to be lingering in the background like "We do not know these people WE ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS"

I also have questions about why Cannonball's costume seems to be a cross between "Fascist henchman to an evil mastermind from an 80's sci fi action movie" and "leather daddy Robocop"

[newx-menfan]

Magik’s outfit is at least reasonable! 🤣

Dani’s looks like she picked up a costume from Spirit Halloween… 👀😬

Sunspot literally looks like a mix between a matador and a stripper. 🤣

This is why with pretty much every student group Emma’s ever had, she’s obviously designed the outfits…because she knows they will be atrocious if left to their own devices!

Hellion probably had to BEG for the jacket edition 🤣🤣🤣

[teen-comics]

i see so much potential in some of these tho especially in some of the silloettes like Karmas it’s just the details and overt sexuality of some of them. i’d love to do a redesign

that being said i clearly missed this issue because what the fuck happened to Warlock??

[teen-comics]

Did a little redesign! This was a lot of fun, it’s a bit of a spot the difference but my main aims were removing some of the more impractical elements and adding some cohesion to the designs without changing them completely. Except maybe Sunspot, I just really couldn’t make the white look good! I also hated cannonballs helmet so I’ve taken his head from another design. This was a really fun exercise, I studied costume design and it’s been nice to get back to it!

[x-fitter]

X-Men Annual #10 (1986)

[iconuk01]

There is a LOT to say, or in some cases specifically NOT say, about these costumes.

I will note, because it amuses me, that the Vietnamese character, raised Catholic, has a codename "Karma" derived from Indian Hinduism, and is wearing as her symbol (again) the yin-yang symbol associated with Chinese philosophy.

I appreciate she's an Asian character, but does she have cover THAT much ground all by herself?

[wemblingfool]

This is liefeld, yes?

If so, it's really interesting because I don't see his early work often at all, and it's really interesting so see how badly he devolved. Like, there's a lot of room for improvement, but it's still really competent work. I would have actually been kinda into this and eager to see him actually grow.

If it isn't liefeld, then this artist definitely shaped him completely.

[iconuk01]

Oh heavens no! This is Art Adams in X-Men Annual #10 from 1986.

Liefeld wouldn't start with Marvel (though, yes, on "The New Mutants") until 1989.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

I do love how both Magik and Wolfsbane seem to be lingering in the background like "We do not know these people WE ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS"

I also have questions about why Cannonball's costume seems to be a cross between "Fascist henchman to an evil mastermind from an 80's sci fi action movie" and "leather daddy Robocop"

[newx-menfan]

Magik’s outfit is at least reasonable! 🤣

Dani’s looks like she picked up a costume from Spirit Halloween… 👀😬

Sunspot literally looks like a mix between a matador and a stripper. 🤣

This is why with pretty much every student group Emma’s ever had, she’s obviously designed the outfits…because she knows they will be atrocious if left to their own devices!

Hellion probably had to BEG for the jacket edition 🤣🤣🤣

[teen-comics]

i see so much potential in some of these tho especially in some of the silloettes like Karmas it’s just the details and overt sexuality of some of them. i’d love to do a redesign

that being said i clearly missed this issue because what the fuck happened to Warlock??

[merry-mutants]

Sam Johnstone's Mutant Mondays – Group Photo

https://www.inprnt.com/collections/samjohnstone/

[teen-comics]

screaming!! the little academy x corner the new mutants are together rogue is in her evolution outfit for no reason except it slays, Generation X!!!

[newx-menfan]

original meme…

Expanded Version:

I put Rockslide in the middle of “Blind Arrogance” and “Wanting to be Liked”, because I feel like he’s both…

Anole, while always acts older than his age, is totally a contrarian (Which is why Anole’s my favorite when well written 🤣😆!)

Laura is kind of in the middle of “Acting older than you are”… “Blind Arrogance”… and “Wanting to be Liked”. (I wish LKS wasn’t poop because that’s actually an interesting element to Laura’s character!) I know people will fight me on this, but “X-Force” I think did a good job of showcasing Laura’s arrogance.

If I was going to add the Cuckoos… I would say “Acting Older than you are”… “Blind Arrogance” … and “Contrarianism”.

Bling! is either “Blind Arrogance” or “Contrarianism”.

Hope Abbot/Trance I would say is “Contrarianism”.

Armor is “Acting Older than you are.”

[rabbitscreams]

we need to invent a way to explain how deep running and pervasive and subliminal racism and antiblackness is without immediately sounding like an insane conspiracy theorist

[rabbitscreams]

female characters are always lighter than male characters. strong characters are almost always dark. aggressive characters are almost always dark. peaceful and intelligent characters are almost always light. even amongst darker characters the lightest one is usually either the leader or the girls. dark is evil and light is good.

[rabbitscreams]

if you try to explain this to a white person they look at you like youre insane

[gay-milton-quotes]

briefly pursuing a career in animation radicalized me on this. So many stories from the industry about how you have to start with your character design as dark as possible, because INEVITABLY you'll get "notes" from higher-ups asking you to make them lighter.

In a class about making a pitch bible my teacher once role-played as a shitty executive with a classmate, pressing them in intentionally abrasive ways about why they made their characters diverse. He emphasized that we had to learn to defend these things, because the racism in the industry is extremely deliberate.

[vforvalensa]

Ronald Wimberly's comic essay, Lighten Up, stays evergreen

[julieofthelambs-deactivated2026]

Keeping telepaths out by the sheer power of being a horny teenager gotta be one of my favorite X-men tropes

[movalise]

[koytix]

back on my x-men evo kick. gonna try and redraw those four frames from the penultimate episode where it showcases the main cast

[4cp]

The Marvel Drawing Board

[2mo3cm-man]

[wakandas]

omega-level hating

prodigy, tag

[mizzarh]

Logans quartet of adopted teenage girls stopping by to bother him (Added some color to my previous drawing)

*please click for HQ*

[teen-comics]

I always found it so fascinating that every depiction of wolverine has some level of surrogate daughter character (levels varying from favourite of an entire teen team to mentee to literal clone) but it is never with the same character.

like this is clearly the winning dynamic it’s pretty much always there the writers are clearly aware of it and yet every single time it’s with a different character and has only really recently cemented into definitively being Laura (perhaps something to be said for the fact she’s the only “blood” related but not this post)

some of these dynamics only exist in non comic adaptations, tho i might be wrong

i just think that’s interesting, maybe it’s an example of adaptation writers having some limits on the characters they can include or choosing teams before deciding on character dynamics so he gets automatically assigned the young female character on the team? but comic wise it seems every decade or so they’d just forget the previous character (perhaps in kitty’s and jubilees case they aged out of the role?) and find or create a new one

wolverine permanent state is father figure to a teenage girl i guess, with no regard for who that girl actually is

[xfactor7aurora]

Guys I had a rough night now I have all these text posts to draw take a few xx

[ffverr]

Dani Moonstar supermacy????!!!!