Yesterday, the first issue of Neil Gaiman's latest comic book, "1602," was released. Although I had ordered it online about two weeks ago, I just couldn't wait for it to arrive and so visited my local comic shop. After making a beeline to my very own copy of "1602" #1, I wandered the racks a bit.
I've been lazily trying to find a monthly comic book series to become engrossed in. I used to read the whole family of X-Men comics back in high school, but for various reasons stopped doing so towards the end of the '90s. Some of the X-Books seem to have been re-started recently. The last time I was in "Nuclear Comics," I picked up the first three issues of "Wolverine." It was pretty good, but not my bag. Yesterday I tried again with "New Mutants." The covers are just so pretty, and I used to enjoy "Generation X" so very much (before the series' first creative team left), that I couldn't resist. I bought the first three issues of "New Mutants."
"New Mutants" kept me interested, and didn't upset me too much with wacky changes to the characters I know and love, due largely to the fact that most of the "NM" cast are all new to me. I still don't like what they've done with Xavier himself, but I'll put up with it for now. Having breezed through issues #1-3 last night, I do plan to pick up issue #4. I don't feel left out of the loop, as everyone is so new, and that cute lil Sofia is so darn plucky! The art's good, too.
Here's the problem: I had a school dream last night. Not a nightmare, but I wasn't happy recalling it this morning. The last dream I vividly remember (from last week) was also set in a school. "New Mutants" is set in a school. I haven't been in a class myself for a few months now. I have more than enough to read and keep my mind active, but just don't have the time for actual academic courses. Plus, nothing looked very good on the most recent cc schedules. So I'm obviously a little out of sorts, having been in school most of my life. What I'm trying to figure out, though, is if reading "New Mutants" will make this situation better or worse. It could turn out to strangely fill my school-free void. Or it could generally make me unhappy on a monthly basis. Hmmm. I guess I'll just have to wait until the next issue is published to see if the unhappy school dreams continue.
I really am weird, aren't I?
