Ladronn's Cable

I was using www.stashmycomics.com last night - see, www.collectorz.com, that's what you get when you won't release a mac version of your comic collecting software and I need to transfer all the info from my PC! -and I came across Ladronn's Cable run.


I'd forgotten how great a lot of these covers were - Ladronn seems to channel Kirby in places, especially when it comes to the perspective applied to characters jumping with their hands thrown forward.

See?

It's a shame that, as great as the art was in these books, the stories - by James Robinson and Joe Casey - sometimes didn't quite measure up. The late 90s were a dark time for a lot of Marvel's mutant line, and poor old Nathan Summers was no exception.

Even so, for the art alone these books are worth picking up cheap. I don't think they've ever been collected, so back issue bins at cons or ebay may be your best bet - I can't imagine they go for much over a buck a book these days.

At this point I'm just rambling to break up the pretty pictures a bit, but you probably figured that out already.

But they are pretty, aren't they?

I seem to recall Ladronn working on an Inhumans mini as well - that's probably worth tracking down too. Hmm...there's an idea...

Not sure what Ladronn is up to these days, but he should be doing more mainstream US comics work - if only because that's probably the only way that I'm going to see his stuff!