2009 is the year of the zombie.We have undead events Blackest Night and Necrosha, but now not only do the X-Men have to worry about Selene burying them in techno-organic corpses, but also have to watch for mutant-slaying robot Sentinels made of meat and bone, wearing the skin of one of their own deceased teammates. Thye might wanna start considering cremation.

And as the X-Men fight for their lives, they’re left to wonder: What could this monstrosity have to do with THE BROOD?

Loving the artwork of Phil Jimenez and so happy to see Abigail Brand and S.W.O.R.D. again. I was losing interest in this title during the last arc, but this seems to be bringing back the excitement. But what’s with Emma transforming? Thought she was stuck in diamond form? Is this pre-Nation-X?

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Abigail Brand, director of S.W.O.R.D., has been in some sticky situations, and she isn’t the type who asks for help to get out of them. But when you’re careening towards Earth in the cockpit of a damaged spaceship after being attacked on an exploding asteroid 7.5 million miles from Earth…it’s time to call the X-Men.

They might not have much of a plan, or much of a chance, but that’s certainly never stopped them before. Superstar artist Phil Jimenez joins writer Warren Ellis for the second arc of the mind-bending ongoing series!

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WHAT IS A MOTION COMIC? Remaining true to the heritage of panel-by-panel graphic storytelling, boasting groundbreaking graphics, sensational soundscapes and, of course, the explosiveness of the Mighty Marvel Universe, here comes the all-new, all-awesome Marvel Motion!

Is it just me or does Jessica Drew sound a wee bit British? The voice actress has an odd accent. I always imagined her sounding more brash than posh, not sure she works for me.

As a thank you to all fans, for a limited time, you can watch Episode 1 in its entirety for FREE right now! The team of Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev return to a monthly Marvel comic for the first time since their Eisner award-winning run on “Daredevil.” Ripped from the pages of “Secret Invasion” and “New Avengers,” this explosive first episode follows the new adventures of Jessica Drew aka Spider-Woman as she rediscovers her life in a world she did not make. The Secret Invasion is over. Now comes the reckoning.

It’s still early on this motion comics phenomenon. The limited animation does spice things up a bit, but I’m not sure how I feel about it. It’s basically an animatic . I’m so used to an animatic as something between the storyboard and fullbown animation that I ‘m having a hard time seeing these as a final product. I base this on the few motion comics I’ve seen (The Watchmen motion comic, the episode above and the recently released trailer for an upcoming Motion Comic version of Joss Whedon’s first arc on Astonishing X-Men… Gifted. Check it out below.

Cyclops and Emma Frost re-form the X-Men with the express purpose of “astonishing” the world. But when breaking news regarding the mutant gene unexpectedly hits the airwaves, will it derail their new plans before they even get started? As demand for the “mutant cure” reaches near-riot levels, the X-Men go head-to-head with the enigmatic Ord, with an unexpected ally – and some unexpected adversaries – tipping the scales!

Oddly enough both motion comics share a character – and a relatively new one at that. Green-haired Abigail Brand – and S.W.O.R.D. (Sentient World Observation and Response Department) were first introduced by writer Joss Whedon in Astonishing X-Men #3. It was later revealed that the X-Men’s adorable purple alien dragon Lockheed is also an agent of S.W.O.R.D..

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You wanted to reach out and touch her; she was amazing. I mean, she was, like, six foot in her stocking heels, she walked around in the costume like she owned it, and she was just… stunning. The Lynda Carter Wonder Woman turn was kind of big for a lot of gay guys I know. Some people talk about it a lot, the transformation of her doing it, spinning around, going from this dowdy, secretive woman and suddenly she’s this gorgeous superheroine. I practiced the spin when I was little. Probably because I was gay. I mean, I’m going to assume that it has something to do with all… all this.

Phil Jimenez moved to NYC to attend college at the School of Visual Arts (where he now teaches a life drawing course as part of the undergraduate cartooning program). His first published work was four pages in the DC Comics miniseries War of the Gods in 1991, but he first gained significant recognition for the Tempest mini-series.

He came out as gay in 1992 at the age of 22, and his first open relationship was with his first editor and mentor at DC, Neal Pozner, who was HIV-positive when they started dating, and was hesitant about dating someone younger and HIV-negative. Jimenez became Pozner’s caretaker until his death in 1994 and in the last issue of the Tempest miniseries, Jimenez dedicated the miniseries to Pozner, and wrote an editorial page in which he came out publicly for the first time. “It got over 150 letters,” he says, “including the classic letter from the kid in Iowa: ‘I didn’t know there was anyone else like me.’ Coworkers at DC were surprised to hear Jimenez referred to as Pozner’s partner at his memorial as their relationship wasn’t public knowledge.

Best known for his 2 year run as writer/artist on Wonder Woman, his work as the main penciller of the DC miniseries crossover event Infinite Crisis, his collaborations with writer Grant Morrison on New X-Men and The Invisibles and his recent work on Amazing Spider-Man, Phil Jimenez is on a very short list of beloved and gifted next generation Modern Age comic book master artists.

Anyone familiar with Jimenez’s richly detailed art style can see he was raised on the realistic art of George Pérez who is best know for his intricate artwork on The New Teen Titans, Crisis on Infinite Earths and Wonder Woman.

It is likely no coincidence that a large part of Phil Jimenez’ work is also related to these three works by Perez: Jimenez has worked repeatedly in several Titans-related series (some issues of the ongoing series New Titans and Team Titans, and the miniserieses JLA/Titans, Titans/Legion of Super-Heroes: Universe Ablaze and Tempest), was the main artist of Infinite Crisis, a sequel of Crisis on Infinite Earths and highly related to the historical limited series, and did a large run as writer & artist of Wonder Woman (as did Perez in the 80’s).

The two actually worked together on a few occasions. For Infinite Crisis, Jimenez was the main penciller, and Perez drew some sequences and covers for the series) and DC Special: The Return of Donna Troy was written by Jimenez and inked by Perez.

It was announced at the 2007 San Diego ComicCon that Jimenez had signed an exclusive contract with Marvel Comics. He will be one of the four artists to be working on Marvel’s flagship title, The Amazing Spider-Man, the company’s sole Spider-Man title, in which Marvel upped its frequency of publication to three issues monthly, and inaugurated the series with the “back to basics” story arc “Brand New Day” at the beginning of 2008. His first work on Spider-Man was in the Free Comic Book Day 2007: Spider-Man #1 (June 2007) comic book, with writer Dan Slott, which served as a prelude to Brand New Day.

Phil’s been nominated for Eisner and GLAAD awards, listed as one of Entertainment Weekly’s “101 Gay Movers and Shakers,” and featured in The Advocate and OUT. He also created the art for the first permanent AIDS awareness exhibit in the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry and had the good fortune to be Peter Parker’s hands, working in a scene as a hand double for Toby Maguire, in the scene from Spider-Man where Peter Parker sketched out his costume.

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“The X-Men was the first mainstream super-hero comic book I ever collected,” remembers Jimenez. “Its lead characters—Storm, Wolverine, even the Beast and Emma Frost—have been near and dear to my heart since I was a kid. I love these characters, I ‘get’ them, and I find drawing them is a huge pleasure and a real luxury for which I’m incredibly grateful.”

Out and proud (since 1992) artist Phil Jimenez is by far my favorite of the next generation comic book talents.

Jimenez dedicated his work on the (1996) limited series Tempest to deceased DC editor Neal Pozner, who had been the first editor to hire Jimenez. The two subsequently had a relationship that ended when Pozner died of complications from AIDS in 1994.

He also worked as a “hand double” for Tobey Maguire in the film Spider-Man, in the scenes depicting the young Peter Parker designing his costumed identity.

His amazing work on the Team Titans, Tempest, Wonder Woman: Donna Troy, JLA/Titans: The Technis imperative, Planetary/Authority: Ruling the World (also written by Warren Ellis), Titans/Legion of Super-Heroes: Universe Ablaze, New X-Men, Otherworld (which he also wrote), DC Special The Return of Donna Troy, Infinite Crisis and Amazing Spiderman.

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