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Tarot Reading of X-Men: X of Swords Chapter 4 – X-Force #13!

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Editor’s Note: Tarot Readings are a major thematic and stylistic component of the 2020 X-Men comics event, X of Swords. Since it’s not a field I know, I’m excited to bring in a specialist to provide unique readings based in the Tarot connections of the story. We’ll be running these Tarot examinations following each of the event’s 22 parts. Enjoy!

If you have been following my Tarot reading on each X of Swords chapter, by now you should know that each instance relates to a Major Arcana card from Tarot. The next part in this story is X-Force #13 which relates to the Major Arcana number 3, The Empress. [Read more…] about Tarot Reading of X-Men: X of Swords Chapter 4 – X-Force #13!

Tarot Reading of X-Men: X of Swords Chapter 3 – Wolverine #6!

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Editor’s Note: Tarot Readings are a major thematic and stylistic component of the 2020 X-Men comics event, X of Swords. Since it’s not a field I know, I’m excited to bring in a specialist to provide unique readings based in the Tarot connections of the story. We’ll be running these Tarot examinations following each of the event’s 22 parts. Enjoy!

There’s 22 Major Arcana cards in a tarot deck, and 22 chapters in X of Swords. I previously read into the connections between the first two chapters in the X-Men crossover and the cards number 0, The Fool, and number 1, The Magician. Now the next step on the journey is card number 2, The High Priestess. [Read more…] about Tarot Reading of X-Men: X of Swords Chapter 3 – Wolverine #6!

Marauders Interview With Artist Matteo Lolli!

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Artist Matteo Lolli is Marvel’s Marauders artist for half of the series’ first twelve issues, including the launch into the X-Men’s Dawn of X. This week’s Marauders #13, chapter 5 in the X of Swords event, will also feature Lolli’s art, working with guest writer Vita Ayala.

Prior to X of Swords, I asked Lolli a series of questions about his work across Marauders and the Dawn of X, and our brief interview follows in full!

*Some Spoilers for Marauders Follow *

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X-Men Reload Era Review: Mutants in Grant Morrison’s Shadow

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In the build to Jonathan Hickman’s takeover as Head of X, Marvel lauded four cornerstones in X-Men history that delivered the kind of imminent change House of X / Powers of X promised: 1975’s Giant-Sized X-Men #1, 1991’s X-Men #1, 1995’s Age of Apocalypse, and 2001’s New X-Men. Not only is 2001 the most recent comparison, but Grant Morrison’s takeover of the X-Men franchise was undoubtedly the most similar in terms of creator star power and uncompromised vision for changing Marvel’s merry mutants. [Read more…] about X-Men Reload Era Review: Mutants in Grant Morrison’s Shadow

Tarot Reading of X-Men: X of Swords Chapter 2 – X-Factor #4!

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Editor’s Note: Tarot Readings are a major thematic and stylistic component of the 2020 X-Men comics event, X of Swords. Since it’s not a field I know, I’m excited to bring in a specialist to provide unique readings based in the Tarot connections of the story. We’ll be running these Tarot examinations following each of the event’s 22 parts. Enjoy!

Last week I analyzed X of Swords: Creation and its connection to the Major Arcana card number 0, “The Fool.” The 22 Major Arcana cards represent a spiritual journey: the second chapter on this story is the card number 1, The Magician, and according to our theory it should correspond with the second chapter of the “X of Swords” crossover, X-Factor #4. [Read more…] about Tarot Reading of X-Men: X of Swords Chapter 2 – X-Factor #4!