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I so badly need an unarmored Colossus figure for my collection so bad, and if I have to make one myself idk which figure to buy a second of to paint it...

hello I come to you with a request. I watched x men 97 recently and was saddened by how little time the whole magneto in charge of the x men storyline got and I know he does this longer in the comics (I can't say why but the phrase "its seven in the morning max..." lives rent free in my brain) so I wanted to ask if you have any recommendation for comics from that era / any recommendations for comics with mister magnet-os because I want to get into x men comics but comics as always are so daunting

It is my great pleasure to answer this!!

Disclaimer 1, I am still going through a lot of the issues of this era but I will try my best to make it as clear a guide as I can for you!

Disclaimer 2, Headmaster of the school and leader of the X-Men are quite different positions that they kind of fused together in the 97 show so I do want to make it clear that magneto in the "seven in the morning" era is headmaster of the school, teaching young kids, while Storm is leading the X-men team and Scott is leading the X-factor team, so with that said:

Magneto's teacher arc starts in uncanny X-Men issues 199 and 200 (iconic issues containing the trial of magneto that was adapted in the show!) And then he is headmaster of the school in the book "The new mutants" by Chris Clermont, from issue 35 to issue 75. It is A LOT I admit and he gets a more minor place considering the book is about the kickass young class of new mutants that he's teaching. But it is worth checking out! Many consider this to kind of be peak magneto because.... he's trying so hard to be a good teacher and to handle all these kids and it's very humanizing for him!

I mean look at him and his 8 kids!

Now, how to get into Magneto overall? Let's get into it:

I believe it is impossible to get into Magneto without reading his ultimate origin story, Magneto: Testament by Greg Pack. It is a quick intro, it barely features his powers (not an action comic) and it is a very very emotional read. I consider it essential magneto reading!

Next up: Two One shots if you want to get a quick primer on the character pre moral arc instead of sitting through his few appearances in the Stan Lee comics:

A classic one: X-Men: God Loves, Men Kills by Chris Claremont. It is an iconic comic book one shot that can be read out of continuity just to see what his deal is when he's not necessarily on the side of the X-Men but fighting for his own ideals! It's overall a brilliant comic book!

If you want a more recent retelling of the first appearances of magneto you HAVE to read X-Men Mythos that retells magneto's major first appearance in the 60s in quite a beautiful and amazing way! It also has an absolutely insane magneto scene that is very memorable! (So this would "chronologically" come before God loves men Kills)

Now for his switch from cartoon villain of the 60s/early 70s to complex guy in the 80s, read the issues 149 and 150 from the run Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont. This is THE pivotal moment for "good guy" Magneto

(know that after issue 150, somehow he falls in the ocean from asteroid M, is rescued from a shark attack by Scott's girlfriend Lee Forester. They have a quick relationship where he struggled with his change of morals then he comes to the new mutants)

if you want to continue chronologically you read the issues 199 and 200 that I recommended at the start then go to the new mutants book I talked about earlier!

If you want MORE MODERN comics, then I advise you get right into what's happening at the moment!

House of X powers of X are two series that intertwine (you'll easily find them in the right order) by the same writer, Jonathan hickman!

It serves as a status quo change/relaunch of the X-Men universe. Magneto plays a big part of the story as he is directly involved in building a mutant nation. I'd say it's a bold but quite functional intro to X-Men comics!

Then he appears as a major character in the GREAT series X-Men Red by Al Ewing alongside Storm, a character that meant a lot to him in the 80s, so it's really nice to see again.

In this he is- epic, depressed, suicidal, sassy, it's great magneto stuff! This series is widely regarded as the best X-Men comic out right now!

(if you want context for this book read the event X of Swords, or I could explain if interested)

That's about all I will lay on you ! If this is hella confusing, don't hesitate to dm me! I can detail more cleanly exactly what you have to read and when!

Good reading!

I still want Ishi and Mondo in DR: AE >A< ! *wants to beat things up and battle with CG Ishi & Mondo* They’ll look really cool, IMO~ TuT,,

Ah, Mondo was there in Kenka Bancho Bros. Still hoping they had put Ishi in, too xAx;;;

ummm….. so. the mondoblr server made a joke, and i liked it a little too much.

the kiyotaka ishimaru iceberg!!

of course, i wasn’t the only one who worked on this. big thanks to @pompadorbz @chinchillasinunison @mini-mecha-cowboy @cryzono and @ecogirl2759 for all the help, whether it be contributing entries or finding sources!! we had a ton of fun putting this together, and i hope you guys like it!

reblogs are greatly appreciated because all of these lovely people (and i) put a lot of work into this!! they deserve it!!

(under the cut will be a link to the document with all the entries and some links to sources for most of them. HUGE thanks to eco for popping the absolute fuck off and finding all these links for us!!! (and thanks to mark and @panicuriprince for helping us out towards the end!))

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taka iceberg doc

taka iceberg doc

Hi! I was just wondering, how would you go about drawing super curly/coiled hair, like african american hair, in the Arcana style? I've been personally trying to do a mixture of Portia and Asra's hair, but it just isn't looking quite right.

One of the biggest shames about the Arcana is that there aren’t any examples of afro hair in the style. Referencing Portia and Asra’s hair, especially for the curls inside their hair is a good idea.

The way I went about trying to think about it was taking the shapes of Tasya’s hair, making it smaller and tighter, and removing the sharp ends with the same curled edges. Also, from photo reference, coiled hair doesn’t “shine” in the same way as curls, so I tried to downplay the highlights you see in Asra/Portia/Tasya’s hair

world swap

I made a furby iceberg!

Still looking for more things to add so lmk if you have any obscure furby topics :) :)

furby... quiz...

i dont remember dr3 this is what happened right

TierMaker

Create a All Morph Designs (X-Men) Tier List

All of Morph's character designs.

I made a tier list with all morph characters designs I could find!! Sadly I don't have a good pic of evil morph in the manga...

My opinions below lmao

BTW I love all morphs (not very equally) and this is just for fun lol

I'm also a Sonic fan so being nitpicky is in my blood. Sorry...

I prefer dark blue hair for them but brown is alright, I feel it looks more generic tho

The stupid ass bowl cut they sometimes have is so funny but does NOT work for me

Manga Morph is absolute PEAK they look really really cute

Morph in the comics post 2000s feels a lil like budget deadpool and I'm not a huge fan of them (more personality wise than design wise) I Haven't properly sat down and read them tho so I could change my mind

Blank face morph works specifically in 97 for me bc the expressions are just. So on point. Would be way lower if it was in a different/lower budget animation style

97's evil morph doesn't quite hit for me but I'm watching in order and haven't gotten to 97 so maybe they'll look better in motion? Idk

The fact that morph's design was so inconsistent just in the og animated show is really funny to me tho. I like to think that morph just decided to make their hair brown. Then bowl cut. Have a lil change. It's honestly really charming and I wouldn't have it any other way!!