CBR: Kaare Andrews Prepares To "Astonish"

[CBR News]

The artist joins Warren Ellis for an "Astonishing X-Men" miniseries that mixes an expressive African setting with an intense science fiction mystery while also preparing to share his feature film directorial debut with comic fans.


Full article here.

[Filthy Mutie]

I can't say I'm excited about the premise that we've been given so far--lead by Ellis on auto-pilot no less, but I do like where Kaare's head is at and the promo we've been shown. He's the draw for me right now.

[Washout]

Andrews made an incredibly dull team look pretty spectacular. I don't think I'll read the mini, but the art and designs look fantastic.

[Pixie_Solanas]

Emma with a steaming load in her panties. Yum yum.

[Filthy Mutie]

Emma with a steaming load in her panties. Yum yum.

Selene forced Emma to confront her guilt, which she started eating.

[RoguishGurl]

I love him.

[Perfection/Emma 2]

Selene forced Emma to confront her guilt, which she started eating.

Who told U such things? Anyways I like the concept for this mini and can't wait to start reading it.

P.S. I hope Bianca LaNarge is the team's main villain

[bbiillllyy]

Kaare is one of the most overlooked, but important artists working in mainstream comics these days. I'll buy anything he works on.

[BigBoss]

I like yet dont like the whole somewhat goth look to the characters.

[bbiillllyy]

I like yet dont like the whole somewhat goth look to the characters.

He did say that the art released was concept art, or am I wrong? I'm betting the look we've seen isn't 100% yet.

[CmX]

I love his designs. It's so much better than Bianchi's abortions.

[Pixie_Solanas]

He did say that the art released was concept art, or am I wrong? I'm betting the look we've seen isn't 100% yet.

I hope it's concept art that's been summarily chucked.

I did like his work on Ghost Boxes, so hopefully this was one slight aberration.

[Thad]

I really don't care for the proportions in that pic. Very 1990's throwback. Generic poses, absurd anatomy, and does Storm REALLY need to dress like that?

But I'll probably give it a look anyhow -- I liked Ghost Boxes. Haven't really warmed to Ellis's latest arc, though.

Kinda strange to me that Astonishing is considered the X-book with crossover appeal -- I wouldn't recommend it to a non-comics reader myself; it's actually very steeped in continuity. (The Wolverine/Cyclops/Emma/dead Jean dynamic, Kitty's relationship with Emma, Kitty's relationship with Colossus, and I never did know what she was doing with a pink dragon.) Torn, in particular, was continuity-heavy; I read Whedon's stuff before I read Morrison's, so I had no idea who Cassandra Nova was.

Don't get me wrong, I loved it (well...not Torn, but the rest of it), but it's not the kind of thing I would recommend for anyone who just knew the X-Men from the movies.

[the dot and the line]

I'm digging the concept art. Simone Bianchi (sp?) kinda turned me off to Astonishing

[darknessatnoon]

I am not fond of the art in that picture but I liked the Spider-Man book he did. I wonder if Kitty Pryde has been fully demoted to Uncanny? I bet it's because she isn't coming back in an Astonishing issue. It makes her appearance in any future Astonishing collections anti-climactic and it undermines the first volume. I wish Fraction hadn't been so greedy.