Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
I fell pretty far behind reading X-Factor. I has been piling up on my desk for almost 9 months. So last night I sat down and caught up... also my mind exploded.
I draw a lot of parallels to Joss Whedon when describing Peter David's writing style. The diolog seems witty without being too proud of itself and each character sounds different and they all say things they would say (nothing drives me more crazy than when writers give characters lines to develop the story but don't make it seem like it was coming from the character). What makes David different from Whedon though is that David has planned everything out to the letter. This issue is a perfect example of this. He manages to wrap up a considerable amount of story threads, some leading back as far as the first issue. No piece of the plot seems forced which leads me to believe that "Yo, this was the plan all along". The only part that makes me sad is that I'm not sure where the series is headed next. I'm not the biggest fan of the art but it certainly works.
This issue a brain-frig of the highest order. Awesome read.
