PREVIEW: New Mutants #31 – Art by David LaFuente

New Mutants #30 CoverContinuing the theme of “It’s good to be an X-Men fan,” in addition to the greatness that is X-Men: Schism, Uncanny X-Men and Uncanny X-Force, New Mutants has quickly become a book to keep an eye out for.  The established (and excellent) writing team of Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning are delivering their unique brand of story as they tell the adventures of the original New Mutants team consisting of Cannonball, Moonstar, Cypher, Sunspot and the rest of the team.

New Mutants was already on the right track, but with the addition of artist David LaFuente, the book has gotten that much better.  Last week we giggled at New Mutants #29, with it’s tip of the hat to us.  Today though, we get an extra special treat as, thanks to Marvel, we get an exclusive sneak peek at the art from New Mutants #31.  This story continues the current Fear Itself tie-in as Moonstar taps into her Asgardian roots in an attempt to help the effort. I’ve been a huge fan of LaFuente for years now and he’s really doing something special on this title, as evidenced from the art from this issue.

New Mutants #31 will hit comic stores on September 21, 2011 and sells for $2.99

 

Comments

  1. that looks totally standard in every way

  2. can someone make rational sense out of why an artist does not just stay with one book for an extended time. I truly believe that the constant flux in changing art throughout a comics run loses some audience to the fickle nature of the art change. it pisses me off when a great artist leave a book and an otherwise great arc is ruined by just plain bad art. I for one think Lafuente’s art is decent, not amazing. but decent. stay with the book.

    • yeah i wonder that all the time as well.

    • Salvador Larocca and Mark Bagley have or are currently having an extends art run Bagley was the regular artist on Ultimate Spider-Man for 110 and a half issues and Salvador Larocca has been the regular artist on Invincible Iron Man since it started.
      Steve Epting was the regular artist on Captain America for the first 42 issues and Greg Land and Terry Dodson have been the rotating regular artists on Uncanny X-Men for the past 3 or 4 Years.
      Some artists don’t stay on books for very long this could be because of illness or other problems or could have problems fitting their artistic style to the character or characters involved in the book and that’s why they leave the book.

    • @natethegreat–yeah those are great examples, but they are more oddities than regular things.

      I really don’t buy the argument that their style doesn’t fit…i mean if they are on an arc or two and are getting nothing but praise, why do they leave? I’m wondering if editorial keeps playing the artist shell game, to see if they can boost sales with the right team. Its just weird and really makes it difficult for me to stay on a book long term.

    • @wallythegreenmonster-I understand where your coming from sometimes artists might leave books after a few arcs because another title comes along which has characters they really want to work on or writers they really admire and want to work with. But I can see why that makes it difficult for you to stay on a title for a prolonged period of time.

  3. Although this art is great it isnt enough to get me to read a title i have no intrest in unfortunetly

  4. Have loved LaFuente’s art since Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1 why must I hate the New Mutants

  5. I’ve been loving NM since it started, but it always seems to be getting better and better

  6. Eh, the art seems rather pedestrian to me. Don’t quite understand all the hype that LaFuente gets around here.

  7. Why, why, why!?!?! Why must there be so much discord and overabundance of opinions in the internets!?

  8. Eh, Lafuente looks like bad anime art to me.