Marvel The Uncanny X-Men: Days of Future Fun

by Jeffrey Brown

Jeffrey Brown brings his irresistible comic spin to the X-Men, one of the most beloved and popular teams of the Marvel Universe.

Welcome to Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, where Professor X has his hands full supervising an unruly gaggle of elementary school aged mutants! From the creator of Thor and Midgard Family Mayhem and the bestselling Darth Vader and Son series, this fun collection sees Wolverine using his claws to roast marshmallows, Nightcrawler playing teleport tag, Danger Room practice hijinks, babysitting duty with the New Mutants, Magneto as a surprise substitute teacher, young Cyclops and Phoenix as sweethearts, Sentinels turned into playground equipment, and much more. Full of warm humor and inside jokes hatched from true fandom, Jeffrey Brown’s adorable interpretations of a classic era for the team will delight fans of all ages.

© 2024 MARVEL

FOUND FAMILY Professor X presides over a boarding school full of uniquely talented young friends—hijinks ensue!

ICONIC Jeffrey’s take on the characters is based on classic X-Men comics eras, including the Phoenix saga, the Days of Future Past arc, the debut of Kitty Pryde, and more.

FEATURING  JEFFREY’S PLAYFUL SPIN ON FAVORITE Including Cyclops, Storm, Kitty Pryde, Wolverine, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Iceman, Rogue, Phoenix, Professor Xavier, Magneto, Arcade, Juggernaut, the Sentinels, the Brood, Lockheed, Krakoa, the New Mutants, and more.

Perfect and grown-up Marvel fans alikeFamilies who enjoy sharing funny booksSchool libraries and teacher appreciation gift-givingFans of Jeffrey Brown’s Thor and Midgard Family Mayhem and his bestselling Darth Vader and Son series

Genres: Comics, Humor, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, X Men, Graphic Novels Comics, Marvel

64 pages, Hardcover

Published April 29, 2025

About the author

Jeffrey Brown was born in 1975 in Grand Rapids, Michigan and grew up reading comic books with dreams of someday drawing them, only to abandon them and focus on becoming a 'fine artist.' While earning his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Brown abandoned painting and began drawing comics with his first autobiographical book 'Clumsy' in 2001. Since then he's drawn a dozen books for publishers including TopShelf, Fantagraphics, Drawn & Quarterly, McSweeney's and Chronicle Books. Simon & Schuster published his latest graphic memoir 'Funny Misshapen Body.' In addition to directing an animated video for the band Death Cab For Cutie, Brown has had his work featured on NPR's 'This American Life' His art has been shown at galleries in New York, San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles and Paris. Jeffrey's work has also appeared in the Best American Comics series and received the Ignatz Award in 2003 for 'Outstanding Minicomic.'
He currently lives in Chicago with his wife Jennifer and their son Oscar.

Reviews

[Guilherme Smee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eu nem sabia que um livrinho legal desses tinha sido lançado (nem nos Estados Unidos e muito menos no Brasil). Eu gosto muito do trabalho do Jeff Brown desde que comprei um quadrinho autoral dele pela TopShelf em uma promoção muito boa. Depois acompanhei-o entrando no mercado mainstream com as suas versões infantis de Star Wars. Cheguei a ler e dar de presente para meu afilhado. Não sabia mesmo que tinha livros da Marvel feitos por Jeff Brown. Muito menos que tinha um dos X-Men, meus super-heróis favoritos. Aqui, eles são interpretados como crianças e com Xavier e Magneto adultos, professores. A formação que é usada neste livrinho nunca existiu com esses membros todos juntos nos quadrinhos e muito menos com esses visuais, mas a gente dá um desconto. As piadas não são assim tão engraçadas, mas o livro é fofinho e a tentativa é que vale. Além disso, acho que as crianças deverão gostar muito dele, muito mais do que eu. Fiquei surpreso positivamente com essa publicação e chateado da editora no Brasil não estar divulgando essa publicação do jeito que merecia.

[Patricia Q · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute

[Robin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Humorous comics featuring Professor X and his pupils as they may have been as children.

[Nitoy Gonzales · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm an X-Men fan (well the 90's comics and animation that is) and I want my X-Men done well, even if it's a parody, homage or plain rip-off. Jeffrey Brown, which had the same treatment llike these on several Star Wars book, has handled the X-Men on this book superbly good. He didnt just make a funny X-Men book but a good fan service as well.

The title itself and the character design is a nod to the 70's & 80's X-Men (which I think is the Golden Age of the mutant team comic run). Adding to that are the tropes, small details, places, appearance of villains (Arcade, Brood, Toad etc.,), and an X team (some are just mentioned), makes this book a delightful read for fans. For non-fans you'll still love this too because Brown provided a profile of each mutants at the start of the book. In terms of humor, this is a all ages, smile-funny one than a laugh out loud book. There are some good moments but for fans like me, I don't mind it because it's X-Men.

As for the artwork, try imagining this is how Fred Hembeck will draw the X-Babies.

If you want light clean humor and cute drawings this is an excellent choice.

[Cheyenne · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was such an adorable read. I've previously read through some of Jeffrey Brown's Star Wars children's books that we have at the library, so when I saw that he had an X-Men one, I knew I would have to try it out, having gotten very into the comics this past year. This is definitely a fun book for young children who are into superheroes but aren't quite ready for the more serious comics and graphic novels. But it's also very fun for long time comic book fans who sometimes just want a break from the drama of their comic books and just want to see their favorite characters put in silly situations.

The only issue I have with this book (and this is just a joke, so don't take this too seriously!!) is Cyclops' eye beams are concussive blasts and are not lasers!! Sigh.

Lovely book though, and I'd love to see Brown write some more silly situations with the X-Men in the future.

Thank you to Netgalley and to Chronicle Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

[Virginia Cannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is my first Jeffrey Brown read. After I completed my first read of Marvel The Uncanny X-Men: Days of Future Fun, I researched Jeffrey Brown's work. He has gained notoriety by creating humorous perspectives of popular culture. Brown definitely did just that with X-Men. He takes popular X-Men scenes, writes a humorous bit, and provides artwork with it. I was laughing when I read page 24. Nightcrawler is sleep-teleporting. And, I was laughing again when Cyclops tricks Wolverine into "taking out the trash" to the garbage bins (p. 64). The graphics are colorful. The narrative punches the humor through to X-Men fans. Young readers may need help understanding words, like telekinesis and telepathic.

Thank you to #JeffreyBrown, #ChronicleBooks, and #NetGalley for my e-ARC in exchange for my honest review.

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[blueygurl2016 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This wasn’t as funny or profound as Mandalorian and Child or Darth Vader and Son but it did have its moments. I liked it when Magneto was a teacher and one of them asked “Don’t we fight Magneto?” And another one answers “Yeah, but he’s also Professor X’s best friend and sometimes he’s on our side.” And then the other kid replies “Adults are weird.” True that lol. 😂 I’m an adult and yes, adults are strange. It was also pretty funny at the end when everybody was like “Imma start my own team called X-whatever!” And Storm finally replied (with what I can only imagine is the biggest eye roll ever), “You’re all x-hausting.” It was also pretty funny when Professor X and Magneto were talking and he knew all his students’ routines except Wolverine’s and was like “Idk what Wolvie’s up to, but it’s probably dangerous and I don’t really wanna know.” Lol.

[Chad · Rating 5 out of 5]

This kids book was a delight. Jeffrey Brown hearkens back to the 70s X-Men era for a bunch of strips where the X-Men are kids again with Professor X in charge. They are really funny for kids and even funnier if you've read any X-Men comics from back then. It's full of little things like Kitty being scared of a monster in the basement and there's a n'garai demon hiding under the stairs. That was the first X-Men comic I ever bought and I remember it well where she had to fight the N'Garai alone on Christmas Eve in the mansion. Or there will be something as simple as Kitty using magnets to hang pictures on Colossus's back like he's a fridge. It's only going to take about 10 minutes to read but I do think it's something you can pull off the shelf and read again.

[Ben A · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've really enjoyed Jeffrey Brown taking on some of my favorite characters like Darth Vader and Batman with a style and humor all his own. Now he sets his sights on the Uncanny X-Men and he, once again, does not disappoint. The drawings themselves are adorable, and the jokes are deep cuts of the best kind with going too deep to alienate someone who has never read an X-Men comic. I certainly hope that we get a series featuring more characters soon. I'll be waiting.

Special thanks to Chronicle Books and Edelweiss Plus for the digital ARC. This was given to me for an honest review.

[Juliana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nostalgia was the primary emotion this book made me feel both with Jeffrey Brown's art, having written Vader's Little Princess, a childhood favorite, and featuring some of my favorite characters not just in X-Men but the world. The journey the book took me on was an endearing yet short one. Marvel's The Uncanny X-Men: Days of Future Fun is definitely a great book for young children interested in comics or the Marvel universe. Thank you, NetGalley and Chronicle Books, for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

[Jesse Baggs · Rating 3 out of 5]

Brown has done a lot of these licensed adaptations. “Days of Future Fun” isn’t his funniest or most clever, but it is quite sweet. I’ve been watching the old X-Men cartoon with my nine-year old and just recently started “X-Men ‘97,” so he’s all caught up on the lore and he was quite taken by this book.

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

10/10. Absolutely amazing. Showstopping. Incredible! No but seriously! This was adorable and funny! I looooooooooved the artwork. I've read a lot of Jeffrey Brown's Star Wars books and they are just as cute. This one is no exception.

[Larissa Rimkevicius Shore · Rating 4 out of 5]

We have many, if not all of the Star Wars books Brown has done. As X-men fans I preordered this one for the kids. It’s adorable! Looking forward to the Hulk one coming out and hope he will be doing more Marvel content!

[Peter Derk · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel like there's an alternate universe where Marvel snapped up Jeffrey Brown before Star Wars could, and man do I want to live in that universe, even though that Jeffrey Brown is probably a bit poorer.

[Maggie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thanks to Edelweiss for the ARC. This was such a cute book and a nice break for my brain. The illustrations are adorable and the characters had their classic suits . I only wish it were longer.

[India Staten · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was cute and funny. I got a real joy out of reading it.

[Jonathan Waugh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely adorable

[Erik · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are diminishing returns to these types of books, but every time Brown turns to a new set of characters there are definitely more hits than misses.

[Janna Felix · Rating 5 out of 5]

This reminds me of the old X-Men TV series from the 90s. It is absolutely adorable. I think this is perfect for children and adults!

[Grant · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brown returns with yet another set of clever cartoons that reward the geek's knowledge of the X-teams with humor.

[Alex Kranzlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whimsical and fun

[Theodate Chase Morrison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Half star off for depicting Cyclops’ optic blasts as lasers