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X-campus
Book by Artibani, Francesco, Medda, Michele
168 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2009
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Francesco Artibani
360 books19 followersFrancesco Artibani (born 27 October 1968) is an Italian comics writer, most notably known for his work on Disney comics.
Artibani originally studied animation. He debuted in comics in 1992, scripting an Uncle Scrooge story for the Italian weekly Disney comics magazine 'Topolino'. Besides writing stories for Topolino, since the 90's Artibani contributed to various innovative comic projects from Disney Italia, such as PKNA, MMMM and W.I.T.C.H. He is also the co-creator of the Monster Allergy comics series.
Artibani originally studied animation. He debuted in comics in 1992, scripting an Uncle Scrooge story for the Italian weekly Disney comics magazine 'Topolino'. Besides writing stories for Topolino, since the 90's Artibani contributed to various innovative comic projects from Disney Italia, such as PKNA, MMMM and W.I.T.C.H. He is also the co-creator of the Monster Allergy comics series.
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October 9, 2019
Another alternate Marvelverse, this one sees some of our favourite X-Men -- Wolverine, Cyclops, Rogue, Angel, Storm, Iceman, Colossus and Beast among them -- recruited as students at the prestigious Worthington Academy, which is under the control of the enigmatic Professor Magnus. (Yes. He's Magneto.)
Their biology teacher is one Professor Charles Xavier, and when he and his assistant, Jean Grey, select our special few for some extra-curricular classwork, the X-Men (Jean's proposed name: X-Boys; um, no, there are girls in the team, Jean! Ororo was instrumental in the first mission's success! Surely X-Kids would have been a better attempt?) are born.
I do love an alternate reality in my favourite comic land, and this one is particularly enjoyable, full of just the kind of angst you would expect from a high school-set story, but also exploring what it means to be a hero, and a mutant, in a world afraid of daring to be different. (Again: high school.) The final volume of this 4-issue series is probably the weakest, and I did not at all understand what happened with Rogue (throughout called Anna; no one has an X-name yet) and the letter in the epilogue, but in all it's a pretty entertaining AU, especially for anyone who likes a teenage drama, which may the gods forgive me, I surely do.
Their biology teacher is one Professor Charles Xavier, and when he and his assistant, Jean Grey, select our special few for some extra-curricular classwork, the X-Men (Jean's proposed name: X-Boys; um, no, there are girls in the team, Jean! Ororo was instrumental in the first mission's success! Surely X-Kids would have been a better attempt?) are born.
I do love an alternate reality in my favourite comic land, and this one is particularly enjoyable, full of just the kind of angst you would expect from a high school-set story, but also exploring what it means to be a hero, and a mutant, in a world afraid of daring to be different. (Again: high school.) The final volume of this 4-issue series is probably the weakest, and I did not at all understand what happened with Rogue (throughout called Anna; no one has an X-name yet) and the letter in the epilogue, but in all it's a pretty entertaining AU, especially for anyone who likes a teenage drama, which may the gods forgive me, I surely do.
July 22, 2013
A reimagined X-Men origins tale, with everyone on the team a teenager, including Logan.
This is mostly Rogue's (who is only called Anna Raven throughout the book; no codenames are used in here) story, but Kurt, Angel and Professor X are second most featured. The art reminded me of X-Men: Evolution animated series, and the youthful looks of some of the characters took some time getting used to, but I really liked the bright and vibrant colors. The plot itself is fun, but not a masterpiece, and for someone who's not familiar with the X-Men and all their backstories it would probably be a bit confusing and raise more questions than have been answered in this comic.
Recommended for teens, fans of the animated series and fans of origins/reimagined/Elseworlds types of stories.
This is mostly Rogue's (who is only called Anna Raven throughout the book; no codenames are used in here) story, but Kurt, Angel and Professor X are second most featured. The art reminded me of X-Men: Evolution animated series, and the youthful looks of some of the characters took some time getting used to, but I really liked the bright and vibrant colors. The plot itself is fun, but not a masterpiece, and for someone who's not familiar with the X-Men and all their backstories it would probably be a bit confusing and raise more questions than have been answered in this comic.
Recommended for teens, fans of the animated series and fans of origins/reimagined/Elseworlds types of stories.
February 7, 2021
Interesante propuesta con los mutantes del imaginario de los x-men, pero con un toque muy juvenil. Guión interesante y un dibujo chulo.
September 25, 2020
If X-Men and the Breakfast Club had a baby.
August 31, 2025
c'est beaucoup trop court et il n'y a pas de suite...
August 16, 2016
I've always been a big fan of the X-Men, so I thought this would be an interesting read, plus I got it cheap in one of the many "Buy one get two free" sales happening on the floor. These are the kinds of sales I'm about because you pay the highest cover price between the three books, and then you get the other two for free. Not a bad way to deal, right? And if you can't find three books, you'll often get the one or two you do find for 50% off.
So what's X-Campus about? Well, if you understanding fanfiction alternate universes, this is one of them. Welcome to the X-Men College/High School AU.
I wish I were joking.
At the start of the volume, we find ourselves with Anna Raven aka Rogue. She's struggling with whatever happened to her boyfriend when they touched, and has no idea what's going on. Mystique drafts her to the university, and suddenly we're meeting Hank McCoy, Ororo Munroe, Jean Grey, Professor Xavier, Bobby Drake, Scott Summers, and Logan.
Yup. The gang is all here. And they're confused about the changes happening to their body. As if puberty wasn't bad enough.
A bunch of other X-Men and members of The Brotherhood show up as the early works of both groups start to form.
This comic is so cheesy. I expected this, but I think all the cheese made me lactose intolerant.
Honestly, the cartoon, X-Men: Evolution handled the origin stories for the characters, and establishing the universe much better than this comic. There were some confusing plot holes that one would need some background knowledge of the characters to understand some of the subtleties of the character developments.
I can only recommend X-Campus if you want a good laugh, and maybe if you like reading alternate universes that probably are done better in fanfiction. Rather than read this, go watch X-Men: Evolution.
So what's X-Campus about? Well, if you understanding fanfiction alternate universes, this is one of them. Welcome to the X-Men College/High School AU.
I wish I were joking.
At the start of the volume, we find ourselves with Anna Raven aka Rogue. She's struggling with whatever happened to her boyfriend when they touched, and has no idea what's going on. Mystique drafts her to the university, and suddenly we're meeting Hank McCoy, Ororo Munroe, Jean Grey, Professor Xavier, Bobby Drake, Scott Summers, and Logan.
Yup. The gang is all here. And they're confused about the changes happening to their body. As if puberty wasn't bad enough.
A bunch of other X-Men and members of The Brotherhood show up as the early works of both groups start to form.
This comic is so cheesy. I expected this, but I think all the cheese made me lactose intolerant.
Honestly, the cartoon, X-Men: Evolution handled the origin stories for the characters, and establishing the universe much better than this comic. There were some confusing plot holes that one would need some background knowledge of the characters to understand some of the subtleties of the character developments.
I can only recommend X-Campus if you want a good laugh, and maybe if you like reading alternate universes that probably are done better in fanfiction. Rather than read this, go watch X-Men: Evolution.
May 20, 2011
Meh. Not good. Not good at all.
This odd reboot of the X-men follows the recent X-men cartoon fairly tightly, putting all the core characters as students into a high-end prep school. Professor X and Magneto are two professors competing for mutant students in the school, each building a super-powered team to suit their own personal philosophies. Not bad in concept, but devlivered really poorly. Weak dialogue, even weaker backing narration and some of the character designs are pretty laughable. Magneto as a hipster prig with a Soul Patch? Um, no thank you. The only character who comes across really well is Anna/Rogue, who ends up with powers from this world's version of Juggernaught instead of Ms. Marvel. The art is serviceable, but very uneven and owes a great deal of its look to the cartoon.
This odd reboot of the X-men follows the recent X-men cartoon fairly tightly, putting all the core characters as students into a high-end prep school. Professor X and Magneto are two professors competing for mutant students in the school, each building a super-powered team to suit their own personal philosophies. Not bad in concept, but devlivered really poorly. Weak dialogue, even weaker backing narration and some of the character designs are pretty laughable. Magneto as a hipster prig with a Soul Patch? Um, no thank you. The only character who comes across really well is Anna/Rogue, who ends up with powers from this world's version of Juggernaught instead of Ms. Marvel. The art is serviceable, but very uneven and owes a great deal of its look to the cartoon.
July 6, 2013
I should have loved this book. Instead it left me with a 2.5 star rating.
I love Rogue, and she was mostly the main character, which I loved. However, her issues weren't properly explored, and forced at times (she had the chance to help someone up and didn't because of the whole "touch" thing -- although she had been wearing gloves at the time). And I liked Jean Grey as an adult while all other characters were teens -- but nooo, she had to turn out to be using illusions to make herself pretend to be a grown woman. That was so contrived it wasn't even funny.
But teen!scrapper Logan is awesome.
I love Rogue, and she was mostly the main character, which I loved. However, her issues weren't properly explored, and forced at times (she had the chance to help someone up and didn't because of the whole "touch" thing -- although she had been wearing gloves at the time). And I liked Jean Grey as an adult while all other characters were teens -- but nooo, she had to turn out to be using illusions to make herself pretend to be a grown woman. That was so contrived it wasn't even funny.
But teen!scrapper Logan is awesome.
April 28, 2011
The only thing good about this was the art work. The dialogue was awful and cringe worthy.
September 29, 2011
An enjoyable read with lovely character designs.
April 25, 2013
It wasn't the best rendition I've ever seen, but I still love the characters which makes it worth the read.
December 4, 2014
This was okay.
Only ok.
I wanted more. It didn't happen.
Only ok.
I wanted more. It didn't happen.
September 2, 2015
La historieta que nunca pediste de los X-Men pero que vas a terminar leyendo igual porue les quedó bastante entretenida: ¡X-Campus!
August 25, 2015
Awful. The art is good, but the story is boring, and the dialogue is excruciating.
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