The Avocado Comics Community would like to invite you to join in our next reading club which will be Astonishing X-Men by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday. Each Thursday, we will be discussing one arc from the historic run. In light of John Cassaday’s recent passing, many of us wanted to celebrate his most iconic hit with mainstream audiences. Whether you’re reading for the first time or giving it a revisit, we’ll do our best to spoiler text any upcoming plot developments.

We’ll note that the allegations against Joss Whedon must be acknowledged and implicitly understood in all our discussions, though we would like the space to mostly exist to celebrate Cassaday and the work itself. Basically, we shouldn’t feel the need to preface every statement with an apology but we should also be aware of the elephant in the room.

We hope to see you later this week!

Schedule

Thursday, September 19th – Astonishing X-Men #1-6 (Gifted)

Thursday, September 26th – Astonishing X-Men #7-12 (Dangerous)

Thursday, October 3rd – Astonishing X-Men #13-18 (Torn)

Thursday, October 10th – Astonishing X-Men #19-24 and Giant Size #1 (Unstoppable)