X-Force final phase

1. Final Phase for X-Force Issue
56
BY: Andrew Brannen

2. Andrew Brannen
X-Force Issue 56
The main character in my comic the X-Force is Theresa Rourke. She is also known as Siryn. She is
the daughter of Sean Cassidy who was also a mutant and his super name was Banshee. However, when
she was first born her mother died in a bombing and Sean didn’t know that his daughter was born.
Sean’s brother Black Tom was supposed to protect Syrin and her mother, but he failed and Sean got
angry and broke his legs. So Black Tom was upset and keep Syrin a secret from Sean. Syrin gained her
powers of sonic voice powers and flight when she was fifteen years old. Her uncle Black Tom which she
thought was her father was into crime so she got her start into crime. After a while of doing crime she
then latter found out that her real father who had the same powers as her was Sean Cassidy aka
Banshee. She then turned her life around and stopped doing crime and started fighting crime that’s
when she joined the X-Force. She became one of the co leaders of the X-force. She also adopted her real
father’s allice of Banshee to her own whenever he died. She also flirts with Dead Pool.
So in X-force Issue 56 there are two different stories going on at the same time. The first and
main one is about Siryn and she is at a church flying around when Shatterstar comes crashing down on
her. He puts up his two swords to her neck and she see Dead Pool saying help. After she sees that image
she remembers that Dead Pool is stuck in the Weisman Institute. So her and Shatterstar go and try to
rescue him. Once they get there they split from one another. Each of them has an encounter with Dr.
Weisman who is actually been taken over by Gamesmaster. Shatterstar sees her first and his head gets
messed with. Then latter Siryn finds Dead Pool and she saves him and beats Gamesmaster which sets
free Dr. Weisman. The second story which is a minor one is about Warpath in South Beach Miami with a
mysterious girl that goes by Risque. These two are just living life in the fast lane when they hear
someone call for help. It’s a regular person that has a messed up face and a group of people think he’s a
mutant. So Warpath and Risque who are both mutants fight the group and save the guy. However,
Risque wants to take it too far and Warpath stops her from doing so. Also the person that they save isn’t
thankful that they saved him. He blames the mutants for what happened to him he said without
mutants this would never have happened, and Risque just tells Warpath this happens all the time and
they leave.
This comics story was a little confusing the first time I read it. The reason being is that I didn’t
read the ones before so I didn’t really know what and why stuff was going on. I also got pretty confused
when they switched from the story about Siyrn to the one about Warpath. The reason being is that each
other’s story’s really didn’t have any effect on one another’s in this book. The reason I thought they
would affect one another is when we did a reading out of Making Comics it said stories that break and
go to another story have meaning to one another. So when I was thinking about that when I was
analyzing it I was a little confused. Also some of the language they used when people were talking
especially Siryn was also confusing. However, the second time I read it I understood it more. The reason
being was I wasn’t reading it phonically.
Whenever I picked out my comic I saw Dead Pool was in it. I was a little thrown
off when Dead Pool was only in two and a half pages of the comic. That threw me off
a little. However, the third time I read this comic the story flowed and made more
sense to me. I really thought the artist and writer did a great job portraying each
other’s thoughts throughout a character. An example is when Shatterstar was upset
you could see that in his expressions drawl out as well as the choice of words the
writer used to explain to the reader what was going on in his mind. I also thought it
was a nice and easy read because every panel wasn’t the same they all had a different
layout so it made me the reader not as board when I went from one panel to another.

3. • The Theme throughout my Comic of the X-Force is how the artist and
the writer portray what they are trying to get across to their readers
and audience. They use many various types of styles that McCloud
talks about in his book Making a Comic. The reason they use many
different types is due to this comic telling two separate stories that
don’t have anything to do with one another really. The main focus of
the two stories follow two main people the first being Syrin and the
second one being Warpath. These two then take the story an
introduce other characters to help them throughout the story.
Theme and Focus

4. This part from McCloud’s Making a comic book really
helps support a huge part of the X-Force by letting the
story be told from one person point of view.
This is a great example of one persons point of view.
You can see the story from Syrin’s point of view when
she is in the Institute.

5. This part from McCloud’s Making a comic book really
helps support a huge part of the X-Force by letting
the story be told by a action to action frame.
This panel is a great example of the action to action by
Siryn falling and then Shatterstar attacking her. Then
she sees dead pool and Shatterstar tears her away.

6. This part from McCloud’s Making a comic book really helps
support a huge part of the X-Force by letting the story be told
by a moment to moment frame.
These panels show off the moment to moment by each
moment that Siryn goes through you can see it from each
panel to panel by the facial expression she dose.

7. This example from Making a Comic Book is a huge part
through out X-Force which is a establishing shot and
having the person to cross a distant.
This is a great example of a distance being crossed. You can
see Siryn crossing the cemetery in a big panel.

8. This is a great example of a drawling of anatomy
and perspective. You can see all the detail and
accuracy in the body of Warpath.
This principle from Making a comic of
Anatomy and perspective is used
throughout the X-Force comic.

9. This is a great example of a establishing a shot. This
shot is established the second part of the story of
Warpath and Risque it sets up and tells you they are
in a city like Miami.
Establishing shot are in the X-Force comic every
time the characters change the area they are in.

10. In Making a Comic McCloud talks about
symmetry. There are various aspects of this
throughout the comic.
One of the best examples of symmetry is with this
gargoyle you can really see it especially since it is in
between two pages and the crease shows the
middle.

11. A section of Making a Comic talks all about facial
expressions. The reason being is it is such an
important part of comics. This is an example of the
facial expression surprise.
You can see the surprise on the face of Warpath
while he is jumping in between two bridges.

12. This is a small part throughout the X-Force comic
the artists draws every person even the non
important people making them have there own
story and you can see what they are feeling and a
whole life story.
This is a great example of
drawling all your characters with
a story to them. You can see this
cops story of always dealing with
kids stupid choice and breaking
the law.

13. In Making a Comic McCloud talks about the
distance between two characters representing
their relationship.
You can see the distance between Siryn and Shatterstar as a
relationship to their distance. The space in-between them
says that they are not sure of each other and don’t know if
they can trust one another.

14. This example of Dead Pool in
the fetal position shows him to
be in grief and scared.
In Making a Comic
McCloud talks about the
fetal position as an
extreme posture of grief.

15. McCloud talks about sound effects and how they
help make the story more realistic to the reader.
This aspect is used a lot throughout the X-Force.
A great example of this is when Siryn swings the sword
and you can see the sound of the swoosh used to tell you
that it was a really fast swing.

16. McCloud talks about how to capture a readers
attention by making words bigger so they stand
out. This is used a lot throughout the X-Force.
A great example of this is when Siryn is falling from
being attacked by Shatterstar and she then yells his
name, the way you know this as a reader is by it
being a larger text.

17. Throughout X-Force the use of depth is used to
help set up the stage for some scenes.
You can see an example of the sense of depth when
Shatterstar exists the car and looks upon the Institute
and its massive size.

18. An example of establishing a shot from each panel to panel
can be seen in this example of Warpath and Risque in Miami.
McCloud talks a lot about establishing shots
and there are many different ways to do this
and in the X-Force they use a lot of them.
However they use this example of using every
panel as a establishing shot.

19. You can see the
powerfulness of
Gamemaster over Siyrn.
In Making a Comic
McCloud talks about the
aspect of a person on
how they are viewed in
frame as the low person
as a timed or scared
while the bigger one is
more powerful. This is
used throughout X-
Force.

20. The difference in word balloons is
used throughout X-Force especially
with Dead Pool.
A great example of this concept is used in this panel. The word
bubble art tells you that the dead Pools are singing while they
are talking.

21. The word and pictures have
to co inside with one
another. The X-Force dose a
great job of this.
This page is a great
example of how the words
and the art play off one
another.

22. In Making a Comic McCloud talks about how to
portray emotions.
This is a great example of emotion showed on Shatterstar
face. You can see from his expression and his tears that he
is said and upset.

23. In Making a Comic McCloud
talks about how hands play a
big part in a comic. This can be
seen in many panels from the
X-Force Comic.
You can see the message
that Shatterstar’s hands are
telling in this panel. They are
telling the story of he is
nervous and doesn't know
what to expect.

24. Conclusion
• Throughout this comic many of the styles and aspects are used more
than once in the comic. Some panels as well have more than just one
aspect from the Making a Comic, which just shows how complex
comics can be however at the same time they have to simple enough
for all audiences. X-Force dose a great job doing this. The way that
the artist and the writer worked together to mold this story can be
seen from all the examples up above.