* talking Cable. I didn't like the X-Men comics and was long gone when the future dudes with guns started showing up. I liked the Casey/Ladronn version that came a little later but still never warmed up to the character.
* this discussion of plot implications and character-development plans coming out of the Marvel event series of the immediate past is probably closer to the comics than I can hope to understand, but it does underline that you can't really count on the aptness of whatever metaphor you're using to drive a superhero comic's success.
* Rob Clough on 
