My attempts to learn physical inking (as opposed to a tablet) are going well. An issue here and there, but I'll get it pretty soon. The big difference I'm noticing is that it looks a little messier than on the tablet, but I'm liking it.
Magik Magik Magik. What do I know about her? I know that she's older than she should be, having grown up in the time-distorting dimension known as Limbo, tortured by one of many Marvel Satans going by the name of Belasco. The first story I read with her in it was near the end of my first ongoing series, New X-men. In order to escape Limbo and save her friends, Pixie got Magik, at the time Darkchilde, to teach her her now signature teleportation spell. Darkchilde, being a soulless monstrosity at the time, tortured her and took pieces of her soul to kill her old master and took control of Limbo. Now she's queen of one of the many Marvel Hells.
After that she went through a long stint with the New Mutants, where she risked all of reality to destroy the old gods and regain her soul. Honestly, you know as much as I do after reading that. As much as I loved New Mutants, it's mostly a haze to me. She spent some time in jail, for selfishly risking all of reality for revenge, before Cyclops started taking her out into the field as part of his extinction team, where she proved herself as a useful part of his team, and where she ultimately showed her brother that she wasn't deserving of his love. So thoroughly that he now wants to murder her.
During Avengers VS X-men she was one of five mutants to take on the fractured Phoenix Force. She was also the one that didn't hide her corrupt nature so well, making a prison for the Avengers in Limbo, subjecting them to the horrors that one would expect from Hell. Ultimately, she lost her powers to her and her brother's enhanced greed (this was before her brother hated her). Spider-Man convinced them to go at each other to get the other's part of the Phoenix Force and make themselves more powerful.
Nowadays she follows Cyclops in All New X-men, working almost exclusively as a taxi so far, though they've hinted at her being used for greater deeds. I highly recommend picking it up, if just for the fact that Bendis is FINALLY writing Kitty Pryde again, even if it's not the Ultimate Universe one, he's got a good history with her.
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