Remembrance of Things Past

While talking about his current work on X-Men with Comic Foundry, Chris Bachalo took a look back on his first run on the title:

I'd like to be better this time around. Why? Well, because it's better and achieving to do better is better than achieving to do worse. I was hit and miss the first time around — the creative environment didn't help. Plots would change from issue to issue. We started on a cool Rogue arc and then it was dropped. An anniversary issue surfaced unexpectedly. Issue #360? What? I felt bad for (Steven) Seagle and (Joe) Kelly. They really wanted to make a mark on the series. Then they were gone, then I was gone. Interestingly enough, issue 465, my second issue back, will mark 100 issues from my last Uncanny issue. Back then my style wavered all over the map. I look at what I was doing from 349 to 365 and, well, did my head split? Felt like it. My favorite issue was probably 462. Man, I was feeling good then. Found a groove. All up hill, you know. Then I was gone. Now I'm back. A little gray around the seams this time around, but better. Right?