Kwannon and Greycrow sitting by the beach in, I dont know what it says about me, but my first reaction was Logan mercy-killing Jean near the end of. But I think at the end of the day, if you give them a good enough story, it will affect what they want and it will make them want to know what happens next and read more. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. But I think that emotional stuff is the stuff that people love about comics. Over at AIPT's Marvel PR friendly X-Men Monday roundtable, they had a new face around the virtual space. I want to bring that level of thoughtfulness and collaboration to every project I do. This ending manages to really explore Charles Xaviers dream of total harmony in a way that few other stories have. And on top of all that, X-23: Deadly Regenesis, which revisits Lauras earlier years, kicks off March 8, 2023. What a time to be a fan of Laura Kinney. Their life took a dark turn and their rage led them to where they are. ), you never really do the same thing twice. (Side note: I googled Sexy Xorn, and the main result was a Sexy Corn Halloween costume, which is a thing I can now never unsee.) Lets say were just going to do a Millie the Model comic again. And my favorite X-Men character is Shark Girl her mutant powers are that she can turn into a shark what more could you want? As it's Thanksgiving week, this is the perfect time to give thanks to X-Men Senior Editor Jordan D. White and his team of X-Editors Lauren Amaro, Mark Basso, Drew Baumgartner, Sarah Brunstad and Anita Okoye with an eXtra-sized X-Men Monday interview! I can see them understanding each others internal struggles and be mutually supportive. Thanks for giving me a chance to chat about Laura, and I hope you all love her new story. Comics were my favorite kind of storytelling, and Marvel was my favorite kind of comics. There was a relative dearth of interns during my go-round, at least on the days I was in, and that gave me the added opportunity of working under more of the editorial staff and getting to know more of them, as well as their different working styles. I think Ive come up with one good one in all these years. Jordan: Well, again, I dont think that the people who are buying comic books in the direct market on a regular basis are people who would be necessarily willing to buy a comic that was overtly a romance comic and not something else. X-Men: The Animated Series The Further Adventures TPB review: Dreaming big, X-Men: The Animated Series The Further Adventures. Its kinda weird to see a classic cigar-chomping Nick Fury in his Steranko jumpsuit suddenly change intoa version with one of those head socks that were all the rage with folks like Gambit and Havok. And thanks to Jordan for these eXclusive peeks into the not-too-distant future! I highly recommend picking up some how-to guides (Stan Lee and John Buscemas How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way is a great place to start), and start making some of your own comics. I bet it would send Kate swinging back fully into moral mode. Its always nice when an artist says, You have an art background, dont you? If were talking polite dinner party conversation eeehhhhh Kurt and Meggan? Spring 2022." Which may be whatever spins out of upcoming X-Men, Inferno and Trial Of Magneto comic books, that have seen Destiny revived . Drew: Im pretty new here, so I hesitate to take much credit for anything thats come out just yet, but Mark is right to highlight X Lives/X Deaths of Wolverine as something special. So the easy answer is: That was the assignment. Anita: I started out in theater, interning for a playwriting program. WHATCHA GOT UNDER THERE, SAURON? AIPT: Thank you for swinging by X-Men Monday, Erica! MARVEL UNLIMITED. Alternately, if you already know the ending of the story, thats an advantage. But the soap opera plot has, if not been made the main plot, at the very least has taken much more of the percentage than it was taking in the original. Jordan Blum: That time Thanos wanted to impress Death so he killed half the universe including Cyclops by putting his head in an invisible box. Become a patron today to gain access to exclusive perks, such as: Exclusive previews, reviews, and the latest news every week, delivered to your inbox. As our own David Brooke noted when reviewing the Tooth and Claw TPB collecting these short adventures, theyre a bit of a mixed bag, but when theyre good, they really hit a nostalgic sweet spot. Kate is a good person who has more recently toyed with the fringes of the dark side, joining Hellfire, becoming a pirate. Dont tell me they dont count, I saw that almost-kiss. All rights reserved. Later, in college, one of my best friends (still to this day) was a huge Marvel fan, and when I fell out of reading the books, he would always catch me up on things. But its the final run of stories that really impress in this collection. Thank you for these, Jordan! Turning that red planet red-hot! Ive been at Marvel for just over a month, so Im very much still the office newbie. He may be going down a very dark path these days but my vote is for Beast. And who can forget Jonathan! Sarah: I think its hilarious when I have to send an artist my own terrible cover sketches to help illustrate a suggestion Im making. He then goes into a long explanation on his thought process on what hooks readers about the romantic plotlines, which to him went hand-in-hand with the emotional plots, using Spider-Man as his example. Mark: Read a lot of comics (and other things!) So I think theres always a chance for Laura and Julian. Science Haymaker/Jordan is just that type of character. Its perfect. Jordan: I have a good friend who is a huge Punisher fan. Welcome, X-Fans, to another uncanny and dare I say, romantic edition of X-Men Monday at AIPT! AIPT: Hellion. Sexy and a mess. Now, lets dig into your relationship with Laura Kinney. Erica: Hi moonage00daydream. Whats my first X-Men experience hmm Well, my older brother was my gateway into comics. At the time in the 80s, it was, In the Utopia era, one of the things that made Laura feel ostracized from the younger X-Men like Bling was that she had no social graces. Erica: Ive read all her solo series, so I dont know if I have a favorite. Scott and Jean? . Shes a clone of Logan with similar experiences, but also vastly different ones. Share them with that special X-Fan in your life! As its Thanksgiving week, this is the perfect time to give thanks to X-Men Senior Editor Jordan D. White and his team of X-Editors Lauren Amaro, Mark Basso, Drew Baumgartner, Sarah Brunstad and Anita Okoye with an eXtra-sized X-Men Monday interview! I talked with every editor I could find, and wound up over at Valiant, first as an intern, then as an assistant editor, before making my way to Marvel. Sarah: Fridays and Mondays are books are due to print, hustle hustle days. Tini Howard: Rictor and Shatterstar. Lets start by going back to the beginning what was your first X-Men experience as a fan? Xorn. Alex Segura: Rogue and Gambit would be the most fun! And if youre a writer or an artist, finding a group to share work with and get practice both giving and receiving constructive criticism is huge! Erica: I met Laura like so many people did with her introduction in X-Men: Evolution. What makes Laura interesting is that she has a very different path from Logan. Its a definite career goal of mine to build complex stories about women heroes and villains and all the women in between. look what x-men did to rogue and gambt after they were married, they barely in comics. What is it about the character you find appealing as a writer? Everybody who hates Scott and Jean either read a really bad Scott and Jean story or read a really good Scott and Jean story about them not being good together. before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. Alex Segura: Jean Grey and Poe Dameron. Laura never had a choice. If you say soap opera, its often viewed as an insult, which, OK, thats fine. RT @ChrisAHassan: Tomorrow at @AIPTcomics: X-Men Monday #193 - @EricaSchultz42 Talks 'X-23: Deadly Regenesis' #XMenMonday #XMen #X23 #Wolverine AIPT: For readers who are learning about X-23: Deadly Regenesis for the first time, whats your elevator pitch for the series? Is honesty with herself and others a way that Laura asserts herself as herself? Sarah: Reading, writing, and color-coding Excel sheets are pretty much my only skills (well okay, I do make a mean pie crust), so I always wanted a career surrounded by books. Comic Books Lauren: You know when youre trying to convey a very specific pose for an artist and stock images just arent cutting it? It was then relaunched as Adventures of the X-Men, a series that continued telling stories in the style of the animated series without the shackles of continuity. Manage Settings Thats part of the puzzle you dont already have to figure out. Quoted straight from X-Men Monday #79, in an interview with Jordan D. White. Its really breathtaking. Unless they tease more panels in the next few Mondays I guess its a good bet its Tini, and as you said shes one of the few originals without two books. It has to do with the ways that the industry has trained the audience to respond to things and what it should value in a comic book. By leaving the animated series' constraints behind, 'Adventures of the X-Men' manages to combine what's great about the show and the comics of the time, with the result being something pretty special. X-Men appears in 12995 issues. Kyle is a saint. Tom Taylor was the writer, but there was a revolving door of incredible talent on that book. Social media has made it a lot easier to connect with creators, editors, and voices within the comics community. Steve Foxe: Black Tom Cassidy and the Log Lady from Twin Peaks. It also has a lot of pain. @pyrofn: he pretty much said relationship are boring and more ppl want to read about action/violence(like spidey punching eletro for the 500 time lol). Mark Basso: Im Mark Basso. . No matter how I personally feel about Valentines Day, it definitely provides one of those opportunities! Wednesdays and Thursdays are usually my script-reading, new-books-planning kind of days. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. 2011 - 2022 AIPT, LLC. Is he right in your eyes? If you can find some friends to talk out those opinions with, thats a great way to help articulate your thoughts and even expand your own taste as you get exposed to books or other media you might not have checked out on your own. But of course, you know that from last years exceptionally ridiculous 2022 X-Men Monday Valentines Day Special, which was such a blast were doing it again. You know what I mean? So theres going to be a lot of kick-ass action, and Laura is going to be put through her paces, but shes also going to have to reconcile some of her past actions and how that affects others. Its so much fun and knows exactly how to do what it wants to do. Because it seems like a lot of readers just want to read about characters relationships. Steve Orlando: The couple Id dodge, maybe Apocalypse and Genesis? and Broo. And so our focus is never on, Lets find out what people want and do it. Our focus is always Lets use our best judgment to tell the best story possible, given all the pieces we have in play. And we have to believe that making a good story is the most important thing over all other concerns. Listen to the latest episode of the X-Reads Podcast! That time Thanos wanted to impress Death so he killed half the universe including Cyclops by putting his head in an invisible box. X-Reads Podcast Episode 95: 'X-Men #8' (2021) - M.O.D.O.K. She never had friends. 26 votes, 28 comments. Rictor and Shatterstar. Perfect Y2K punk grunge love. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. So, what is your take on this guys? And lots of them , Drew: Everyone else has summed it up so nicely, but theyve left out all of the cackling with glee we do when some bonkers art comes in and melts our faces clean off. and our Mondo is a sexy Man-Thing. Synch is so nervous about rekindling the romance they found while trapped inside the Vault, and the kiss that resolves this tension is so beautiful and such a romantic moment. Anyway, Xorn has a cool mask, and a star in his head, and hes a man of mystery, whos done terrible things, but has a wounded soul. AIPT: Welcome, everyone! What, in your opinion, is the most romantic moment in X-Men history? AIPT: Finally, so many X-Characters have become sex symbols among X-Fans. Steve Foxe: The one Id REALLY avoid is Northstar and Kyle. You know Gerry Duggan, Vita Ayala, Phil Noto and all the other talented creators writing and illustrating your favorite X-Books. Focusing on every character, cycling through every other character as a romantic partner, as they tend to do on soap opera showsat least back when I experienced them through watching them with my grandmother when she was babysitting me as a child. The home of all things X-Men on reddit, be it And while I want my favorite fictional characters to be happy I also realize thats not how serial storytelling involving decades-old characters works. Mondo seems like a down-to-earth (literally and metaphorically) guy who can be adorably charming and very chill. I was fortunate enough to meet Edgar at San Diego Comic-Con last year (2022) and chat. Oh my God, Ive gone on for so long. Hahaha! Maybe Rogue and Remy on a good day? Welcome to the official X-Men subreddit. Summary: Basically, the interviewer asked why romance wasnt as popular in comics when there are so many asking for it, using Cyclops many ships as an example (Jean x Scott and so on). I dont mind being left alone in their living room while theyre getting busy upstairs. And they were thought of as a disposable genre, so you would pick up an issue, read it, and hopefully, they want you to read the next one. These kinds of interviews are a bit PR stunty usually so I think its safe to say that when they tease something theyre teasing something! AIPT: X-Fan moonage00daydream said an essential difference between Laura and Logan is that Laura never hides her wariness. Drew Baumgartner: Drew Baumgartner here! All rights reserved. Whats one story you love (from X-History, comics, in general, or another medium) that inspires you to help produce new classics? And even if you know these characters backwards and forwards, there are still plenty of surprises in store. Its a cataclysmic finale to say the least, and its not exactly a crowdpleaser, but its also bursting at the seams with hope and ingenuity. Right? Although, I guess that last one of dapper, black-and-white Warren Worthington III could be from another series. Youll learn so much about the thought processes that go into creating comics if you do a bit of it yourself. After that, I spent about two years working in podcasting and finally landed a job at Marvel. All rights reserved. I thought it was a really interesting way to introduce a new character that was linked to one of Marvels most popular characters: Wolverine. Jason Loo: Probably Gambit and Rogue. Its a nice story that delves a bit deeper into how a kid might handle adjusting to a life with superheroes. The costumes are a wild mix of Jim Lees and Rob Liefelds aesthetics, which is to be expected. One of the things we explore in this arc is collateral damage. Want to take our relationship to the next level? The home of all things X-Men on reddit, be it It would be great if they would, so maybe they would prove me wrong. https://aiptcomics.com/2020/10/12/x-men-monday-79-x-of-swords-week-4/. Im an editor in the X-Office, and Ive been at Marvel for 14 years. more. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. All of the creators are vibing off of one another, which makes updates from them an absolute blast. And dont get me STARTED on Hawkeye and his escapades! I think. Its also a twist-filled thrill ride, which makes the experience of editing it kind of like trying to edit a rollercoaster. But who is that one mutant who hasnt achieved sex symbol status you think has the potential to become the hottest X-Character of them all? All hormones. Link below and quotes of this subject will be below the link. No question. There are dozens of us, you realize! That means switching up tactics sometimes. And hes bendy! Without getting too deep into spoiler territory, theres a shocking reason why the last issue of this series has stuck with me for over nearly three decades at this point. Erica: Hi Daniel, Carlos, Ren, Matt, Emma, and Ambaryerno. Mister Sinister and Deputy Director Skinner from The X-Files. And everyone was on their best behavior and super sentimental except Sabertooth. She never postures, blusters, or plays the cynic; she simply watches, waits to trust you (or not), and however you feel about that while she watches and waits is not her problem. Friends getting their guts blown out. Do you want that? I would say No, but if its well done, Ill read the story and go, They brought me around, now I want that. And really, that happened to all, well, I dont want to say that exactly happened to all readers, but all readers at some point started out not knowing about the characters, not knowing about the specifics of what they would ideally like to have for them, you know, in their hearts and just read a good story and that good story is what made them want that. Crimes done. It gave a literal voice to stories and characters I really enjoyed. But wait, how about one more eXclusive treat before we send you off into the week? Writer: Erica SchultzArtist: Edgar SalazarColor Artist: Carlos LopezLetterer: VCs Cory PetitCover Artist: Kalman Andrasofszky. I told you Im the worst at this. And three of those pages would be about Spider-Man and his love life, or Spider-Man and what Aunt May needs to stay well, or whether hes keeping his jobthings like that. Steve Orlando: For fun it would be hard for me not to say Fang and Aurora. 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