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Brian Wood and Oliver Coipel’s relaunch of X-Men with Jubilee, Storm, Rogue, Rachel Grey, Kitty Pryde and the other one has been moved back slightly, from April to May. The new publication date will be May 29th. This is due to a bereavement, and Brian Wood has posted regarding the decision to hold off on the first issue’s release:
Obviously this is a very personal matter. Pushing the launch back is the best option out of all that was discussed. An uninterrupted creative run is better than random fill-ins, and in a couple months when we’re past it no one will remember the delays and the work will be forever.
5 Comments on Wood/Coipel’s X-Men Relaunch Moved to May, last added: 3/6/2013
Aye, much better to push the start than to have delays mid-stream. Plus I think every character except for Jubilee is appearing in another book currently, so it’s easy enough for fans to get their fix.
hugo chavez said, on 3/6/2013 4:53:00 AM
lazy artist
David H said, on 3/6/2013 5:01:00 AM
Yeah, Coipel is “lazy”. Get back under the bridge, troll.
TweetInterviewing Neal Adams over at the New Statesman in the run up to this month’s London Super Comic Con, we chatted about his legendary role in providing greater creator rights for all within the comics industry, his own start in comics, and pushing comics in a more “relevant” direction. So while I recommend going ahead [...]
15 Comments on Interview: The Odyssey of Neal Adams, last added: 2/19/2013
Odissey is worth a look for just having Adams drawing Batman again, but a little editorial input in the story would´ve been nice.
Johnny Memeonic said, on 2/17/2013 2:21:00 PM
That one Batman cover looks like Bats is about to chow down on whoever he’s holding.
Al™ said, on 2/17/2013 6:01:00 PM
Adams at 71 still has a work ethic that puts the young guys to shame. Here’s hoping he gets to do more books!
Jonny R. said, on 2/17/2013 9:35:00 PM
Young Xavier in a blond wig? I know editorial gets blamed every time something goes wrong, but in this case…. good call, Nick Lowe!
Rich Harvey said, on 2/17/2013 9:52:00 PM
“Jesus! It’s a comic book, guys! Relax!”
I never like hearing this from ANY comic writer or illustrator — especially from a seasoned pro like Adams. They’re willing to takethe accolades, but dismiss critcism with “it’s just a comic” speaks volumes about the quality of the story. Of course, some of the criticism is mean-spirited trolling, but Adams is better than this.
Robert Stanley Martin said, on 2/18/2013 5:57:00 AM
There’s no denying Adams his due as the single most important American adventure cartoonist of the 1970s. I was struck by this, though:
“his legendary role in providing greater creator rights for all within the comics industry”
Let’s see, he helped renegotiate Siegel & Shuster’s settlement with DC in the mid-1970s, which got them a decent pension. But that didn’t benefit anyone else in the field. Also, Jim Shooter consulted with him and Jim Starlin about the royalty arrangements in Marvel’s graphic-novel contracts, which helped pave the way for creators receiving royalties for single-issue sales with DC and Marvel’s traditional comics lines. However, Starlin was by far the more important player of the two in those discussions, and it was Shooter who made the sale to Marvel’s executives and its parent company’s board of directors. That was no small feat, given Marvel’s overwhelming market dominance and ascending profit margins; the suits’ attitude was all but certainly why fix what ain’t broke?
So I’m sure there must be something else. What am I leaving out?
Ian Boothby said, on 2/18/2013 6:02:00 AM
The internet is too rude and there should be standards but to people who don’t get his Batman book, “Fuck you!”.
Laura Sneddon said, on 2/18/2013 7:11:00 AM
Robert Stanley Martin – the other linked article goes into that some more, discussing his role in getting original artwork returned to the artists, and his position as advice giver for those in need.
Rich Harvey – I think given his work in actually helping people in the industry (and perhaps combined with many fans ambivalence to such people still being snubbed), “it’s just a comic book” definitely applies to the uproar such comparatively small things cause.
Also, in case it wasn’t clear – Neal swears a lot and says a great deal in jest!
Johnny Memeonic said, on 2/18/2013 7:50:00 AM
The internet is too rude and there should be standards but to people who don’t get his Batman book, “Fuck you!”.
Then how about you explain it us, Chuckles?
Rich Harvey said, on 2/18/2013 11:50:00 AM
Laura — Adams may be a stand-up guy. I don’t recall anything in my comment saying that he wasn’t. But “hey it’s just a comic” is not a good approach. Adams is getting paid to produce the work, but the fans are paying to read it (unless they’re flipping through it in the store). “It’s just a comic” could become a slippery slope.
Adam McMahon said, on 2/18/2013 12:40:00 PM
Rich, there is nothing wrong with him saying “it’s just a comic”. Comics are what? Entertainment. Just like movies and video games. If you don’t like it, don’t buy it. Comics are the creators vision in most cases and they hope to be able to touch a group of people with that vision. Look at what his response is to. People using inflammatory and derogatory responses because they don’t agree with that vision. Saying “you’re retarded” is not criticism. There are far better ways to convey one’s disappointment. In many cases, the creators have very good reasons for them, as to why they did what they did. Sometimes it’s very enlightening and makes the reader/viewer see things in their light. Some people simply will hate and whine no matter what the reason.
My point is there’s nothing wrong in what Adams said. People need to take a chill pill.
Ian Boothby said, on 2/18/2013 3:11:00 PM
“Also, in case it wasn’t clear – Neal swears a lot and says a great deal in jest!”. He sounds a lot like the internet.
Laura Sneddon said, on 2/18/2013 5:08:00 PM
The same internet however that thinks it is fine and dandy to call someone ablist slurs or worse (and believe me, I’ve had much worse myself). Sadly, the internet just isn’t that civil a place sometimes, once you’ve broken through the porn and cat videos all the same.
I do find it a tad worrying how many people conflate “internet troll” with “internet commenter” though :S
Ben Lipman said, on 2/18/2013 9:38:00 PM
Hard-hitting stuff! I guess someone had to expose that Adams was turning into Byrne.
Can’t help but wonder why Adam’s and DC released the book in serialised individual chapters, which didn’t contain a note saying “this won’t make sense unless you get all 13 chapters, across two separate series”, if it was designed to be read all as one? Why does no one bitch to a book author after only reading the first chapter – because it was packaged and sold with all the other chapters as well! I know, I know, “Fuck you Ben”.
I left after the first chapter, not because I didn’t think any of it didn’t make sense (except for Man-Bat), it just wasn’t very good. Or if that’s too much, I just plain didn’t like it. Didn’t fit with what I like in a Batman story, or in a Neal Adams one. And that seems to be the general consensus throughout the issues, not just from fans but from critics, even now they have been read as a whole.* The guy who made Superman Vs Muhammed Ali just ain’t what he used to be.
(I did find it funny that after pointing out how dumb fans are for not understanding his book, he has to come up with an explanation for Marvel making him work with a co-writer… Is that the fans fault too?)
Also, did he really suggest that it would be for the best if someone was monitoring every part of the Internet? I’m with him it’s pretty shitty to call someone a retard, but I don’t think Big Brother is the right solution.
(Or was that one of the jokes? It’s hard to tell).
*Although now we’ve learned Batman almost says Fuck, I’m expecting the critics to revise their opinions any day now.
John Roberson said, on 2/19/2013 1:22:00 AM
Ben: much as it’s just a comic book if it doesn’t work, it’s just a joke if someone gets offended. These are the Adams Rules.
Here are a few of my favourite things…. Marvel, aware that I demand delight at least once a month, have started releasing ‘X-Men 50th Anniversary’ variant covers for several of their books. The X-Men have – yes – been around for 50 years as of 2013, with Stan Lee’s original vision now old enough to start having a midlife crisis and buy a new car. X-Men fans: prepare to explode in glee!
First up is Chris Bachalo reuniting with Generation X (gleee!!) for the cover to All-New X-Men #6:
Skin! Synch! Oh, the memories. Shame Husk isn’t wearing her glasses, but WOW how much does this remind that Banshee was The Greatest? Right? Faith and begorrah, come back soon!
The second released cover is Clay Mann’s variant for X-Factor #250, which features every member of the team there has ever been. Founders Jean and Cyclops rub shoulders with Rusty, Skids and Boom Boom (gleeee!!), while newcomers like Monet and Layla Miller somehow manage to cram themselves in there too.
Who will appear next? I am literally stamping my feet with anticipation. Gleee!!
8 Comments on Marvel Starts Releasing 50th Anniversary X-Men Covers, last added: 12/18/2012
I am so in love with the X-Factor cover, and am very impressed how they fit everyone in, but where’s Syrin?!?! They fit everyone in but her? I also assume that’s Layla Miller and not Skids by Strong Guy? Those are the only two omissions I can find.
Reed Beebe said, on 12/17/2012 12:57:00 PM
Around my comic shop I will hover,
until I purchase that Clay Mann cover!
John Warren said, on 12/17/2012 1:24:00 PM
Hmmm… will there also be 50th Anniversary Avengers covers on the way?
Michael P said, on 12/17/2012 2:46:00 PM
They’ve already shown us some of those, John.
Justin said, on 12/17/2012 3:27:00 PM
I’m kind of hoping the X-factor cover opens up. I figure if Mystique and Sabertooth get on the cover then Shard and Wild Child deserve to be there too. I like that run a lot even though I think it didn’t go over so well with most people.
The X-Men Turn 50 in 2013 said, on 12/17/2012 4:49:00 PM
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Torsten Adair said, on 12/18/2012 5:28:00 AM
Wasn’t the X-Factor clubhouse sentient? Something to do with the Celestials?
TweetMarvel’s solicitations for May are sneaking out, but the first thing that caught my attention – Amanda Conner providing art for Marvel, in the form of this variant cover for issue #2 of Brian Wood and Oliver Coipel‘s adjectiveless X-Men series. Whew! Long sentence. We get a look at all the team being all classy [...]
6 Comments on Amanda Conner’s Variant Cover for X-Men #2, last added: 2/7/2013
So is Kitty holding her breath? I’m confused…how is her midsection still in the wall? I’m trying to get my head around that.
Zach said, on 2/7/2013 10:42:00 AM
Kevin – comic art is not always anatomically realistic. Shocking, I know. But thanks for pointing it out, I’m sure everyone else was super concerned about it and just too scared to mention it.
Rob J. said, on 2/7/2013 11:38:00 AM
Kevin: Kitty can’t breathe when she’s phasing, whether she’s passing through anything or not. However, since she was trapped in-phase inside the bullet-ship (really, a spaceship-sized bomb) at the end of Joss Whedon’s run on Astonishing X-Men and survived for months (her-time) in-phase, it’s fair to say that she’s never needed to breathe when she’s phasing and her worries about it during the Claremont years were simply her being a newbie mutant who didn’t then know the extent of her powers.
Kevin said, on 2/7/2013 12:16:00 PM
Thanks Rob J! It was just confusing, but I’ve always loved Connor’s art!
Niels van Eekelen said, on 2/7/2013 1:46:00 PM
Would admire this, but too busy ogling the Uncanny cover that’s also there. Mmm.
About Kitty: The mechanics of her survival inside the bullet are very shady. The thing was kinda magic right? Probably best to leave it at that. But Kitty’s able to phase part of herself, so it’s easy to imagine that she’s coming out of the wall and unphasing to breathe.
Things We Saw Today: A Chewbacca Cameo - EyeOnCele said, on 2/7/2013 1:59:00 PM
[...] Conner‘s variant cover for X-Men #2, featuring an all-female team. Looks like Jubilee does about as well as I do with babies. (The [...]
TweetHello and welcome! We are starting a weekly art thingy and have -rather thoughtfully- set it for Friday, that interminable day where the weekend is within touching distance and yet you still have to be at work. Hence, pretty and cool stuff that will help tide you over- forget words, just feast your eyes. This [...]
1 Comments on Art Wall: Cubist Thing, them Mighty Morphin’ kids and Batman- lots of Batman, last added: 2/10/2013
TweetFriday is art day! Friday is also the harbinger of the weekend, but who cares about that? Instead, take a look at all the pretty pictures I gathered for you from the shady, cob-webby corners of the Internet you dare not venture… (I can’t say more) FF by Mike Allred (you HAVE to click on this to [...]
0 Comments on Art Wall: spaceships, Strange and Sonic as of 2/15/2013 2:25:00 PM
In a recent interview with Seventeen, Jennifer Lawrence had this to say about being healthy in mind and body:
Seventeen:You've said girls should embrace their curves. Why did you think it important to make that statement?
Jennifer Lawrence:When I was playing Mystique in X-Men, I remember thinking, If I'm going to be naked in paint in front of the entire world, I'm going to look like a woman. I'm going to have curves and have boobs and have a butt. Because girls are going to look at that, and if I look like a scarecrow, they are going to think, Oh, that's normal. It's not normal. I'm just so sick of these young girls with diets. I remember when I was 13 and it was cool to pretend to have an eating disorder because there were rumors that Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Richie were anorexic. I thought it was crazy. I went home and told my mom, "Nobody's eating bread--I just had to finish everyone's burgers." I think it's really important for girls to have people to look up to and feel good about themselves.
I agree with Jennifer: It is very important for kids and teens to have good role models, and to have healthy eating habits. Encourage your friends and family members to eat right, and lead by example. Try to eat fresh food in every color of the rainbow, every day. It's easy and fun to do. Hint: Incorporate fruits and veggies into your meals and snacks!
I'm typing this as I eat my dinner -- farfalle (bowtie) pasta and brown rice mixed with tomato sauce and green peas. Yum!
It's The Wandering Library Ninja Bill. I 've been walking in the waste lands and dry and dark places. Fighting evil wherever it rears it's ugly head. It's mighty strange living in the shadow lands, but good reads always pull me through. So let's see what's on this dish today?
Shadow Ops: Control Point by Myke Cole - Imagine if in the real world people started to exhibit strange powers and magical abilities. This is what I hope is the start of a great series about how things would play out. In this world created by Myke Cole some of humanity has started to develop magical powers. Some people are born and exhibit these abilities early in life while others are well into their adulthood when they exhibit magical powers. In this world, very much like ours, when this starts to happen governments around the globe try to control these individuals for their own agendas. In the United States people who manifest magical gifts are either incorporated into the military or kept under constant supervision. Those who try to run, termed Selfers, are hunted down by the military and "handled." Some powers are considered okay by the government, while other are not. Some of the "good" powers are: Physiomancer (the power to heal) but if used to harm it is called Rending and prohibited, Pyromancer (the ability to generate fire and control in many ways), Aeromancer (ability to control storms and lightning, also can use wind currents to fly), Hydromancer (ability to generate and control water) and others I will leave you to find out about. Those that are prohibited and individuals exhibiting them "supposedly" helped or taken down are: Elementist (the ability to make fire, water, earth, etc. self aware and act on the person's behalf without taking away from the user's focus), Necromancy (the ability to control the dead), Portamancy (the ability to open and close gates to different locations and dimension), Whispering (the ability to control animal life) and also many others that you can find out about if you read the book.
This story focuses on Lieutenant Oscar Britton part of the SOC (Supernatural Operations Corps). The SOC is made up of servicemen without magical powers and those with to serve The United States Government. One of there duties is to hunt done Selfers and capture users of outlawed magics. It is during one of these missions that Britton manifest the ability of Portamancy. He runs because he does not understand what has happened to him and is just plain scared. He is pursued by the SOC under the command of the mysterious Aeromancer known only as Harlequin.
He is caught and taken to an Operations Area in another dimension known as "The Source" (it seems to be the place where magic originates and has broken through to our dimension to endow certain individuals with different powers). This is all top secret and all knowledge of it kept under raps by the military and government. The Operations Area is used for multiple purposes. One is to wage a war in The Source with the indigenous populat
0 Comments on Shadow Ops, X-Men and Combat Oh My!!!!!! as of 4/24/2012 7:40:00 PM
Marvel seem to be on another one of their ‘every day a new tease’ stints that they periodically enjoy throwing at the internet. This time, their intention seems to be to convince the world that they’re going to chuck the X-Men into a parallel world and reboot them.
The new teaser image, which we’ll get to in just a second, could be related to this idea. After yesterday suggesting a parallel world might be introduced to the X-Men during Act 2 of ‘Avengers Vs X-Men’, things have escalated with this second teaser, which is so enigmatic as to be hair-rippingly infuriating. Like someone from a Matrix film – worse, like someone from one of the sequels. Right, second’s up, so let’s take a look at the teaser.
This could be a mere retelling of the origin for the X-Men – but Marvel just did that, with an excellent Dennis Hopeless/Jamie McKelvie ‘Season One’ graphic novel earlier this year. And why would Marvel release a teaser suggesting the X-Men are going to be rebooted into a parallel universe so soon into the start of AvX? That would seem to give away their big event storyline before it’s halfway through. This teaser couldn’t be more annoying if it had sunglasses and a trenchcoat on it and kept going on and on about The One, you guys.
If this is neither a reboot nor a retelling, what else could be going on here? Well, um, maybe it’s a story where Brian Michael Bendis finally leaps onto the X-Men franchise and writes a story where it’s revealed that Cyclops, Jean Grey, Angel et al weren’t really the first X-Men Xavier tried to recruit. He actually started off by creating a black ops team who fought nazis!
… wait and see.
16 Comments on X-Men Teaser: Reboot or Retelling?, last added: 5/14/2012
As long as it does, in fact, involve Jean Grey, I’ll read it.
Charles Skaggs said, on 5/11/2012 5:34:00 PM
The X-MEN: FIRST CLASS movie team shoehorned into regular Marvel Universe continuity would be my bet. Considering what a convoluted mess the X-Men’s world has been been since Whedon and Cassaday’s ASTONISHING X-MEN ended, this might not be a bad thing.
powuouo said, on 5/11/2012 7:10:00 PM
Phahaha. Not shocking.
abc said, on 5/11/2012 9:27:00 PM
well, if it is a case of putting the x-men into their own little universe, it does bring up a couple of questions. one: would it be just the x-men going to this world or all mutants from the 616 reality. two: and a bigger question, where would wolverine end up. would they really take him out of the main marvel universe and stick him in a smaller x-world or would they leave him where he is essentially making him the last x-men (will he still be in the avengers after this whole avengrs/x mess?). if they truly do go the whole “heroes reborn version of the x-men” route, it’s gonna be interesting to see how they handle this.
Shawn Kane said, on 5/12/2012 5:50:00 AM
I shudder at what Marvel will do with this.
Nate C. said, on 5/12/2012 6:54:00 AM
I guess the whole “just tell good stories” thing is out of the question, eh?
Kard said, on 5/12/2012 8:30:00 AM
Didn’t Marvel promote a “Original X-Men” versus “the X-Men of now” story a while back? The two eras of teams were going to meet and fight? Don’t know what happened to that “story” so maybe this is it.
Marco Polo said, on 5/12/2012 10:04:00 AM
Jamie McKelvie and some other guy just did a good OGN about the original X-Men, I quite enjoyed it.
Richard Caldwell said, on 5/13/2012 6:14:00 AM
AvsX will concrete Jean Grey’s return, and so lead into a reunion of the original Lee/Kirby five, or X-Factor 2.0. But also with Wolverine.
But really, didn’t Brubaker do a pre-first X-men story already, with a third Summers brother?
Jesse said, on 5/13/2012 9:07:00 AM
Looks like they will finally undo all of Morrison’s X-work.
RegularSyzedMike said, on 5/13/2012 10:38:00 AM
I’m betting it’s a story about mutants in the Victorian era England with Professor X’s grandpa in the mix.
Cat said, on 5/13/2012 11:20:00 PM
@Kard: Are you talking about the ‘First To Last’ story? It had a Giant-Size to kick it off, then happened in the X-Men title, the one that is just X-Men (Yeah, that’s confusing. The one by Gischler)
Mike Mitchell Online said, on 5/14/2012 1:38:00 AM
I’m leaning toward the “Prof. X. recruited a team before Scott, Jean, Hank, etc.” idea. Although I do like the mutants vs. Nazis and the Victorian ideas. They could be a League of X-traordinary Gentlemen.
Brad said, on 5/14/2012 5:58:00 AM
The Brubaker story (“Deadly Genesis?”; not the best name) was about an unknown “All-New, All-Different” team and was really good. Vulcan is an interesting character.
Johnny Memeonic said, on 5/14/2012 7:10:00 AM
Bleeding Cool says this is going to be another crazed Neal Adams project.
Shawn Kane said, on 5/14/2012 8:03:00 AM
“Looks like they will finally undo all of Morrison’s X-work.”
I can’t say that would bother me. I didn’t really care for his run. Of course it can’t be worse than Deadly Genesis which suceeded in killing Banshee and not much else.
…it might look like these incredible designs by Matthew Humphreys, an artist currently at Hasbro Studios. Click on image above to seen the full line up. Honestly, if it were up to me, I’d be developing at least one Marvel property as a Disney hand drawn film… Dr. Strange, Sub Mariner, The Silver Surfer…
The variant cover for issue #8 of Avengers Vs X-Men has been unveiled today by Marvel. One of the seventeen, anyway. Drawn by Adam Kubert, the cover shows those most heroic of characters, the Phoenix Five, standing around doing nothing much of any import. In a heroic manner! As you can see, Namor’s trousers have been lowered even further than before, while Cyclops holds onto the broken weaponry of the evil Avengers. The burning city behind them is that of Wakanda, the consistently-dubious home of Black Panther, where the Avengers are currently hiding out.
In a villainous manner.
How can we tell that they’re heroic and the Avengers are evil? Firstly, because the X-Men are super-duper and the Avengers are totes rubbish. But also, it’s because Cyclops has got his hands on Thor’s hammer Mjolnir, which can only be held by somebody who is worthy and noble. Presumably Thor lost the right to wield the thing after he used his God Powers to villainously punch a young boy in the stomach this week.
What a jerk!!
8 Comments on Adam Kubert draws the (heroic) Phoenix Five for AvX Variant Cover, last added: 6/22/2012
I’ve avoided this event without a single pang of regret.
Kate said, on 6/22/2012 11:32:00 AM
Namor’s waistband is sinking to Abercrombie store mannequin levels.
On a warm and fuzzy note, I’ve really enjoyed Steve Morris writing for The Beat.
Niels said, on 6/22/2012 11:34:00 AM
It’s just a matter of time until Namor has a line saying that not even the Phoenix would dare cover up abs as fine as his. Gillen will write it, I’m sure.
Perhaps that is not the true Mjolnir, but the stupid-stick, which they’ve all been passing around generously.
Rick H said, on 6/22/2012 1:06:00 PM
I have to agree with Ron’s comment. It’s especially relaxing, after reading these reviews, and just knowing that I am not getting involved in any of this nonsense.
Synsidar said, on 6/22/2012 2:14:00 PM
I have to agree with Ron’s comment. It’s especially relaxing, after reading these reviews, and just knowing that I am not getting involved in any of this nonsense.
Yes, AvX is something to stay away from if you’re looking for entertainment. The situation the heroes face in AvX #6 is just the opposite of a villain in the process of taking over the world. Planetary peace, etc., is just as unacceptable a status quo as hell on Earth is, and in using the Phoenix Force to bring it about, the writers changed it from a metaphysical being with some strange interest in mutants to just another cosmic power source. If the storyline ends with the mutants rejecting the Phoenix Force and deciding that, yes, humans can’t be given paradise, they have to earn it, then it’s the very model of an “illusion of change” event. Everybody acted heroically, nobody has anything to feel ashamed about, and it’s on to the next villainous menace. The story won’t have been about anything.
SRS
filippod said, on 6/22/2012 2:24:00 PM
Yet it’s gathering some solid reviews, unlike Fear Itself.
Personally I’m not impressed (yes, I’m actually reading it) but neither do I regret spending money for it.
However I’m a couple of issues behind and haven’t met the Phoenix Five yet. They do look stupid to me but I’m still open to enjoy it for what it is.
Dennis V. said, on 6/22/2012 2:35:00 PM
I’ve been enjoying the series so far and issue #6 was the best yet! (and yeah, the “Phoenix Five” do look a bit stupid costume wise, but not stupid story wise).
Steve Morris said, on 6/22/2012 3:34:00 PM
Thank you so much! I feel really warm and fuzzy right now.
Marvel Now! was always going to claim some victims before relaunching, and now it’s made revealed (through that most sneaky of revealers, the solicitations listing) that nine of their current books will die in order for Marvel Now! to live.
Those nine titles are: Captain America, Fantastic Four, FF, Incredible Hulk, Invincible Iron Man, New Mutants, The Mighty Thor, Uncanny X-Men and X-Men Legacy.
This isn’t completely surprising in every case, because Brian Michael Bendis already said that Uncanny would end and several of the other books were winding up long-standing runs with big name creators. Matt Fraction was already set to leave Invincible Iron Man, while Jonathan Hickman and Ed Brubaker were both already known to be leaving the Fantastic Four titles and Captain America, respectively.
What does this mean for the characters? Well, Captain America, Thor and X-Men Legacy’s Rogue are all in a team together anyway, while Iron Man will surely find a place in one of the Avengers titles. But what of the Fantastic Four? They’ve completely dropped off the map, apparently, and the World’s Greatest Superhero Family look set to pack up their bags for a one-way trip to the one place they’ve never been before: comic-book limbo.
It’s interesting to note that most of these books were handled by the ‘Architects’ of Marvel, and that some low-selling titles like the beloved Journey Into Mystery have survived this new purge. Dan Slott’s Amazing Spider-Man also escapes the destruction, so that much-teased ‘big change’ in issue #700 isn’t going to see the book cancelled, thankfully.
Three X-Men books are chopped, including flagship Uncanny X-Men. Which is a massive surprise, because most were predicting that the pointless titles – adjectiveless X-Men and Astonishing X-Men – would be the two to go. New Mutants was expected to go, and does. But it’s still surprising to see just how big a change Marvel seem to be making. What new books are going to replace these ones, which surely were the backbone of the Marvel Universe?
15 Comments on Marvel Cancel NINE Titles!, last added: 7/10/2012
i know marvel doesn’t care much about my personal collecting proclivities, but i just want to buy sequentially numbered continuously published stapled floppy paper issues of Wolverine and Uncanny X-Men, and i wish they’d stop making that increasingly difficult to do.
the rest of their titles they can do whatever they want with, enumeratively and regards to publishing schedules. i’ll buy them in collected trades depending based on quality and whim. also, speaking for from an objective aesthetic/OCD point of view, it’d be nice if they just left Fantastic Four alone. as the start of the “Marvel Era” it makes for a nice benchmarker. but i guess that was also scraped a while ago during Heroes Reborn so whatever.
horatio weisfeld said, on 7/10/2012 11:22:00 AM
It blows my mind that any of this would blow anyone’s mind.
Joe Lawler said, on 7/10/2012 11:37:00 AM
I’m surprised that so many people are posting about being surprised that someone is surprised by this.
Kevin said, on 7/10/2012 12:03:00 PM
It’s new! Buy it! Buy it! Buy it! Please?
Rob Barrett said, on 7/10/2012 12:15:00 PM
If JiM survives Gillen’s departure by more than a month or two, I’ll be surprised.
Synsidar said, on 7/10/2012 12:24:00 PM
It’s strange, if not surprising, that Marvel is, essentially, trying to push subscriptions, but never uses the marketing techniques that regular magazine publishers do for selling subscriptions. The company is just too dependent on sales of single copies through stores.
SRS
Joe S. Walker said, on 7/10/2012 12:31:00 PM
As song lyrics go, it’s more a case of “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.”
Roberto Briceno said, on 7/10/2012 12:34:00 PM
And this is why I lost interested in a lot of Marvel and DC books. I use to read Fantastic Four pretty much fucked that up many of times with ending the series then starting it over again.
Piss on Marvel and DC for the lack of ideas and for having a bunch on cunts running the companies.
Creator-own comics books have been a life savers.
Ron said, on 7/10/2012 12:49:00 PM
This is a good time to start reading some creator-owned books.
If the indies were smart they would start new arcs at the same time the big two decide to pull a reboot. Maybe even publish some point one issues.
Dennis V. said, on 7/10/2012 12:58:00 PM
I am so sick and tired of Marvel restarting their titles. They just started many of these a little over a year ago and already they’re going back to #1’s. $#@!
Ralf Haring said, on 7/10/2012 1:11:00 PM
This post was intentionally and ironically incredulous, right? Please?
No one believes these books are being purged. None of this is surprising. It’s a creative reshuffle/renumbering of their main titles. Nothing is being “purged”. No one “escaped destruction”. It is not a surprise that top titles are affected. No one was predicting nor did they expect that ancillary titles would be affected. The books that will “replace this backbone” are exactly the same books with different creators.
This article was shockingly bad.
Steve Morris said, on 7/10/2012 1:16:00 PM
Sometimes you want to go….. Where everybody knows your name….
Apollo9000 said, on 7/10/2012 1:17:00 PM
Granted the number on a comic never held much weight for me but I understand long time readers being a bit erked by the frequent relaunches/ reboots.
Since I’ve been a weekly/ monthly reader ( only a couple of years) I tend to pick out books based on premise and creative teams.
I understand Marvel simply playing creative musical chairs with their reboot as a opposed to DC, who made a bit of a misstep with their relaunch by not getting new talent on their books.
Fear not true believer, Cap, Stark, Thor, Hulk, the Fantastic Four, and the various mutants will be front and center in a new book by next March.
This info now confirms what more than half of the Marvel Now books will be.
Make of that what you will.
Snikt Snakt said, on 7/10/2012 1:28:00 PM
Buy what titles you like, regardless of the number on the cover.
Marvel should’ve done what DC has and started their universe from scratch again. Give people a new/fresh jumping on point, w/new creative teams. Just renumbering the same old garbage only works so long these days…
Cancel the Ultimate line, its time has long since passed. This goes for Bendis too!
Dave said, on 7/10/2012 1:43:00 PM
I’ve got a great idea. All issues of all comics should be #1’s, just with a new volume number!
So Fantastic Four, for example, could start with Volume #612, Issue #1, then go to Volume #613, issue #1, etc!
Well look, news is flying out the internet like four and twenty blackbirds from a regal pie. Following USA Today’s teaser images showing Matt Fraction on Fantastic Four come two more images, this time teasing what look to be Captain America NOW and X-Men NOW.
iFanboy have the Captain America teaser image, which places Rick Remender and John Romita Jr on the title this November. This is, of course, coming as Ed Brubaker starts to cycle away from Marvel and towards more creator-owned work, as his long run on Cap ends later this year. Some sites are suggesting this teaser is actually for Winter Soldier, but it’s unlikely that Brubaker would leave Marvel completely, and so suddenly. This will be the Captain America relaunch.
Spurrier’s image on MTV Geek, meanwhile, looks to be playing off X-Men Legacy, the Mike Carey/Christos Gage book which has a terrible title. If Marvel were looking to calm down their X-Output, then it’d be an excellent idea for them to replace the cancelled Legacy with something else. Rumours still abound that Brian Wood’s excellent run on the current adjectiveless X-Men may be coming to an end already, which would seem to be the best place for this creative team – if true.
Spurrier will be joined on this book, whatever it is, by artist Tan Eng Huat, and will likely string together some incredible adjectives before we even make it past the first panel. Very exciting news for X-Men fans, because Spurrier’s X-Club miniseries was brilliant.
Any minute now, Heidi is going to post a teaser image with ‘TIDY’ on it. I can feel it in my bones. Stay steady, Pixie-fans!
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Somewhat surprised to see the title of X-Men: Legacy return (if it is indeed that, of course).
Somewhat relieved to finally hear about another X-book.
While I’ve not always been crazy about Spurrier’s stuff, X-Club was a lot of fun, and I’ll be very interested in seeing what the extra room of having an ongoing brings out in him.
Cerebro said, on 8/3/2012 3:24:00 PM
Frankly, I was hoping that X-MEN: LEGACY’s cancellation meant that Marvel was doing the sensible thing and trimming some of the unnecessary X-Men titles (this, coming from a die-hard X-Men fan). I’m hoping that “Legacy” will be something completely different.
Stuart Immonen’s artwork is one of the key selling points to, well, anything he is involved with, and All-New X-Men #1 is no exception. The premise of the book is that the original five members of the X-Men – Angel, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Iceman and Beast – have come to the present for some reason (no, there’s no sign of other founding X-Men Shortpack and Sage at this point in time). They are in the present, and they are… in the present. And Stuart Immonen is drawing it! So now you know the premise of the series in its entirety.
The regardless point being, Marvel have released some of Immonen’s pencils for the first issue of the series, written by Brian Michael Bendis. And unsurprisingly, they’re spiffing, corking, and several other 1960s adjectives.
The first page shows us the Jean Grey school, Wolverine’s semi-creepy tribute to his friend’s dead wife, who is now 16 and about to stare him right back in the face. But before he has time to sleep with her and freak us all out, it looks like the team are going to first endure some face-time with Beast. Which is probably going to be especially weird for Beast. You can also see a few students running round in the background, which reveals that Pixie has moved to Westchester along with the others. Yep, Utopia is doomed. Toad is also busy, uh, washing a tree. Cyclops Jr will probably blast him in the face in a moment or two.
The third page revealed shows Beast talking to the younger X-Men, who look like the Famous Five. Look at Jean’s adorable haircut! Shame she’s about a year away from murdering billions of people, isn’t it? If young Beast is scared now, just wait till he hears about the repeated genocides his older self has been enjoying over the past few years. And let’s not even get started on Trish Trilby! Ominous times are ahead for you, McCoy. This appears to be page 20 of the first issue, so lord only knows what the first 17 pages are going to be made up of.
And as a final note, here’s the interconnected cover for the first two issues, which sees all your favourite X-Men scowling at you.
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Actually, he’ll go by Gazerbeam and die in a cavern fighting a giant robot.
Rob J. said, on 8/21/2012 1:11:00 PM
So, does Rachel start calling Jean Jr. her sister-mom?
Proud Comic Nerd said, on 8/21/2012 1:12:00 PM
My jimmies are rustled
Torsten Adair said, on 8/21/2012 1:30:00 PM
“Which is probably going to be especially weird for Beast.”
Nah… he’s met “Dark Beast”. Who is actually twenty years older than himself, since DB got shunted back in time when he escaped via that crystal.
But… if these students are from the past in the 616 universe, then how do you retcon all that happens now? Mind-wipe? Or is it another universe/timeline? And what about Professor X?
“Days of Past Futures”?
Kevin said, on 8/21/2012 1:46:00 PM
Wait, that’s Dark Beast? My mind just exploded.
Charles Knight said, on 8/21/2012 1:46:00 PM
So if they are from the past, I guess the big questions they will be asking are:
* Did OJ get convicted?
* Did George Lucas ever make those prequel films people are talking about now he’s re-releasing the special editions of Star Wars?
* Is Michael Jackson still the king of pop?
Niels van Eekelen said, on 8/21/2012 1:47:00 PM
“Days of Past Futures”
Wait, are the X-Men now in the business of trading futures? When did they move the mansion to Wall Street?
Bobby Timony said, on 8/21/2012 2:06:00 PM
I gotta say, I really like this premise. It could be really fun.
Rob J. said, on 8/21/2012 3:14:00 PM
@Kevin: No, that’s not Dark Beast on that sample page. Dark Beast returned to the Age of Apocalypse, where he’s from.
adam said, on 8/21/2012 4:18:00 PM
Wonder what Jean is going to think that in the future she had lost eveything
Zach said, on 8/21/2012 5:33:00 PM
Rob – I don’t think that’s correct. I believe the last time we saw him was in Uncanny X-Force, and he was in our reality.
Synsidar said, on 8/21/2012 7:09:00 PM
But… if these students are from the past in the 616 universe, then how do you retcon all that happens now? Mind-wipe? Or is it another universe/timeline?
There’s a basic problem with the premise. Since time travel involves movement within the space-time continuum, the X-Men can’t travel into their own future. They’d be in two places at once. From their perspective, they’re traveling into a potential future; if they jump 40 years ahead, that’s a 40-year span in which they’re not present to influence events. Going to the present of the 616 universe is logically impossible.
The physical movement which has to be accounted for is a major difference between modern approaches to time travel and the old approach, in which each microsecond was a separate interval, the future had already happened, and a time traveler could go ten seconds into his own past and greet himself.
Time travel, even the old-fashioned kind, doesn’t have to involve logical impossibilities. It can be a sightseeing trip, in which the time traveler learns shocking things about his past. “Oh, God! My great-great-grandfather was a cannibal!” Or the time travel can be played for laughs. But making the threat of a paradox a plot element invariably creates problems. Time travel isn’t going to bring about the end of the universe any more than a megalomaniacal supervillain is.
SRS
MHF said, on 8/21/2012 8:12:00 PM
*sigh*
Get ready for lots of “I did WHAT!?” and “When did THAT happen!?” and “”I’m a big blue CAT!” and “Holy $#@%! I’m DEAD!!”
Of course, nothing will hurt quite so much as seeing that their favorite coffee shop is now a Sprint outlet.
abc said, on 8/21/2012 10:43:00 PM
@synsidar – i dig what your saying but the thing is, aren’t all potential futures still a future that they shouldn’t be in considering it could still happen and considering all the different alternate realities more than likely will happen. also at some point these five x-men will be going back to their own time to fulfill their destinies. the question is will they be going back with all their knowledge of the future intact, thus changing the timeline forever by making different choices as they grow older (perhaps the next big cross-over event next summer) and will they go back to their point of origin, perhaps seconds after they left thus negating the whole “40 years without them” scenario?
Synsidar said, on 8/21/2012 11:20:00 PM
also at some point these five x-men will be going back to their own time to fulfill their destinies. the question is will they be going back with all their knowledge of the future intact, thus changing the timeline forever by making different choices as they grow older (perhaps the next big cross-over event next summer)
There are two principles:
1. A time traveler can’t change his own past, because doing so creates a paradox, aka a logical impossibility.
2. A time traveler can’t travel into his own future, both because he’s not physically present during the years covered in the travel to create that future, and because viewing his own behavior during those years would reverse cause and effect, inviting paradoxes, so it’s impossible.
The single timeline only works in a logical sense if you suppose that from the time of the Big Bang to the moment of the universe’s heat death in the far future, everything has already happened and time travelers can only safely view what’s happened; if one affects any development, in his future or past, he screws things up.
If you accept that the time traveler can’t duplicate himself—at any given moment in any timeline, there’s only one of him—then the modern approaches to time travel make perfect sense. If you claim that the time traveler can duplicate himself, then you have to invent your own version of the space-time continuum to justify it.
In the real world, the current position held by physicists is that time travel, aside from time dilation, is impossible, because no particle has been found that travels faster than light. So, any non-trivial time travel system has to make sense intellectually, or it’s a failure.
Here in California, where you could make a good case for food being the universal religion, parents begin early to introduce kids to world cuisines. While Aline’s been cooking up Stone Soup, we’ve been making a stew of cookbooks and food reference books for kids. Amy Wilson Sanger’s board books for Ten Speed Press run the gamut from Hola, Jalapeno! to First Book of Sushi. They’re for very young children so let’s say they’re pre-cookbooks: culinary orientation for still-diapered multicultis. Speaking of which, Sarah Gilbert’s blog of her 7-month-old’s first sushi offers further inspiration (and references the Asian celebration of baby’s first meal). If sushi is a winner with your pre-schooler, Tuttle’s Sushi for Kids by Kaoru Ono and Hiromi’s Hands by Lynne Barasch will appeal. Recipe books that kids can cook from: coming soon!
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Hello all, yes once again it is I, the slightly schizophrenic Sith/Pirate/Ninja Bill!!!!!!!!
I am appalled that in a recent post here at our ever-so-friendly blog that my very character and nobility was attacked by a certain Melanie person:
"Just goes to show, you can't trust boys! Bill, Bill, Bill . . . I'm at a loss to understand how you can spell miscellaneous right and get scissors so very wrong. :) Hmmm, perhaps those short words are trickier for you than the long ones."
At first I found it impossible to believe that I the one, the only Sith/Pirate/Ninja Bill had misspelled any words at all (I'll have you know that at Sith School I always won the Spelling Bees). Well just to make sure, I went and checked with that Jedi sympathiser Carl to see if indeed anything had been misspelled (as loath as I am to admit it, he is a very good speller). He pulled out this huge book that I had never seen before which he said was called a dictionary. He said that it contained most of the correct spellings of words in the English Language. To my horror he opened up this huge tome of knowledge and confirmed what Melanie had said. I had indeed misspelled a word. Imagine my horror and dismay!!!!!!! Better yet, take a look at it:
Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!What is this evil contained in this "Dictionary" that tells me I am wrong!!!!!!
I could not believe it to be the truth so then I went to confront the "sophisticated" Melanie to challenge here to a duel to reclaim my honor. What was the outcome, you ask? Well, let's just say that this massive tome that is called a "Dictionary" can be used for more than looking up words:
Ahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That hurts!!!!!!!!!! I beg of thee to stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Of course, I had left my trusty lightsaber in my other pair of pants at home and had totally forgotten about my "Flashing Book Holders of Death" My wounds were most grevious, but I will return stronger and more unpleasent than ever!!!!!!!! This I swear!!!!!!
Well enough of this unpleasent incident, lets talk about books:
Tiger Moth: Kung Pow Chicken & The Pest Show on Earth both by Aaron Reynolds and Erik Lervold –Is there anybody still out there who is not familiar with the greatest insect super powered ninja fighting team of Tiger Moth (a moth, duh!!) and his apprentice Kung Pow (a pill bug; what the heck is a pill bug?)?If not, it’s time you do!The Tiger Moth graphic novel series is both great fun and hilarious to the max!!!!In “Kung Pow Chicken” Tiger Moth’s apprentice Kung Pow is left on his own to save his mentor from the villainy of Weevil.Will Tiger Moth be saved from insect eating spiders?Will Kung Pow prove that he is no chicken?Read this graphic novel to find out the answer to this and many other questions you have not even yet begun to form!!!!!! The next adventure entitled “The Pest Show on Earth” brings back Tiger Moth’s archenemy Weevil this time in the guise of a carnival employee that comes to town.Tiger Moth and loyal apprentice Kung Pow visit the carnival and spot the evil Weevil (that was fun--it rhymes; say it three times really fast) immediately. What can his evil plan be this go-round?Loyal readers, you must read this graphic novel to find out!Is the suspense killing you yet?Read and all will be answered. Remember, as Tiger Moth says: “When two birds fly, only one stone can be thrown.”Great wisdom are there in these words. Other Tiger Moth titles include: The Dung Beetle Bandits, Tiger Moth Insect Ninja, The Fortune Cookies of Weevil, and Tiger Moth and the Dragon Kite Contest.Many of these titles can also be downloaded onto your computer. All you have to do is go to the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg Catolog and download away!!!!! This series rocks, so check it out now!!!!!!
X-Men Fairy Tales written C.B. Cebulski and illustrations by various–This is a really fun graphic novel that takes fairy tales from around the world and puts them with X-Men characters.You don’t have to be familiar with the X-Men to enjoy the stories, but if you are, it’s an extra kick.The fairy tales covered are: “The Peach Boy” inspired by the Japanese fairy tale “Momotaro;” “Faith in Friends” inspired by the African fairy tale “The Friendship of the Tortoise and the Eagle;” “Restless Souls” tapping some of the spooky traditions of New Orleans; and “To Die in Dreams” taken from some ofthe Brothers Grimm’s most exciting fairy tales.The stories are really good reads and the art just awesome.So if you are a fan of the X-Men or Fairy Tales or both, this graphic novel is well worth checking out and reading.Also the library system has another graphic novel along the same line “Spider-Man Fairy Tales” staring everyone’s favorite wall crawler along with characters associated with him.Really just great stuff!!!!!
Twisted Journeys: Captured by Pirates by Justine & Ron Fontes with illustrations by David Witt – Now I know everyone out there is probably familiar with the choose your adventures type books, if not, I’ll elaborate.These are the fun types of books where, based on what decisions you make, the books take different directions and different storylines.Well, combine this strictly text-based type of book with a graphic novel and you get the Twisted Journey experience.“Captured by Pirates” is too cool and what’s even better is there are other books in the series.Captain Bootstrap Bill gives these books a hardy Aaaarrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!
Bone: Ghost Circles by Jeff Smith – Well, the seventh volume in the Bone Graphic Novel Series has finally come out and it was well worth the wait.As the title to this volume intones, things get real scary and serious in this one.The villagers and Veni Yan Monks are really put to the test by the “Lord of the Locust’ and his armies.Everything goes crazy with a volcano eruption and the appearance of “Ghost Circles” everywhere.The Bone cousins (Phoney, Smiley and Fone Bone), Thorn, Gran’ma Ben, and the recently returned Bartleby are also being pursued by the forces of the “Lord of Locust” and just manage to stay one step ahead.But how long can their luck hold?What is a Ghost Circle?Who lives and who dies?Only one way to find out, read the book.You won't be disappointed.
Well, gotta go now guys. As always, peace,
Bill
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I'm pretty sure the title of this post is the ONLY way I could fit this picture in with this weeks' SFG theme but I'm cool with that if you are. Hooray for more fan art!
Hi everyone and Merry, Merry, Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy Holiday Seasons from the JolliestSith ever to slide down as many chimneys as Santa on Christmas Night.....Darth Santa Bill!!!!!!!! Well I don't know if I will get another post out until the holiday season is over or not, so I want to wish everyone a wonderbar holiday time of year thing!!!!!!
Now I have to share a clip from one my favorite Songs and Holiday Specials ever, I bet you have already seen it and can guess the name of it. Check it out:
Now for a couple of reviews of two awesome Graphic Novels I just recently finished!!!!!!!!!
Wolverine: First Class - The Rookie by Fred Van Lente, Andrea DiVito and SalvaEspin -Well let me just get this off my chest. This Graphic Novel was awesome and I blew through it so fast I read it a second time. This GN collects Wolverine: First Class issues #1 - 4 and includes Wolverine's first appearance from way back in Hulk #181 when comics cost a whole 25 cents. Wolverine is one of my all time favorite comic book heroes and in this GN teams him up with one of the newest and youngest X-Men KiityPryde. The GN begins with their first meeting and adventure and leads onto other stories in which they take on the likes of Sabretooth, The High Evolutionary, the Man-Beast amongst others. This GN is really well written and not just about punching out the bad guys and fighting with your partner. The stories have depth, action and make you think. In short this is how Graphic Novels should be done. Thumbs up!!!!!!!
Lions, Tigers and Bears Volume 2 by Mike Bullock, Jack Lawrence, Paul Gutierrez and Bob Pedroza - This my friends is a Graphic Novel that was alot of fun to read. I reviewed Volume 1 on April 23, 2008, but you don't necessarily have to read Volume 1 to enjoy Volume 2. To see my review of Volume 1 Click Here. This Graphic Novel is about a boy named Joey and his friend Courtney. It is also about the stuffed animals they own that come to life whenever children are in danger from evil beasties. Joey owns some stuffed animals called the Night Pride which consists of Pallo - The Leader of the Pack (an African Lion), Venus – Guardian of the Pride (a Bengal Tiger), Minerva – Huntress of the Shadows (a Black Panther) and Aries – Warrior of the Night (a Siberian Tiger). The Night Pride are the elite protectors of "The Stuffed Animal Kingdom" a land where all stuffed animals are real. In this volume King Bear is betrayed by his brother to the evil beasties and not only is the Stuffed Animal Kingdom at risk, but all children in our world. For you see once the beasties are in control and the stuffed animal protectors conquered, the beasties will be coming for the children in the real world. Check out this really well done GN for a really exciting story that you will devour and be finished reading before you know it. Great stuff!!!!!!!!
Have a good one all and Peace Out,
Bill
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Today's second Ypulse Youth Advisory Board review comes from Michael Hayball for dystopian fiction Renegade X.
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SLJ represent! Though I could not attend this year’s KidLitCon (the annual conference of children’s and YA bloggers) many others did and they have all posted links to their recaps of the event here. So while I could not be present, fellow SLJ blogger Liz Burns of Tea Cozy showed up and has a fabulous encapsulation of that which went on. Lest you label me a lazy lou, I did at least participate in a presentation on apps. Yes, doing my best Max Headroom imitation (ask you parents, kids) I joined Mary Ann Scheuer and pink haired Paula Wiley. It went, oddly enough, off without a hitch. Attendees may have noticed my gigantic floating head (we Skyped) would occasionally dip down so that I seemed to be doing my best Kilroy imitation. This was because the talk happened during my lunch and I wanted to nosh on some surreptitious grapes as it occurred. You may read Mary Ann’s recap here and Paula’s here, lest you fail to believe a single word I say.
Speaking of Penderwicks, the discussions fly fast and fierce over at Heavy Medal. To my infinite delight, both Jonathan AND Nina are Penderwick fans. Wow! For the record, I agree with their thoughts on Amelia Lost as well. That book has a better chance at something Newberyish than any other nonfiction this year. This could well be The Year of Amelias (Jenni Holm has an Amelia book of her own, after all).
Heads up, America! According to an article in The Guardian, “The debt-laden businesses behind some of the biggest names in childrens’ TV and books are selling off some of the nation’s best-loved characters.” Personally, I figure the Brits can keep their Peppa Pig. It’s Bagpuss I want. Or The Clangers. I grew up watching Pinwheel on Nickelodeon so I’ve an affection for these. Any word on the current state of King Rollo?
Aw yeah. Authors talking smack about authors. Granted it’s living authors talking about dead authors (dead authors talking about living authors is a different ballgame entirely) but it’ll stand. Two dude who write for kids break down J.M. Barrie, The Yearling, etc. and then end with unanimous praise for what I may consider the world’s most perfect children’s book. Go check ‘em out.
A Scieszka/Krosoczka could be a cocktail and a sobriety test all in one — once you can’t say it, you can’t have it.
Jennifer Schultz said, on 9/27/2011 6:06:00 AM
I’m definitely looking forward to those Lonely Planet books. From what I can tell, they won’t have the traditional listings/contact information that guides for adults will have, but I think this is a terrific new direction for Lonely Planet. I have my fingers crossed that a Washington D.C. guide is one of the upcoming six titles.
Amy Sears said, on 9/27/2011 6:25:00 AM
I’ve been anxiously awaiting the Lonely Planet books since I saw them at BEA. I get requests all the time in my library from parents or grandparents who are taking the kids on trips. Washington D.C., Boston, Alaska, and Israel would also be excellent additions to the series from my library’s point of view.
Jennifer Schultz said, on 9/27/2011 6:27:00 AM
You can see sample pages of the Not For Parents series on the LP website.
Anne said, on 9/27/2011 10:33:00 AM
Thank you so much for linking to my post! I think it might be the most spreadsheet-y (?) post I’ve ever seen linked on here!
Jonathan Auxier said, on 9/27/2011 2:57:00 PM
I cannot say how much I wish I had been able to go to KidLitCon … every panel sounds like it would have been amazing. Also, that’s a pretty swell SECRET GARDEN cover!
:paula said, on 9/27/2011 3:25:00 PM
Wow what a compendium of goodness! It’ll take me all evening to follow the leads, how fun!
I can’t find the Dawkins book here – I really want to see it.
And doesn’t Tao Nyeu do embroidery? Now that I’m past bifocals and into trifocals, I am sad that my needlework days are over.
Rachael said, on 9/28/2011 7:42:00 AM
“”Books such as Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach offer a world where self-consciousness is overthrown and relationships are straightforward,” she told The Independent.
“But relationships in the real adult world are often fraught by miscommunication and the impossibility of understanding one another properly.” ”
Right. Because Alice in Wonderland has nothing to say about miscommunication and the impossibility of understanding one another properly.
If you need me, I’ll be over here telling my long and sad tale…
You may have witnessed some out of control hyperbole about Marvel’s recently announced Avengers Vs. X-Men. My personal favorite, courtesy of Newsarma’s recap:
Pre-taped words from all five writers. “There’s never been an Avengers vs. X-Men super-blowout, so it’s like, we have to do it,” Bendis says.
Never been one? Seems like I own copies of something answering that description…
1987: The X-Men Vs. The Avengers
2012: Avengers Vs. X-Men
1987: The Russians want to ambush Magneto and kill him. The Avengers want to capture Magneto and put him on trial. The X-Men want to protect Magneto. A lot of fighting ensues.
2012: As I’m interpreting the hype, the Phoenix Force is returning and everybody is assuming some character introduced in the X-Men since I stopped reading it called “Hope” is going to be the host for said Phoenix Force. The Avengers want to lay hands on Hope, possibly to do something drastic. The X-Men want to protect her. Fighting ensues. It’s probably more nuanced than that, but the initial premises aren’t that far off.
Now maybe Brian doesn’t think The X-Men Vs. The Avengers qualifies as a “super-blowout.” (Or maybe someone from marketing fed him that line.) In the interests of documenting what has gone before vs. current hype, let’s take a look at the original The X-Men Vs. The Avengers mini-series.
The original mini-series goes back to 1987, so your Avengers team is Captain America, Thor, Captain Marvel, Black Knight and Dr. Druid. Your X-Men are Wolverine, Storm, Rogue, Havok and Magneto. Your first 3 issues are written by Roger Stern with art by Marc Silvestri and Josef Rubinstein. The last issue of the 4-issue series is co-plotted by Jim Shooter and Tom DeFalco with breakdowns by Keith Pollard and finishes by Rubinstein (and a few assistants). Perhaps Jim Shooter will tell the story of that last issue on his blog?
This story takes place during the first period where Magneto has reformed and joined the X-Men. In Uncanny X-Men #200, Magneto was tried before the World Court and then disappeared from the court room.
An asteroid splits in two and crashes to Earth. One half will hit in the U.S. and one in Cambodia. As the Avengers clear up the meteor shower, they discover the asteroid is actually part of Asteroid M, Magneto’s old orbital HQ. The U.S. government leaks this to the Russians. The Russians are (justifiably) angry with Magneto for sinking one of their submarines (killing the crew) and creating a volcano in and destroying one of their cities. They want to lure Magneto to the wreckage of the second fragment and kill him in an ambush.
The Avengers get wind of this and decide, while nobody would shed many tears at the thought of Magneto getting killed, it’s a better idea to grab him themselves and make him finish standing trial. (If he gets executed then, eh… ok.) Magneto is looking for some tech from his old satellite, so we set up a three-conflict.
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I enjoyed this series as a kid and I found it still held up the last time I read it.
Roger Stern had originally planned to turn Magneto back to a classic super villain in the last issue. This was nixed by Editors who were interested in letting Claremont continue with the reformed Magneto. That’s why there was such a major shift in the last issue.
JohnByrneSaysOnTwitter said, on 12/7/2011 10:51:00 PM
Loved the X-Men VS Avengers series from the 80’s. When they made the announcement about the new event I went back and reread it. Still great stuff.
JohnByrneSaysOnTwitter said, on 12/7/2011 10:52:00 PM
Loved the X-Men VS Avengers limited series from the 80’s. When they made the announcement about the new event I went back and reread it. Still great stuff.
BRADYDALE said, on 12/8/2011 12:18:00 AM
I remember nearly completely freaking out when ten year od me saw this title on gas station newsstands. Wow. So excited.
Also released at basically the same time: FANTASTIC FOUR VS THE X-MEN, which I think was a more emotionally compelling mini-series, but at the time I was nuts for both.
Louis Lane said, on 12/8/2011 4:33:00 AM
Marvel occasionally forgets their own history (or appears to). Recently they stated the current Venom title was his first regular series. Shortly later they published a trade paperback collection of his true first regular series.
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Tony Isabella said, on 12/8/2011 5:11:00 AM
Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it?
Greg McElhatton said, on 12/8/2011 5:57:00 AM
Comic Book Legends Revealed goes into greater detail on the creative team switch for the original X-Men vs. Avengers.
Isn’t this whole “we should kill her / no, leave her alone” business kind of the storyline of anything Scarlet Witch related these days, including the recent Young Avengers thing?
…Let’s make Scarlet Witch the Phoenix and watch heads explode.
Mo Walker said, on 12/8/2011 10:17:00 AM
Marvel (or at least the marketing people) seem to have forgotten the company’s recent history. We are currently getting a super-Avengers/X-Men blowout fight in Avengers: The Children’s Crusade. Something tells me when Avengers: The Children’s Crusade is collected it may be branded “The Road to Avengers vs. X-Men Book I. Obviously Book II will be Avengers: X-Sanction.
Snikt Snakt said, on 12/8/2011 11:59:00 AM
that original X-Men vs Avengers mini is one of my faves, its too bad the last issue drives it off the rails, story & art-wise…
As if the title weren’t enough of a clue, X-Men: Schism spotlights a pivotal moment in X-Men history: a rift in ideology from its two biggest guns--Cyclops and Wolverine. In the wake of a mutant extinction-level event, perennial team leader and wet blanket, Cyclops, rallies the X-Men to an island dubbed “Utopia” in order to establish a sense of community. His plan, however, doesn’t account for any villain who might want to wipe out mutantkind in one fell swoop and who possesses enough skill to hit a target the size of a giant island. And that’s exactly what happens in Schism.
As danger looms, Cyclops sends the usual heavy-hitters across the globe to stop various enemies, leaving the island’s defense up to him, Wolverine, and the latest batch of young mutants who came to Uptopia to train to be X-Men. Therein lies the issue: Cyclops declares the new recruits fit for battle, while Wolverine declares the very idea to be ludicrous. Writer Jason Aaron presents both sides of the argument with equal footing, but it’s still difficult to take Wolverine’s position seriously. This is Wolverine, after all—the hot-tempered Canuck with the beserker rage and fangs; he’s the runt who’s always spoiling for a fight. Yet, here he tells Cyclops that maybe the better idea is to evacuate the island, because someone needs to think of the children. Really, it’s all an excuse to get Cyclops and Wolverine to clash, and Schism definitely delivers. This isn’t a shoving match or a harsh exchange of words soon mended by standing against a common enemy (although there are plenty of verbal barbs, especially on the subject of Jean Grey). No, here are two classic X-Men at each other’s throats. It’s an extended, bloody fight that ends a friendship and divides an entire race.
If that weren’t reason enough to get fans in the ring, the chapters are each illustrated by marquee names: Alan Davis, Frank Cho, Adam Kubert, Carlos Pacheo, Billy Tan, and Daniel Acuña. Cho’s depiction of Wolverine is reminiscent of the mid-to-late 1980s (before the films influenced his look). He’s hunched, hairy, and his perpetual scowl leaves grooves in his face that even his healing factor cannot fix. Acuna’s pages are stylized and flashy (if not a little stiff), while Davis does what Davis does best, which is everything.
The hardcover collection is oversized, giving readers an opportunity to sit front-row at a title bout, and with artists of this caliber it’s very much worth this grand scale. Two variant covers, a promotional pinup, and a team roster by Frank Cho (from pencils to finished page) comprise the supplemental material. It’s a package that gives fans a believable answer to “Who would win in a fight..?” and X-Men: Schism certainly lives up to its title.
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Take all the time you need.
Aye, much better to push the start than to have delays mid-stream. Plus I think every character except for Jubilee is appearing in another book currently, so it’s easy enough for fans to get their fix.
lazy artist
Yeah, Coipel is “lazy”. Get back under the bridge, troll.
wk artist 10/10