No matter how I personally feel about Valentines Day, it definitely provides one of those opportunities! Jordan: I am most proud of this entire era. It helped me gain a wider understanding of the role an editor plays, and realizing editorial is the hands-on player at every step of the comic process, and the level of creativity and fun that goes into the job made it a goal from day one. I mean, I as a reader have definitely read stories that, if you said to me, Hey, heres what happens in this story? Dont you want the best for your queen? Officially endorsed answer impossible to pick, but there is something very sweet about the Cyclops/Emma celibacy exchange in the earliest phase of their relationship in the Morrison days? 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. Thanks for giving me a chance to chat about Laura, and I hope you all love her new story. And thanks to Jordan for these eXclusive peeks into the not-too-distant future! But the bulk of the comic is devoted to the action premise, which is ostensibly the hook of the comic. Im sure we will continue to do that. 0. AIPT: In your role, you help creators ensure their stories are the best they can be. X-Men: The Animated Series The Further Adventures TPB review: Dreaming big, X-Men: The Animated Series The Further Adventures. 2011 - 2022 AIPT, LLC. Now, before you get too mad at Jordan for introducing the thought of cascading ropes of snot to your Monday, take a look at this weeks eXclusive preview images he not only selected, but turned into shareable X-Men Valentines! All hormones. Welcome to the official X-Men subreddit. I joined the X-Office pretty recently, so right now I work on Captain Marvel, Black Widow, Marvels Voices, and a few new X-Things that arent announced yet. I ended up choosing my college based off their Comics and Cartoon Studies program (shout out to the University of Oregon!) For more information, please see our Whats my first X-Men experience hmm Well, my older brother was my gateway into comics. Perfect Y2K punk grunge love. For instance, Man-Thing grabs one guy by the face and the next panel is Jean and Storm telling us that a group of guys have been set on fire. She never had a childhood. 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. If you look at old Spider-Man comics from the 60s and 70s, what you will see is that the bulk of the comic, if you say they were 20 pages, like 17 of those pages would be about Spider-Man punching Electro. There are dozens of us, you realize! Right? All rights reserved. Thats love, baby! Shes on the way, surely. I don't read Excalibur because it's not really my thing, but I wasn't too impressed by the X of Swords stuff and the return on it in the weekly threads seems to be quite negative. 2011 - 2022 AIPT, LLC. Mark Basso: Rogue and Gambit. One of the stories here, which I immediately remembered upon reading, depicts Jubilee writing a letter to her foster parents back home. 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. Ive rambled on a lot here, but Ill end with this: I really hope that fans have half as much fun with X-23: Deadly Regenesis as I did working on it with Edgar, Brian, and our editors Mark [Basso] and Drew [Baumgartner]. [Sundance 23] Infinity Pool review: Grotesquely beautiful and hedonistic ride, X-Men Monday #189 Benjamin Percy Talks X-Force, Wolverine, and Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance, Psychic predictions: stunning research results revealed. I think. Tuesdays mean back-to-back meetings. Prepare yourself though. 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? Anyway, I think Xorn would be really fun to have a wild drug-fueled candy-coated wonderland weekend with, after which youd never quite know what had actually happened. I'll admit I didn't go through them again to check, but I don't recall any of these teasers featuring a picture that didn't come from a book written by the interviewee, so that would point to yes - assuming this does come from X-Corp, but that seems fairly logical. Im going to say All-New Ghost Rider though, for me, a Mexican-Puerto Rican kid growing up on the West Coast, seeing a superhero story that had a Mexican American main character, taking place in a city I was intimately familiar with, and that had that quintessential Marvel magic that was huge for me. Tini Howard: That *in your opinion* is going to do a lot of work here, because for me itll forever be Captain Britain and Askani kissing amidst a swarm of rainbow butterflies in Knights of X #4. Growls! After a few years of that, I had proven I could work my way around a story, and jumped at the chance when a slot in the regular monthlies editorial department opened up. 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. RT @ChrisAHassan: Tomorrow at @AIPTcomics: X-Men Monday #193 - @EricaSchultz42 Talks 'X-23: Deadly Regenesis' #XMenMonday #XMen #X23 #Wolverine Id steal whatever he had lying around his room. Sexy and a mess. But my love for story, particularly genre fiction, stems from reading comics when I was younger. Probably the couple Gillen talked about in the Valentine interview. Tyrese from the Fast & Furious movies and Doop. As she spins a story of her heroics with the X-Men, the reader sees that the actual mission was a bit of a cluster, and Jubilee has to learn to be a bit more honest with her folks. I dont have a judgment of theyre wrong to feel that way or whos right about what bookssorry, sorryone more thing about that, though. Mondo is a sexy Man-Thing. If were talking polite dinner party conversation eeehhhhh Kurt and Meggan? We got (and get) a lot of questions about Hellion. Chris Cantwell: Sauron barely wears those leather shorts. I think they are still on the books. Continue with Recommended Cookies. AIPT: Hellion. Recently, Ive been working my way through the bibliography of Agatha Christie. 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. Not only did Wolverine star in the recently wrapped and very fun X-Terminators, but following Forges adventure in the Vault in the pages of X-Men, there are now two Lauras running around! Erica: First off, thank you very much for having me. Sarah Brunstad: Im Sarah Brunstad, an editor, and Ive been full-time at Marvel for 8 years now. I told you Im the worst at this. OK, so X-Fan Jaywalker612 was curious, with so many exciting developments in the modern X-Men universe (Krakoa, the Vault, Talon, etc. He made his choice. Diego Olortegui, Marcio Fiorito, and Georges Duarte were also contributing artists on that run. and analyze what makes you like the ones that you like, and what makes you dislike any that you dislike (unless I edited them, then like them ). Anthony Oliveira: GOLDBALLS!! And while I want my favorite fictional characters to be happy I also realize thats not how serial storytelling involving decades-old characters works. But I think that emotional stuff is the stuff that people love about comics. Its perfect. But so were the animated series the AND X-Men comics of the era. Drew: Fraction and Ajas Hawkeyerun was the series that brought me back into the Marvel fold. These stories range from light and fluffy action stories to some surprisingly poignant character spotlights. You dont want to read that comic. It would be the most boring comic of all time, thats not what you want. Things might be complicated between the nation of Krakoa and the rest of the world, but to the X-MEN, things are . I end up spending a lot of time cleaning the drool off of my keyboard. HAHAhahaHA! When we see what happened, we find out that there was clear communication in the moment and Emma respected Scotts need to figure out his own submissive deal before diving into anything, especially outside his marriage. Acne. Listen to the latest episode of the X-Reads Podcast! Because Ive been doing X-Men Monday for almost 80 weeks, and Ive read a lot of X-Fan questions and reactions to this column, and there is that percentage of readers who do seem to want comics that are just Scott and Jean, for example, discussing their relationship or characters living nice lives free of drama. Show Variants. Her getting into a relationship with true scoundrel Chelli Aphra would, I think, be very much in character for her and then Aphra would do something truly wretched to her and break her heart and it would be some real gut-wrenching drama. That is a great guess, fine sir. How did you find your way to Marvels editorial department and what made you want to be a comics editor? And lucky for you, our friends at Marvel have provided an eXclusive first look at its lettered preview pages. Welcome to the official X-Men subreddit. But a lot of times they dont take off. We all saw shirtless Sunfire on Arakko, right? And shes clearly no stranger to cuddling bark. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. Theyre not just a superhero comic, they are a romance or they are a fantasy comic or this and that. If Jamie Madrox and Layla Miller showed up, in any of their configurations, I would suddenly develop horrible stomach cramps and also remember that I had promised to water my friends plants, in another town entirely. X-Men Biology. Jordan: Best advice I can give is you dont have to wait to get a job at Marvel to make comics. The home of all things X-Men on reddit, be it Whats my first X-Men experience hmm Well, my older brother was my gateway into comics. But its the final run of stories that really impress in this collection. With every internship I was fortunate enough to find myself in, I learned more and more about what actually goes into producing a comic and the more and more I became convinced that this was the career path I wanted to follow so when an assistant editor spot opened, I applied and the rest is history! I can tell by the way you write. Press J to jump to the feed. AIPT: Welcome to X-Men Monday, Erica! Tini Howard: Exodus always feels like he got lost wandering in from an Anne Rice book and Im a noted Interview With the Vampire fangirl, so uh. Those were my first X-stories. 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. X-Fan Quid asks, do you think theres still a chance for Laura and Julian? These were the most popular versions of the characters at the time, of course. When you look back at the run of the first 200 issues of Spider-Man, lets say, there are always going to be superhero stories that stand out that are like the big moment when thishappened. What is it about the character you find appealing as a writer? What, in your opinion, is the most romantic moment in X-Men history? Drew: The more you know about how each step of the process works, the better youll be able to work with creators, whether theyre writing, penciling, inking, coloring, or lettering. And if not, does he factor into the series in any way? So, what is your take on this guys? 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 did various comics-related internships here and there, including with the fantastic folks over at Milkfed Criminal Masterminds before I was lucky enough to land one with Marvels editorial department. 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. Im sure well continue to try to expand and grow. I will explain none of my choices as they are all painfully obvious. I think Ive come up with one good one in all these years. Friends getting their guts blown out. before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. Wait, I want to change my answer to most romantic moment. If you recall their lore, then you may have an idea of why they figure into the final act of the series. HAHAhahaHA! In the X-World, Im currently editing Wolverine, X-Force, and X-Men Legends, as well as the double-event X Lives of Wolverine/X Deaths of Wolverine. She also is one of the few "original" - from the initial wave of books - writers without 2 books. Youll learn so much about the thought processes that go into creating comics if you do a bit of it yourself. X-Men Forever (Earth-161) Age of Apocalypse (Earth-295) War of the Worlds (Earth-691) Days of Future Past (Earth-811) Mr. Sinister's X-Men (Earth-956) Blink of Generation X Lived (Earth-957) MC2 (Earth-982) Gambit Condemned (Earth-983) Last Man Standing (Earth-1004) Freedom Force (Earth-1013) Mutant X (Earth-1298) Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610) But youll be more likely to remember that time when he and Mary Jane broke up or the time when thisperson started doing that because thats the ongoing plotline that you are following. During this time, Julian is an important part of Lauras life, but hes only really in a flashback panel or two, if Im being honest. AIPT: Youre welcome, Hellion fans. Thats important for all of us to try and find, so it was interesting to explore that with her. Valentines Day. This ending manages to really explore Charles Xaviers dream of total harmony in a way that few other stories have. 27 Feb 2023 14:48:11 WHATCHA GOT UNDER THERE, SAURON? There was this one time when gambit was thinking about having kids but rogue was like "no, not now". OK, this question is nutty and its inspiring nuttiness. Jordan: I have a good friend who is a huge Punisher fan. Do you think its possible to make Snot into a sex symbol? And then theres me someone who never passes up an opportunity to make X-Men Monday as ridiculous as possible. 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! Essentially, Im a glutton for emotional turmoil. Valentine's Day. Sauron barely wears those leather shorts. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. 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