Ariana Maher: I would love to hang out with Xun and Elle since they seem like a chill couple to play board games and have drinks with. Its just a mix of current and former X-creators, as well as friends of X-Men Monday, united in a desire to talk about their favorite mutants messy personal lives. Sarah: Yep, read a lot. Youll find you can connect the dots between art styles, story construction, etc., and come to realize what goes into making a good comic by your standards, which will help you edit your own. 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. AIPT: Welcome to X-Men Monday, Erica! Shows an understanding of what makes the X-Men tick across all mediums. And heres a minor part of it. Setting a story in the past has its own advantages and challenges, though. Slither not enough snake love out there in the world. Sexy and a mess. Hes the closest thing to a sexy Man-Thing. Ladies on toilets, thats my niche. Manage Settings 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. Its perfect. 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. CRACK ME OPEN, CLAW DADDY. Hows that? She was basically a feral animal. 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. For more information, please see our But as for one that comes from X-History, Id have to say the Age of X storyline in X-Men: Legacy is one of my favorites. For my money, the kiss between Synch (Everett Thomas) and the Vault version of Laura Kinney, at the end of. Until next time, X-Fans, stay exceptional! Erica: This is my first time working with Edgar, and the experience has been incredible. I did get to borrow some X-Men for last years Marvels Indigenous Voices, and being a big Dani Moonstar fan, that was really fun and fulfilling. Anita Okoye: My name is Anita Okoye. Kate is a good person who has more recently toyed with the fringes of the dark side, joining Hellfire, becoming a pirate. I started working at Marvel two months ago. Probably theres a good reason for that in that soap operas are produced quickly and cheaply. Let me settle down, go into a house, relax. Anthony Oliveira: It has to be Scott and Jean atop the mesa, doesnt it? Chris Hassan February 13, 2023 Welcome, X-Fans, to another uncanny and dare I say, romantic edition of X-Men Monday at AIPT! I think that may be an alternate universe Warren, as another panel has him with Betsy. 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. No matter how you feel about Valentines Day, X-Fans, I hope this brought some joy to the start of your week. 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. Jordan: Ive loved comics as long as I can remember. Valentine's Day. Sarah: I think its hilarious when I have to send an artist my own terrible cover sketches to help illustrate a suggestion Im making. And hes bendy! Read this one closely, X-Fans when youre talking to editors, teases of things to come tend to slip out. Despite being weaponized in adulthood, he had a choice. If she were, then shed have an easier time understanding the uneasiness felt by her peers during this time. Show Variants. If so, what made it special to you? I was given the option to do a story that was set in the past to help flesh out some more of who Laura is. So I think theres always a chance for Laura and Julian. Melters transformation into the Human Torch Nouveaux over in. What happened the third time he fought Electro? MARVEL UNLIMITED. Ariana Maher: Jubilee and Tim Drake (Robin) had a meet-cute during the DC/Marvel Amalgam, so I could totally see her crashing the Bat Family party as a plus one. AIPT: Whats your average day like in the virtual X-Office? 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. Thats important for all of us to try and find, so it was interesting to explore that with her. Jordan Blum: Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor during their marriage just seemed like a terrible hang. My favorite X-Character is still Kate Pryde, but I also love the Captains Britain an awful lot. Also, dont be discouraged if your first job isnt in comics. In true 90s Marvel fashion, theres plenty of posing and anime-adjacent faces that are super expressive when delivering colorful monologues. Jordan D. White: Im Jordan, Im a senior editor, Ive been at Marvel 14 years. Social media has made it a lot easier to connect with creators, editors, and voices within the comics community. 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. That time Thanos wanted to impress Death so he killed half the universe including Cyclops by putting his head in an invisible box. But I think that emotional stuff is the stuff that people love about comics. I just really love board game nights. Before we start, just a disclaimer for the super-speculative X-Fans reading that this isnt one of those X-Men Mondays where were hinting at new additions to the X-Office. AIPT: You know, the questions about Ororo and TChallas relationshipalong with the frustration I often see from some X-Fans regarding Scott and Jean, Scott and Emma, Scott and Logan and countless other X-Couples that dont involve Cyclops got me wondering why arent romance comics more popular in todays comics industry? So Lauras honest (like Tech in, Ive rambled on a lot here, but Ill end with this: I really hope that fans have half as much fun with, X-Men Monday #193 - Erica Schultz Talks 'X-23: Deadly Regenesis', AIPT Comics Podcast episode 211: DC and Marvel events galore, and Curt Pires talks 'Indigo Children', Mark Brooks corner box Avengers and X-Men variant covers revealed for May 17th, Image Comics reveals 'The Catalyst War' begins in 'Radiant Black' #25, Marvel's 'Most shocking issue of Amazing Spider-Man in 50 years' gets new variant cover, Marvel Preview: Star Wars: The Mandalorian #8, Marvel Preview: Star Wars: The High Republic The Blade #3, Marvel Preview: Star Wars: Hidden Empire #4, Join our Discord community, where we chat about the latest news and releases from everything we cover on AIPT, Get a physical trade paperback shipped to you every month. Haymaker/Jordan is just that type of character. I think theyve both had similar journeys, certainly theyve seen tragedy and theyve overcome their anger to grow and mature. WHATCHA GOT UNDER THERE, SAURON? By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. X-Men Monday #193 - Erica Schultz Talks 'X-23: Deadly Regenesis' AIPT - AIPT :: #comics. 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. Wednesdays and Thursdays are usually my script-reading, new-books-planning kind of days. 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. Comics were my favorite kind of storytelling, and Marvel was my favorite kind of comics. Since we took this week off, the next ones sure to be packed with interesting discussion as X-Men Senior Editor Jordan D. White reflects not just on this weeks Excalibur #13 and X-Men #13 but Hellions #5, New Mutants #13 and Cable #5 as well! X-Reads Podcast Episode 95: 'X-Men #8' (2021) - M.O.D.O.K. hmmmmmm what should my question be???? Most fun Fang and Somnus tick a lot of boxes. The main draw in the first chunk of the book is seeing the names of all the creators working on these short stories, which included a mix of up-and-comers and industry veterans like Don Heck, Kelly Corvese, Robert Loren Fleming, Joey Cavalieri, Ben Herrera, John Costanza, and so many more. Is honesty with herself and others a way that Laura asserts herself as herself? And then theres me someone who never passes up an opportunity to make X-Men Monday as ridiculous as possible. Is he right in your eyes? Lets start by going back to the beginning what was your first X-Men experience as a fan? Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. But its the final run of stories that really impress in this collection. AIPT: One more for the Hellion fans a hypothetical question. In one issue, Cyclops stumbles upon a cursed town straight out an H.P. No matter how I personally feel about Valentines Day, it definitely provides one of those opportunities! Hyped for this book, but will have to skip if Howard is writing it. Scott and Emma? Prepare yourself though. Drew: Trading emails with bona fide comics legends. Share them with that special X-Fan in your life! Delve into Lauras past as she confronts old enemies and tries to heal wounds both physical and emotional. 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. Ariana Maher: Angelo Espinosa, of course. Alternately, if you already know the ending of the story, thats an advantage. Like I said above, theres some emotional beats here that he hits that are so beautiful and tragic. Television I like Jamie and Layla just fine separately, but their relationship always creeped me out, since they met when Layla was a kid and she precognitively knew that she and Jamie were meant to be together. Theres a couple who is JUST ABOUT to be introduced who would be hell to have over to dinner, but I cant say them yet. Heres your first look at the cover to Junes X-23: Deadly Regenesis #4, courtesy of Kalman Andrasofszky. Jordans long thought about it is that it had to do with their perspective on who the target audience is. I dont mind being left alone in their living room while theyre getting busy upstairs. I again want to say Exodus but he IS a sex symbol among a small and devoted coterie of us who are attracted to weird, sad, immortals. Bobby and that harness. Lauren: Mark said it best, but every day is so different because all your projects are so unique that even though the basic underlying tasks are the same (reading scripts, providing art/color feedback, prepping ancillary materials for books heading to print that week, etc. All rights reserved. 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. Thats why they have a cliffhanger and stuff, but you might not because you just go to the newsstand and you sometimes get it and you sometimes dont. Summary: The next question, Jordan is asked if readers dont know what they really want. 114k members in the xmen community. The thing you want to read as a reader of a superheroif youre the target audience in that erais you are buying this because you want to see Spider-Man fighting another guy with superpowers. AIPT: Welp, you have a new mission, X-Fans. But what I know is at the root of what all readers want is a good story, a good comic, done well. The home of all things X-Men on reddit, be it It felt like the world opened up when I picked that book up. For fun it would be hard for me not to say Fang and Aurora. Combines the heady melodrama of the cartoon and the '90s comics to strike a fun tone somewhere in the middle. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. Stay tuned, True Believers! And again, I think as we work on things, we will grow past that. AIPT: OK, so which X-Couple would be the most fun to hang out with? X-Men Biology. AIPT: Im concerned that Mojo is Jordans role model but also still thinking about Laurens mention of Immortal X-Men. But we can proceed. In the early-to-mid-90s, animated series tie-in comics reigned supreme. This was on display when the original X-Men came back from the past and Laura and Warren started a relationship. Those were my first X-stories. 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. Combines the heady melodrama of the cartoon and the '90s comics to strike a fun tone somewhere in the middle, Tells stories the animated series could never have gotten away with at the time, Shows an understanding of what makes the X-Men tick across all mediums, It all gets pretty silly at times -- but that's also part of the charm, Some of the character models feel off occasionally, with some characters changing dramatically between issues, A handful of the 'Spider-Man Magazine' stories feel a bit more throwaway than the rest of the collection, 'X-Men: The Animated Series - The Further Adventures' TPB review: Dreaming big, 'I Am Iron Man' #1 celebrates 60 years of Tony Stark. That turned into a part-time job, then a full-time gig in Special Projects where I edited prose novels and art books, unique licensing-adjacent sort of stuff. 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. Im sure well continue to try to expand and grow. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. If Im thinking about it in the grand scheme of comics, I dont think any relationship is ever dead. Its the one that will always make me feel the most, now and forever. One of the stories here, which I immediately remembered upon reading, depicts Jubilee writing a letter to her foster parents back home. She never had a childhood. 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? Whether or not Im given the go ahead to make that happen, I couldnt tell ya! Chris Cantwell: The hottest X-Couple ever was U-Go Girl and Mister Sensitive. Im probably supposed to say something funny here, right? 'Action Comics' #1052 sets wheels in motion, 'Cosmic Ghost Rider' #1 brings a strong western vibe, 'Hallows Eve' #1 features your new favorite Halloween costume go-to hero, 'Venom' #17 puts Eddie Brock into Bedlam mode, Iconic series 'Battle Chasers' returns with issue #10 this June, Join our Discord community, where we chat about the latest news and releases from everything we cover on AIPT, Get a physical trade paperback shipped to you every month. Growls! The best there is is more than hyperbole! 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. about jott? And hey, appropriately enough, Wolverine is my favorite X-Men character. Ariana Maher: Kwannon and Greycrow sitting by the beach in Hellions. All hormones. Want to take our relationship to the next level? There are dozens of us, you realize! Sort & Filter. And if not, does he factor into the series in any way? However, in a chat with AIPT Comics as part of their X-Men Monday conversations, writer Tini Howard admitted that after giving Gia Whitechapel a name, she was informed that it was the same as a real-life adult performer's. This X-Men Character Is Very Different From Her Real-Life Counterpart It inspired a ton of imitators, but the distinct voice and look of that series really changed my expectations of what a superhero comic could be. Storm and TChalla? 00:00. She was basically a feral animal. Jordan: I am most proud of this entire era. Diego Olortegui, Marcio Fiorito, and Georges Duarte were also contributing artists on that run. We got (and get) a lot of questions about Hellion. And, now that I know how packed your days are, Im eXtremely grateful you took the time out of your email-filled schedules to answer these questions. One of the things people dont necessarily realize is that since we all work on more than one series AND are working on multiple issues of each series all in different stages at the same time most days involve doing a little bit of every thing we do in the process of making comics, just on different books. Yeah. Alex Segura: Siryn, Moonstar, and Polaris! AIPT: Welcome to X-Men Monday, X-Editors! Recently, Ive been working my way through the bibliography of Agatha Christie. Scott and Jean? AIPT: Lets play multiversal matchmaker. Alias another not particularly super heroic book and one of my favorite comics of all time, still. Ill admit that Im not 100% up to date on the Krakoa storyline (though I know the basics), and with so many moving pieces, it would be really tough to try and fit a story into whats going on (especially with the several X-books, crossovers, etc.). Want to take our relationship to the next level? Im an assistant editor. Privacy Policy. He wants access to everywhere and Destiny is freaking out cause it'll mean the end of everything. Sorry. And lucky for you, our friends at Marvel have provided an eXclusive first look at its lettered preview pages. Until neXt time, X-Fans, stay eXceptional and happy Thanksgiving! I went on to work in the editorial department at Tor Books for three years. Do you feel thats an especially meaningful character trait to Laura, a person who is a clone, and one of many? 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. It also has a lot of pain. Plus, 6 eXclusive preview images from upcoming X-Men comics! I can see them understanding each others internal struggles and be mutually supportive. 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. WHATCHA GOT UNDER THERE, SAURON? (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.) ================================================== =======. AIPT: Great advice, everybody! 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. Its always nice when an artist says, You have an art background, dont you? Tim is dating someone now, so Id probably ship Jubilee with Stephanie Brown (Spoiler) instead their dates would probably consist of setting up elaborate pranks in the Batcave. Laura is a survivor, and many times, survivors will do so by any means necessary. 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