Episode 20: The Mike Carey Interview

[HankScorpioCEO]

Welcome to the Uncanny X-Cast, Mike Carey. Hope you survive the experience!

In this episode we get a visit on the X-Phone from Mike Carey about... well... just listen!

We also review New Excalibur 18, X-Factor 16, Uncanny X-Men 485 and New X-Men 37.

In Retro Reviews we hit issues 104 through 106.

And this weeks Top 5: TV Shows that would work better with some X-Men intervention.

And that's not all! Do cameras need flash cards? Should Antarctica count as a continent? And most importantly: Has Brian finally found a way to revive his favorite X-character?

Available NOW on ITunes, or you can download it right here (http://media.libsyn.com/media/uncannyxcast/Uncanny_X-Cast_Episode_20.mp3).

And don't forget to visit us at our forum. (http://www.cgspodcast.com/forum2//index.php?showforum=122)

[Hi-Fi]

LOL, those were obviously the Cuckoos in NXM, guys!! That wasn't a beard, that was their hair!!

Getting to the Mike Carey's part.

[Hi-Fi]

Mike is so nice. LOL at the Cannonball's straw part!

[Hi-Fi]

We will see Serafina again!!!

[rwsmith]

Damn. Carey pretty much confirms that Cable is a goner from his X-men book. He said that Fabian was okay with him borrowing Nate "so long as he gave him back in good order."

I knew that this was probably the case, but I'm still a little disappointed. Hopefully Mike will add Beast or someone else I like in his place. Wolverine perhaps?;)

[Hi-Fi]

Ohhhh, he hesitated when they asked if Jean's coming back!

[Hi-Fi]

Can't wait for Faker.

[rwsmith]

Ohhhh, he hesitated when they asked if Jean's coming back!

Yeah, sounds like she's coming back to me.

I wonder if getting rid of Rachel and Cable from the core X-men books was an intentional move on the part of Marvel editorial. I mean, if they want the X-men books to be somewhat of a "blank slate" after the crossover (as has been mentioned in interviews) and they're going to bring Jean back, it only makes sense that they'd want to dump some of the baggage surrounding both her and Cyclops (namely grown-up children from alternate futures).

Hmm...I think I might be onto something here. Or perhaps I'm just reading too much into things (as I have a tendency to do; see the Wolverine #53 thread for examples).

[Hi-Fi]

I love how they were all WOWed by Mike after the interview. He does have that power. :D


I'm also more confident about the crossover. I'm pleased that Mike is secure that the crossover will be satisfying and I like that he said it will be an emotional story.

[rwsmith]

Can't wait to see the Marauders again. Man, I loved the original Mutant Massacre!

[Hi-Fi]

Can't wait to see the Marauders again. Man, I loved the original Mutant Massacre!
I think #200 will be pretty tragic. I love tragedies (maybe because I'm part greek?) so I'm all for it. The Marauders will make Rogue's team in pieces.


LOL at the end of the X-Cast! Gilmore Girls = Grey Girls. F*ck! How haven't I ever thought of that??

[rwsmith]

Yeah, issue 200 should be incredible. I'm a little surprised at the stuff about Cable, though. I really thought Mike was setting him up for big things in the future, but it sounds as though he's just handing him back over to Fabian. Which is great for people who like C&D, but I just happen to not enjoy it all that much.

With some of the comments out of the X-office like "if you weren't interested in Cable before issue #200, you definitely will be afterwards," I really thought they were going to keep him in a core X-men book and position him front and center in the X-Universe. And, while I'm sure Fabian has some interesting things in store for him over in his own book, I just thought they were going to do more with the character than shuffle him back off to a second-tier X-title.

Oh, well. A writer finally gets me interested in the guy again and now he's done with him. Guess I can just go back to ignoring Mr. Dayspring Askani'son Summers Gesundheit!

Unless, of course, he ends up siding with Sinister and becomes a major X-men villain. That has potential as well.

[Hi-Fi]

I think Cable will be in Mike's book until this year's end, but he wont make the post-crossover team.

I think he has an important part to play in the big event.

[spoon_jenkins]

Very cool! After a bit, I skipped ahead to the Mike Carey interview. Carey really strucks me as a big fan and someone who understands the characters.

[Omega Alpha]

Ohhhh, he hesitated when they asked if Jean's coming back!

It's just to tease the fans, like when Andy Schimidt said he had a plan to bring Jean back without the Phoenix but Joe Q didn't know it. She ain't coming back anytime soon, and the world is a much happier place because of that.:p

[Hi-Fi]

It's just to tease the fans, like when Andy Schimidt said he had a plan to bring Jean back without the Phoenix but Joe Q didn't know it. She ain't coming back anytime soon, and the world is a much happier place because of that.:p
No, he was actually taken by surprise. They were asking about characters showing up in the future, and he was saying yes, no, or no comments.

Not exact quotes, but:

Gambit?
MC: Yes.

Sunfire?
MC: Yes.

Jubilee?
MC: Someone has plans for her, yes.

Angel?
MC: Possibly. I'm nearly sure he'll be back.

Jean?
MC: ...

And then they asked if he likes her, and he said he'd love to write her.

Because, you know, she's awesome.;)

[Daithi]

No, he was actually taken by surprise. They were asking about characters showing up in the future, and he was saying yes, no, or no comments.

I dunno. Jean's hardly a surprise name to bring up when asking about future characters.

However the stars do seem to be aligning for her resurrection.

[Omega Alpha]

No, he was actually taken by surprise. They were asking about characters showing up in the future, and he was saying yes, no, or no comments.

Not exact quotes, but:

Gambit?
MC: Yes.

Sunfire?
MC: Yes.

Jubilee?
MC: Someone has plans for her, yes.

Angel?
MC: Possibly. I'm nearly sure he'll be back.

Jean?
MC: ...

And then they asked if he likes her, and he said he'd love to write her.

Exactly, to keep fans guessing. But Joe Q already said there is no point in bring her back and that was a huge mistake to bring her in 1986, and doesn't want to repeat it.


Because, you know, she's awesome.;)

Nope, she's lameness in form of a comic book character, and she's staying dead.

[Nyssane]

No mention of Frenzy or the Acolytes? :(!

But yay, I'd love for him to write Moonstar.

[caney]

No mention of Frenzy or the Acolytes? :(!

But yay, I'd love for him to write Moonstar.

LOL!!! You need to start your own podcast so you can interview the creators and make sure all the IMPORTANT questions are asked. :)

[Nyssane]

LOL!!! You need to start your own podcast so you can interview the creators and make sure all the IMPORTANT questions are asked. :)

Fuck yes! :D

[soulkiller]

Did he mention Rogue? I can't listen right now, I'm at work... :(

[Hi-Fi]

Did he mention Rogue? I can't listen right now, I'm at work... :(
Yep, he talks about each character on his team. He explains why he chose her to be leader and that he loves her and wanted to end the angst and return her to her sexy, edgy old self.

He doesn't drop any hints about her future, though.

[Ice_Cold_Emma_Frost]

when i click the link a blank page comes up....how do i hear this interview? :)

[samhalliwell]

when i click the link a blank page comes up....how do i hear this interview? :)

I clicked on it and it opened directly on Windows Media. It didn't redirect to any page...

[Joe Franklin]

They were asking about characters showing up in the future, and he was saying yes, no, or no comments.

Not exact quotes, but:

Angel?
MC: Possibly. I'm nearly sure he'll be back.


This almost confirms that it is indeed Mimic on Bachalo's X-Men #200 cover.:cool:

[Diablito]

This almost confirms that it is indeed Mimic on Bachalo's X-Men #200 cover.:cool:

Yes!! I love your thinking!

[Dagger]

when i click the link a blank page comes up....how do i hear this interview? :)
You have to wait awhile and it will open up in a quickplayer on the blank screen.

[Ice_Cold_Emma_Frost]

I found it "free" at the Ipod store......trying to fastfwd past the StromTrooper BS LOL

[Novaya Havoc]

LMAO!! "The purple schmoooos, or whatever." "Yeah, I didn't get that s*it."

Why do I care he was a ranger captain or whatever? WW1 for 100 years. Everyone be dead!!!1

LOLOLOLOL

I wanna podcast NEX's next issue. <lol> DAZZLER.

EDIT: "Pete Wisdom? *sniiiicker*"

That's right boy! More Dazzler!!!

EDIT 2: LOLOL "YOU DESPISE CAPTAIN BRITAIN!!! WHY DO YOU CARE! It's an EVIL Captain Britain with some EVIL X-Men in the background without one character moment of the team!!!"

I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! </cartman>

[Brian M.]

Ohhhh, he hesitated when they asked if Jean's coming back!

If Mike Carey brings Jean back, Hi-Fi, I'm gonna take your man. I will bathe him in my saliva.

[Ice_Cold_Emma_Frost]

It took me a while to figure out i could download the bloody thing...it was running for a good hour and then after 10mins of Mike talking my power went out due to a thunderstorm and i thought "NOOOOOOOOO" b/c i didnt want to hear those nerds bitch about claremont for another hour....but then i realized you can download it and skip that bit....I Loved that mike talked for so long and had some v. interesting things to say about the team

But everytime they asked a question I kept remembering that Chris Farley sketch on SNL where he'd interview someone famous and ask "do you remember that time when you did this or that.....that was cool" lol

[Hi-Fi]

If Mike Carey brings Jean back, Hi-Fi, I'm gonna take your man. I will bathe him in my saliva.
OK, that's just wrong.

[ClanAskani]

Damn. Carey pretty much confirms that Cable is a goner from his X-men book. He said that Fabian was okay with him borrowing Nate "so long as he gave him back in good order."


If the goal is to make Cable/Deadpool more high profile, then Fabian needs to be the one driving Nate's character, not Carey.

I'm sad to see Nate leaving X-Men, but I'm under the impression he'll be guest starring quite a bit.

[Slung]

If Mike Carey brings Jean back, Hi-Fi, I'm gonna take your man. I will bathe him in my saliva.

Is there a way to talk to Mike and tell him how much I want...no...NEED to have Jean back? Maybe he just needs some suggestions on how to do it!

[Brian M.]

Is there a way to talk to Mike and tell him how much I want...no...NEED to have Jean back? Maybe he just needs some suggestions on how to do it!

*Jean walks through the front door of the manison*

I found all my peices, I'm back.

*burns Emma*

[Dagger]

*Jean walks through the front door of the manison*

I found all my peices, I'm back.

*burns Emma*
Can't we have a non-violent confrontation between the two alpha pusses?

[rwsmith]

If the goal is to make Cable/Deadpool more high profile...

Uh...yeah...that's not gonna happen. Maybe if they put someone like Steve McNiven on the book as artist. Otherwise I think it will continue to sell in the 20-30K range that it does now.

I'm sad to see Nate leaving X-Men, but I'm under the impression he'll be guest starring quite a bit.

See, I'm not under that impression at all. In fact, I'm thinking that whatever happens in issue #200 takes him down a totally opposite path from the X-men.

Like I said, oh well. Now I can go back to despising the character again since I know Carey won't have him anymore and he's going back to Fabian so he can be a whiny, wannabe "messiah" figure. Give me badass, gun-toting Cable over uber-powerful, savior Cable any day of the week!

[Faded]

Can anyone give me a general summary of the interesting said? I don't have the compooter power to ever see/listen to these things.

Can't we have a non-violent confrontation between the two alpha pusses?

Apparently no, which is why I hope both fanbases will stay in fandom hell until they can play nice. :evilsmile

Like I said, oh well. Now I can go back to despising the character again since I know Carey won't have him anymore and he's going back to Fabian so he can be a whiny, wannabe "messiah" figure. Give me badass, gun-toting Cable over uber-powerful, savior Cable any day of the week!

I haven't caught up with C&D yet, but I love where Cable is in that book. Its one of the rare cases where uber-powerful actually works for me because his agenda feels so fresh and significant.

[spoon_jenkins]

Can anyone give me a general summary of the interesting said? I don't have the compooter power to ever see/listen to these things.
Lots of interesting stuff. Carey said the Marauders team that will be showing up will be the same roster as the original Mutant Massacre team except one character will be missing. He was asked about whether certain characters would show up in his run. He wants to use Paige/Husk and deal with the Guthries in general. Northstar and Aurora will show up again, as will the Children. He's a Dani Moonstar fan. I don't think he said he had definite plans for her, but I don't remember. I think he answered yes or highly likely when asked about Gambit, Sunfire, and Angel - although I think maybe one of these he said would show up in someone else's book rather than adjectiveless.

Killing off Jean was one of the few things he didn't like about Morrison's run, but to me it didn't seem he was indicating that she'd return.

He said he became a big fan of Claremont's X-Men when he started with Uncanny #108, and I think he said the read X-Men into the #200s. Previously, he had read English reprints of the original 5. He's a Cyclops fan. He wanted to revive Rogue from being the one-note angsty relationship-centered character she had become. Surprise, surprise - he's a big Rogue fan. He has no intention of redeeming Sabretooth. His idea behind creating his team was to create a tension from within. He wanted a triangle of good, reliable characters (which turned out to be Rogue, Iceman, and Cannonball) and then some questionable characters.

Etc., etc.

[Hi-Fi]

Can anyone give me a general summary of the interesting said? I don't have the compooter power to ever see/listen to these things.

He picked Rogue to be leader because he loves her and wanted to end all the angst of her relatinship and return her to the sexy, edgy Rogue.

He hates when Iceman is portrayed as a lockeroom jerck, because he's an experient X-Man, and we'll be seeing that.

He has plans for Paige.

He picked Karima because he fell in love with Bachalo's HoM design of the character.

Cable took Psylocke's place.

The Children will be back, and we'll see Serafina again.

The Marauders will have some interesting surprises. He said that even with all the teasers released, #200 will still surprise us all.

He's really excited about the crossover and he thinks we'll love it.

Gambit, Sunfire, Jubilee and Magneto will be back this year (not necessarily on his book)

Northstar and Aurora will be in the crossover.

He loves Bachalo's art.

I think that covers it.;)

EDIT: spoon was faster!

[Faded]

Lots of interesting stuff. Carey said the Marauders team that will be showing up will be the same roster as the original Mutant Massacre team except one character will be missing. He was asked about whether certain characters would show up in his run. He wants to use Paige/Husk and deal with the Guthries in general. Northstar and Aurora will show up again, as will the Children. He's a Dani Moonstar fan. I don't think he said he had definite plans for her, but I don't remember. I think he answered yes or highly likely when asked about Gambit, Sunfire, and Angel - although I think maybe one of these he said would show up in someone else's book rather than adjectiveless.

Killing off Jean was one of the few things he didn't like about Morrison's run, but to me it didn't seem he was indicating that she'd return.

He said he became a big fan of Claremont's X-Men when he started with Uncanny #108, and I think he said the read X-Men into the #200s. Previously, he had read English reprints of the original 5. He's a Cyclops fan. He wanted to revive Rogue from being the one-note angsty relationship-centered character she had become. Surprise, surprise - he's a big Rogue fan. He has no intention of redeeming Sabretooth. His idea behind creating his team was to create a tension from within. He wanted a triangle of good, reliable characters (which turned out to be Rogue, Iceman, and Cannonball) and then some questionable characters.

Etc., etc.

He picked Rogue to be leader because he loves her and wanted to end all the angst of her relatinship and return her to the sexy, edgy Rogue.

He hates when Iceman is portrayed as a lockeroom jerck, because he's an experient X-Man, and we'll be seeing that.

He has plans for Paige.

He picked Karima because he fell in love with Bachalo's HoM design of the character.

Cable took Psylocke's place.

The Children will be back, and we'll see Serafina again.

The Marauders will have some interesting surprises. He said that even with all the teasers released, #200 will still surprise us all.

He's really excited about the crossover and he thinks we'll love it.

Gambit, Sunfire, Jubilee and Magneto will be back this year (not necessarily on his book)

Northstar and Aurora will be in the crossover.

He loves Bachalo's art.

I think that covers it.;)

EDIT: spoon was faster!

Thanks guys!

[Michael Sean]

It may have been a tease but I think the signs point to Jean Grey's return within a year (who wants to bet?).

I predict that Jean may appear in the Endangered Species story as one of the cosmic characters that react to whats going on and she will probably return during or after the big X-Event this fall.

Is there a way to talk to Mike and tell him how much I want...no...NEED to have Jean back? Maybe he just needs some suggestions on how to do it!

Remember Mike Carey has his own blog and forum at MikeCarey.net

So fans can always post there and let him know that they would love for him to write Jean Grey as Phoenix.

[Omega Alpha]

I predict that Jean may appear in the Endangered Species story as one of the cosmic characters that react to whats going on and she will probably return during or after the big X-Event this fall.


Why would any cosmic character react or give a damn about some Earthlings not having powers? Even Jean/Phoenix, if she didn't gave a crap about BILLIONS being slaughtered in Annihilation, millions of mutants being depowered would be irrelevant (and even if they were relevant, why not do it at the moment it happened?). And bring Jean back at Endangered Species (which wouldn't make any sense) would just be a way of using her to be the Deus Ex Machina of this event, replacing Scarlet Witch and Dr. Strange. She isn't coming back... and the world is a happier place because of that:p

[cable guy]

I think Cable will be in Mike's book until this year's end, but he wont make the post-crossover team.

I think he has an important part to play in the big event.

I agree 100%.

He's taking Cable to another level of what Fabian has developed. A Savior, willing to bend the rules.

And as someone said, he'll hand him back in CD, and we'll see where it goes from there.

[Brian M.]

Can't we have a non-violent confrontation between the two alpha pusses?

I'd like to think no.

[rZi]

I really really enjoyed this, as i have never listened to the uncanny x-cast before (only the amazing spider-cast). I was also shocked to find out mike carrey was English (we roolz) and he was far older than i thought too, plus i will be looking into his other projects he mentioned.

[Novaya Havoc]

I really really enjoyed this, as i have never listened to the uncanny x-cast before (only the amazing spider-cast). I was also shocked to find out mike carrey was English (we roolz) and he was far older than i thought too, plus i will be looking into his other projects he mentioned.

In other news, I love the sigged quote from Sean. :D

[rZi]

Hehe thanks, he made me laugh when i read it and anyone who sticks up for emma frost is cool in my books.

[Ice_Cold_Emma_Frost]

Hehe thanks, he made me laugh when i read it and anyone who sticks up for emma frost is cool in my books.

*big hugs*:D

[ClanAskani]

See, I'm not under that impression at all. In fact, I'm thinking that whatever happens in issue #200 takes him down a totally opposite path from the X-men.

Like I said, oh well. Now I can go back to despising the character again since I know Carey won't have him anymore and he's going back to Fabian so he can be a whiny, wannabe "messiah" figure. Give me badass, gun-toting Cable over uber-powerful, savior Cable any day of the week!

My guess is that Cable will be involved in whatever is going on with what's going on with mutantkind that begins in X-Men 200 and/or Endangered Species, but will split with the X-Men over the way things need to be handled.

Sales of C&D have been considerably higher when it's more interconnected to what's going on in the Marvel Universe or X-Books, rather than staying it is own little bubble. If this is supposedly the year that everyone takes notice of C&D, I'd think that it'd start to play a bigger role in the MU as a whole.

I'd rather Cable go back to having a mission, rather than a messiah. But he still needs to be part of the X-family, not off on his own.

[rwsmith]

Y'know, my biggest problem with C/D is that there's just too much silliness in it. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate a book that doesn't take itself too seriously, but that book just goes overboard with the jokes IMO.

I do think a big part of the problem is the art, though. Perhaps a more "serious" artist would dillute some of the campy, joke-time feel of the book overall? Y'know who would absolutely kill on C/D IMO? John Romita, Jr. I mean, he draws a great Spider-man, so you already know his Deadpool would be killer (pun intended), and I like the way he draws Cable too.

I think I should start a JRJR on Cable/Deadpool campaign.