CBR: X-POSITION: Matt Fraction

[CBR News]

The co-writer of "Uncanny X-Men," Matt Fraction joins X-POSITION to answer
your questions and chat about the Velvet Underground and filking duos,
plus exclusive art from this month's "Uncanny" issue #502!


Full article here.

[XaviersMisprint]

KARMA KICKING ASS!


greg land looks really good here. i was never a fan until his uncanny x-men, at all. but i reallllly like this. it looks like he's starting to draw more than trace. his scenes look more fluid, like a story instead of a pin-up book.

[creaky]

OMG, species, flock, WHAT?? Also, Fraction has NO TASTE. Filking, my ass.

Oh, I don't know, I don't KNOW. I'm so bouncy and intrigued and horrified.

*looks up "filking"*

[DeniseXfrost]

Looks freaky...

It's true, they let the relationship dominated Emma's character.

[Bingo!]

Nightcrawler will be taking on an entirely new and fabulous burden all on his own, thank you very much, and would only be held back by nurturing for but one lowly teenage girl. He's got a whole species as his flock now, oh yes he does. Besides, Logan needs a little light to balance out all that murderous awful inside of him. That's why he seeks them out, y'know? To remind him of the good.

Is Kurt going to be a religious leader for the Skrulls on Earth? He did have that Skrull orb at the end of X-Men:SI. That would be a very strange use of Kurt... What other species on earth would flock to Nightcrawler?

[Beast]

Is Kurt going to be a religious leader for the Skrulls on Earth? He did have that Skrull orb at the end of X-Men:SI. That would be a very strange use of Kurt... What other species on earth would flock to Nightcrawler?

Maybe the Bamfs are coming back in a big way.

[Bingo!]

Looks freaky...

It's true, they let the relationship dominated Emma's character.

I want Emma to show some self control when around Scott, not doe-eyed, undying love for him. It's not a part of her character.

Or maybe it's just that Land can't draw facial expressions appropriately and misconstrues Emma intentions.

(runs and hides from Denise)

[greenshoes713]

Whoa scary Scott looks like he's gonna be torturing that dude but Karma did look sexy.

[creaky]

Is Kurt going to be a religious leader for the Skrulls on Earth? He did have that Skrull orb at the end of X-Men:SI. That would be a very strange use of Kurt... What other species on earth would flock to Nightcrawler?

I doubt that's likely, because the SI: X-men mini just started and there's no way they would give up the end in another title before...oh wait.

Oh god. I seriously hope they're not implying that Kurt is setting out to try to re-populate the mutant race...

[Swashbuckler]

I didn't like this interview. It seemed he dismissed everyone. Nightcrawler doesn't need Pixie?, Emma isn't being toned down?, Karma is an after thought obviously. I had hopes, I'm bummed now though.

[Slung]

I didn't like this interview. It seemed he dismissed everyone. Nightcrawler doesn't need Pixie?, Emma isn't being toned down?, Karma is an after thought obviously. I had hopes, I'm bummed now though.

Thats sort of how it read to me too. See, some writers you feel that they love the fans. Others, you feel that they hate the fans. Both can write good stories. Only one can be enjoyed as interviewee however.

[Brett P]

Hellion in #502?!

How can one panel even begin to cover what he'd be doing there after the events of Divided We Stand?! And where else might we get answers?

Now the "going to X-Factor" theory is questionable indeed...

Interesting sounding stuff about Nightcrawler...

And could Beast possibly be "reverting"??

[Zombie Uatu]

I want Emma to show some self control when around Scott, not doe-eyed, undying love for him. It's not a part of her character.

Or maybe it's just that Land can't draw facial expressions appropriately and misconstrues Emma intentions.

(runs and hides from Denise)

You're forgetting the important point that Emma fell in love with and seduced Scott, not the other way around. In a relationship, there is normally one person who loves more and one who loves less, and Emma is definitely the one who loves more in this one. Emma pretty much sees Scott as her one true love (though she would never admit to it). For Scott, though he has moved on, Jean is still desperately important, and although he had stopped loving her by the time he hooked up with Emma, a piece of him will always be devoted to him. Emma doesn't have that major a significant other in her past.

Not that a character like Emma Frost should ever be subservient to anyone, or at least, she'd never admit to it, but she's definitely in the weaker position in the power structure between her and Scott. A lot of the way she's portrayed should deal with her never admitting to that, because that's in her character, but it doesn't change the underlying truth.

Honestly, I don't think there's a more complex or interesting X-Men character than Emma Frost as a hero (and I love Jean too, by the way).

[RickyD410]

Hellion's back! Wahoo!!! Even if it is just for one panel. It means he's with the team in SF.

[Swashbuckler]

Thats sort of how it read to me too. See, some writers you feel that they love the fans. Others, you feel that they hate the fans. Both can write good stories. Only one can be enjoyed as interviewee however.

Agreed. I know fans can be hard to please, but blowing them off is rude. and that's really what is seemed he was doing.