Axel-In-Charge - Apr 13, 2012

[CBR News]

With the news of "Spider-Men" out and the team of Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli going strong, Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso muses on making creative matches and teases the next Matt Fraction/David Aja jam.


Full article here.

[CMBMOOL]

Well, there goes any chances of Cain Marko showing up in Avengers vs X-men to take back the role of the Juggernaut.

[KurtW95]

Well, there goes any chances of Cain Marko showing up in Avengers vs X-men to take back the role of the Juggernaut.

Damn! Colossonaut was fun for around two issues, then he got boring real fast. And I still don't understand why the hell he's bald.

[Monty_Cristo]

now i'm convinced that Bendis' career has been one long con. those "history of the phoenix pages" look an awful lot like the "history of the Sentry" stuff. yes, i realize that it's Davinci.

[strathcona]

now i'm convinced that Bendis' career has been one long con. those "history of the phoenix pages" look an awful lot like the "history of the Sentry" stuff. yes, i realize that it's Davinci.

Wooo... Bendis is touching on Hickman's SHIELD stuff? Talk about a recipe for disaster.

[Sabrewulf]

Alonso: I asked Matt to mull over a certain character I wanted to put the spotlight on, and he bit. He sent in a pitch and I loved it, but there was no artist attached at that point. Once the story came into focus, we discussed artists and the moment we realized Aja was an option we seized on it -- because A) he's already demonstrated chemistry with Matt, and B) he brings a certain "something else" to this project, a certain swagger. David will give the book a look, a pedigree, a vibe that will make it stand out. From the cover through the last page, we're looking to send a message with this book. It's a familiar character done in a whole new way.


That's the litmus test for a sure fire failure right there. See if they let him Alonso really could be useful for working out what will sell. Just not in the way he thinks.

Lets be honest here, he does get it more wrong than right.

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EXCLUSIVE: Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato fill in some of the secret history of the Phoenix in "New Avengers" #26

So, retcon time then?

[motteditor]

Oh good, Bendis tries to rewrite more Marvel history. That's never been godawful every time he's done it.

Linking Phoenix with Iron Fist just seems sooo bizarre and random to me. We get Bendis loves those characters, but they're not the linchpins of the MU.

[turtlefood]

So, retcon time then?

Phoenix was a skrull.

[Spaced]

Phoenix was a skrull.

Now that you mention it...

[motteditor]

Phoenix was a skrull.

Phoenix took Rogue's virginity even though she was in love with Storm (and vice versa).

[turtlefood]

Phoenix took Rogue's virginity even though she was in love with Storm (and vice versa).

Get your fan fiction out of my fan fact!

Davinci was a skrull too.

[Wellman]

So, retcon time then?

Yessir! But we knew it was coming, just didn't know what well he would be going to. Kind of glad it is the SHIELD, me being a fan of that series. But still pissed that we are going to probably get three more main issues of this event before we get teh next issue of that series.

Get your fan fiction out of my fan fact!

Davinci was a skrull too.

Actually Michelangelo fathered the Skrull race but only taught Da Vinci.

[Movieartman]

hmmm i really like how luke ross draws monica chang there........... i call for him to draw a 4 issue team up mini series between monica and spider-woman


"Some artists are fantastic designers and world-builders -- like, say, Chris Bachalo"
.................................................. .................................................. ...... HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH OMG this guys is hilarious

[Sighphi]

Moving into fan questions for the week, let's start with JaggedFel who's hoping you can assuage some of his fears when he asks: "I was really disappointed to see Kenji get killed it reminded me of Bishop. Are we going to see minority males be major players in the x-books? they just seem to get killed all the time, de-powered or stuffed in the lower tier titles. So it would be nice to see some step up or get some new ones who look normal, have cool powers and don't get killed quickly. At least on the Avengers side you see Luke Cage and it looks like Black Panther is going to be getting some love."

Alonso: First, how do you know Kenji is dead? He had been torn apart before and not died. Second, you are correct that we have more female minority characters in the X-Books right now than males. That's not something we did on purpose. Generally, creators pick up on characters that interest them. We try to continue the tradition stemming back from "Giant Size X-Men" to keep as diverse a cast as possible, but sometimes it's more visible than others.

Then why do your writers like to mess up guys of color?
Why dont you bring this up in one of your imagination getaways you guys keep bringing up?
Be like, alright, this is what is happening in this section of marvel... lets do something about it!


Who is writing Ultimate X-men now, Loeb?
Some one e-mail him and tell him to write some folks of color in those Ultimate books to see if it bleeds into 616 eventually like Nick Fury. Plus he is also producing TV Marvel cartoons! So he could easily get this going.
Go Loeb!
Go Loeb!
Go Loeb!