Since you mentioned that; The Black Monday Murders is Hickman's current Image project. It's not about supers but it is about a supernatural mystery invovling a unique magic system based in finance & economics. Sounds strange on the surface but I highly recommend it to anyone who's a fan of Hickman and is willing to read something outside of his superhero output. P.S. And just in my personal opinion, I like it alot better than Hickman's East of West.After everything he's done with Avengers & Secret Wars, I'll read anything that Hickman does.
"I'LL READ YOUR BOOK!"
I'm not too in touch with Marvel Comics corporate side but I believe he's just one among the companies stable of writers rather than a chief or executive editor. He has sway to decide his own projects but isn't going around assigning his fellow writers to projects.So is Hickman the 'Feige' of Marvel X-Men Books? Like I know he has his titles, but does he have guidance on how the other books should look?
I see, gotta set a new baseline for the MCU X-Men movies after years of neglect.
Based on the interview it looks that way.So is Hickman the 'Feige' of Marvel X-Men Books? Like I know he has his titles, but does he have guidance on how the other books should look?
So is Hickman the 'Feige' of Marvel X-Men Books? Like I know he has his titles, but does he have guidance on how the other books should look?
So is Hickman the 'Feige' of Marvel X-Men Books? Like I know he has his titles, but does he have guidance on how the other books should look?
More like a tonal shift than a reboot. Imagine your favorite TV show going through two seasons of trash then firing the entire production staff and hiring a new one that revitalizes the show.so is this like an MCU style reboot? American comic books are on record a diminished industry because of so many reboots and disconnected stories. If they can somehow fix that and just make it one continuous story like manga and the DCAU/MCU style of writing, that would probably bring up a huge amount of interest
More like a tonal shift than a reboot. Imagine your favorite TV show going through two seasons of trash then firing the entire production staff and hiring a new one that revitalizes the show.
They have the rights for media back so they promote and support again
The best comparison would be Ellis if he had Grant Morrison's excitement and planned for more than four issues on a book.I mean, Hickman is definitely... distinct. His style of writing isn't traditional for comics at all. His writing is very thick, heavy, cryptic and everything is an incredible long game with insane deep hook details. I don't know if he could really set a tone for other writers to follow beyond character status quo kind of stuff, because nobody else really writes like Hickman.
I mean, Hickman is definitely... distinct. His style of writing isn't traditional for comics at all. His writing is very thick, heavy, cryptic and everything is an incredible long game with insane deep hook details. I don't know if he could really set a tone for other writers to follow beyond character status quo kind of stuff, because nobody else really writes like Hickman.
I think those are all supposed to be alternate versions of Moira MacTaggert, at least around the center.
Moira seems like a left field character to have as a centerpiece on an X-men relaunch.
My guess is that it's Kitty Pryde.
I will check it out. Thanks!Since you mentioned that; The Black Monday Murders is Hickman's current Image project. It's not about supers but it is about a supernatural mystery invovling a unique magic system based in finance & economics. Sounds strange on the surface but I highly recommend it to anyone who's a fan of Hickman and is willing to read something outside of his superhero output. P.S. And just in my personal opinion, I like it alot better than Hickman's East of West.
Sunspot and Cannonball better be front and center for all this.nah, the original art showed Charles & Moira front and center
also, Hickman loves the New Mutants and they have a long history with her
Sunspot and Cannonball better be front and center for all this.
Hah! Same here. Still on the Claremont stuff at the moment though. My reading was spurred on by the Fox trailer from 2 damn years ago now. I really can't believe how roundly Fox has fucked with the X-Men post First Class.there is a reason i have been reading mad claremont & wells New Mutants
This will last as long as Hickman is on board, but after that, it will go down the drain again.
nah, the original art showed Charles & Moira front and center
also, Hickman loves the New Mutants and they have a long history with her
Glad that you are okay with my comment.
This will last as long as Hickman is on board, but after that, it will go down the drain again.
The LOSH thing falling through probably helpedI like the idea that Hickman would only come back if he was promoted to God King of the x-men franchise
You're thinking of a reboot where everything starts over with the previous stories (mostly) wiped clean.I use to read comics I just cant keep up with how many overall books there are I don't have time anymore. But how does this work in the main overall universe. Do the other characters in the mavel universe just forget everything that happened before?
Marvel is particularly bad at this. They will constantly do new #1s for series - Thor had his fourth #1 since 2012 last year. They also will try (and fail due to misnumbering) to revert to legacy numbering for big numbers like #500 or something of the sort.It's so hard to read comics in any sort of chronological order these days with all the constant rebranding and title relaunches. I miss the days of comics just following a straight numbering system.
And we're five years out from X-Men MCU (Phase 5).it's not early at all - Hickman will need like 3 years for his run
One day, probably. Hickman has said it's his favorite comics franchise.
I tend to doubt it. Whenever they get around to doing X-Men in the MCU they'll most likely be drawing on the early history of the property (Claremont et al.), since they'll be introducing the characters. There are so many classic X-Men stories that it's not like they'd need to specifically use the comics as an IP farm, compared to some other revamps of obscure/new characters.Sounds like they're sort of setting up the inspiration for the MCU X-Men to eventually pull from.
When did it fell through?
It was originally speculated that it fell through because LOSH is off the table until Geoff Johns wraps up Doomsday Clock and the delays led to Hickman going back to Marvel.Did it fall through or just get put off for a time? I was under the impression it might still be on the table though I guess if Hickman is doing this then it would be quite a while.
I think the farthest the MCU would go in adapting a Hickman X-men run would be using a few original characters like they did with The Black Order. His interviews make it sound like he's drastically going to overhaul the franchise.