And naming people Bill.
Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.
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Trudy Booth - Mar 11, 2004 6:14:42 am PST #1534 of 10000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Frankenbuddha - Mar 11, 2004 6:18:45 am PST #1535 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
So is Astonishing a new title? Is it going to be tied in with the other titles, or is this a whole, alternate timeline (X-titles got so hard to keep track of during my brief hardcore comics phase that it was one of the reasons I got out of it).
Frankenbuddha - Mar 11, 2004 6:19:25 am PST #1536 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And I still LOVE Astounishing as a typo.
CaBil - Mar 11, 2004 6:25:29 am PST #1537 of 10000
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Though it will be interesting. Kitty's two main foils/relationships in the series were Colossus and Illyana (Magik), and with them both gone (Illyana to the Legacy virus and Peter to the cure for the Legacy virus) and her acriminious relationship with Emma (hah!) dating back to the Hellion days, it'll be interesting to say the least.
CaBil - Mar 11, 2004 6:27:09 am PST #1538 of 10000
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Astonishing is a new title, tied in with the main X-men/Marvel universe. Not a standalone like Ultimate X-men that Bryan Singer is doing
Megan E. - Mar 11, 2004 7:32:45 am PST #1539 of 10000
Thanks CaBil.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 11, 2004 8:47:55 am PST #1540 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Woo hoo!!! We'll be getting the real Kitty Pryde back!
Joss, do you plan to do any cameos with Kitty's favorite band, Cats Laughing, at any point? Right back when Excaliber was starting up (before the big makeover that diluted much of Kitty's specialness), the writers were playing her up as the band's equivalent to Little Willow with the Mutant Enemy folks.
Jeff Mejia - Mar 11, 2004 11:35:30 am PST #1541 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
Astonishing is a new title, tied in with the main X-men/Marvel universe. Not a standalone like Ultimate X-men that Bryan Singer is doing
I've read that Astonishing (not Astounishing, I have to keep reminding myself) can be considered the replacement (not the right word, but continuance is probably wrong, too) for Grant Morrison's run on New X-Men. (To confuse matters further, Marvel will be coming out with a title called New X-Men: Academy X that is supposed to be a continuation of New Mutants. Gotta love Marvel).
I remember that Joss mentioned Kitty Pride as an inspiration in his intro to the Fray collection. I specifically remember his comment that most guys would think they had a shot with her, since Colossus wasn't all that bright.
§ ita § - Mar 11, 2004 11:45:19 am PST #1542 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The current New Mutants? It's a limited run? Say it ain't so! It's lovely.
CaBil - Mar 11, 2004 11:47:42 am PST #1543 of 10000
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
No, it is being cancelled and replaced, ita. But the new title will have the same creative team. I think they just want to have all the X titles to have X in their name.
For instance, they are starting up a title about a mutant slum in NYC called District X, starring Bishop, which is supposed to be a replacement/continuance of NYX. Whose X I guess is not prominent enough...