Marc Guggenheim Takes Over X-Men in August

[Sprite]

I'm not really confident in Marc Guggenheim, judging from his past work, but I'm will to give this book another chance.

[Ztopia]

Why isn't Uncanny getting a new writer too?

I would've preferred Claremont took over this title since it is full of his female creations.

Because he just happens to be writing two of the highest selling X-books and appears to have a lot of leeway. Seeing that he and Marts are game-planning for the next event tells you he isn't going anywhere no time soon barring something drastic

[AcesX1X]

to be frank, this book has been a trainwreck since the beginning. shoddy storytelling, no attention to detail, bloated plots, and anti-climax everywhere. i won't miss wood on this book one bit.

empress cal'syee is coming.

[berserkerclaw]

Ooh deathbed awesome. And he likes writing jubilee thats a cool thing for me I love jubilee. Also a focus on racheal feelings about the shiar for end of greys? Hell yeah..

[Tomppa]

Why isn't Uncanny getting a new writer too?

I would've preferred Claremont took over this title since it is full of his female creations.

Bendis does what Bendis wants. Nobody tells Bendis what to do.

Also, will Deathbird bring her better half along? lol

[mrbowlman]

This book started with such promise. All-Star cast, beautiful art, good story. The first 4 issues were stellar. Inclusion in BotA and the cast shake-up so early killed any kind of momentum.

If Coipel had stayed on alternating with Lopez, the cast weren't shredded, and if the story could've stayed out of BotA, this would've been the best X-book by far. But now it's easy to pass up.

[seccruz]

And the guy who wrote the waste of tree pulp that was "Young X-Men". No thank you, I won't be picking this book back up. I wonder where Wood's being shuffled off to.

I KNEW I HATED HIM! Oh, man... Here we go again...

[jarrod]

I liked YXM more than most so I'm happy too where this goes. I like Wood too but the book needed a change (but UGH, why not Kimmo?!).

I hope Ink shows up.

[Park Slope Pixie]

to be frank, this book has been a trainwreck since the beginning. shoddy storytelling, no attention to detail, bloated plots, and anti-climax everywhere. i won't miss wood on this book one bit.

empress cal'syee is coming.

Now that's a stiletto-heeled step in the RIGHT DIRECTION!

I hope she throws Jubilee into the burning exhaust of a Shi'ar cruiser.

[From The Shadows]

And the same thing will happen with the next writer with all those problems listed, I dont think there has been a writer in years where that didnt happen.

The editorial control is tight on this franchise. Too may cooks > Too many events

[Tomppa]

And the same thing will happen with the next writer with all those problems listed, I dont think there has been a writer in years where that didnt happen.

The editorial control is tight on this franchise. Too may cooks > Too many events

And it's not even the x-editorial, that's the problem

[AcesX1X]

And it's not even the x-editorial, that's the problem

can you elaborate?

[From The Shadows]

And it's not even the x-editorial, that's the problem

You think this is going even further up than editorial or are you referring to Bendis?

[Daymare]

You think this is going even further up than editorial or are you referring to Bendis?

I don't think a tight editorial is the issue, if anything it appears lax. The differing characterization, the character power-level and uses, even the ever changing appearances (hair length, color) shows they are not paying attention across titles. We know Bendis can do as he pleases and he sets the tone. A tighter ship is needed for consistency in the non-Bendable titles. JMHO.

[From The Shadows]

I don't think a tight editorial is the issue, if anything it appears lax. The differing characterization, the character power-level and uses, even the ever changing appearances (hair length, color) shows they are not paying attention across titles. We know Bendis can do as he pleases and he sets the tone. A tighter ship is needed for consistency in the non-Bendable titles. JMHO.

I agree in some areas it is too lax like continuity and consistent characterization but I think in other ways it has been strict. Some stories come off as being overly tampered with. An example would be Kitty joining All New, it doesn't seem like it was always Bendis idea as they had to fill in art of Kitty with Page at the last minute. Some of these newer writers have alluded to strict control interfering with their stories being fleshed out properly and the big events were getting in the way like editorial mandated events. I think its a combination of both and it varies from writer to writer and where its applied. This is all just theory of course.