X-Men: Grand Design! New Mini-Series

[spirit2011]

Unfortunately, Marvel is damned if they do.

When they try doing something new, people throw a fit because it's not the new THEY wanted. When they do something nostalgic people throw a fit because they're just rehashing the past (or not visiting the past THEY wanted).

yeah it's always the same, marvel do something new then fans want the old thing. old thing return and fans start to complain about lack of originality

[spirit2011]

How about trying something new without overdoing the unecessary changes to all your favorites?

Dc seems to have a brilliant handle on this...

they aren't really doing anything new...

[Osvaldoeaf]

Here's the description and cover from Amazon...still confused if this actually colletcs the entire series though!

https://www.amazon.com/X-Men-Grand-D...eywords=marvel

[Samurai32]

Here is a preview. https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/07...-grand-design/
Looks like rubbish to me, but other opinions may vary.

[DDM]

60/70s could be combined into one decade tbh.

[Maestroneto]

60/70s could be combined into one decade tbh.

He already said it's just going to cover issue #1-280, so the decades thing is moot.

Can't believe this is going to be twice yearly. I assume each issue will be huge.

[Mike_Murdock]

Oh perfect. Basically all the X-Men that actually mattered which was Claremont's run. I am very happy with the cutoff here.

This has certainly caught my attention. Depending on the month this is released, I'll hopefully have a room for it.

60/70s could be combined into one decade tbh.

I think the distinctions get glossed over too much among early X-Men. There's a pretty big difference between the early Stan Lee stories and the later Roy Thomas ones. That being said, when did they start reprints? Obviously, that time doesn't count. But I would appreciate if they split up the first sixty or so issues into more than one issue.

[akiresu_]

yeah it's always the same, marvel do something new then fans want the old thing. old thing return and fans start to complain about lack of originality

It's almost like it's fans, plural. Different strokes, different folks.

[Tycon]

yeah it's always the same, marvel do something new then fans want the old thing. old thing return and fans start to complain about lack of originality

ZOINKS! Maybe, just maybe, fans don't operate under a hivemind.

[Mike_Murdock]

ZOINKS! Maybe, just maybe, fans don't operate under a hivemind.

While I agree, it ends up with a bit of a Marvel can't win either way, particularly when criticism is voiced in absolute terms (about what is or isn't good rather than about what is personally appealing to that person).

[Mike_Murdock]

I know this miniseries didn't seem to get much attention, but there's a wonderful interview of Ed Piskor by Jay Edidin over at X-Plain the X-Men. Definitely made me excited about this.

[ChildOfTheAtom]

Very good interview

[MentalManipulator]

This looks cool...but I'll skip the first ones. The 05 without the other members bore me.

[KurtW95]

First issue is out this week. Looking forward to it!

[Mike_Murdock]

I enjoyed this issue quite a bit. I honestly don't know why I didn't think this would start with flashbacks. I kind of assumed this issue was the Stan Lee stuff, the next issue would be the rest of the pre-Claremont stuff. I feel the next issue will have to cram quite a bit in it if they want to do those stories justice.