Comics The '07 X-Event: Endangered Species, Messiah Complex, & Disassembled

[DarthCyclopsRLZ]

Oh yeah, it is.

You think Warren and Scott had a bet going on?

 

[Canemacar]

I got some partially blanked scripts for Messiah Complex:

 

[UraniaChang]

You think Warren and Scott had a bet going on?

Probably from day one when they were still students.

 

[iamlegend]

Probably from day one when they were still students.

That's one of the X-Men's problems, I imagine... The division amongst their own. I'd think that this event will end part of that, either via death or via moral division.

 

[Silver Phoenix]

That's one of the X-Men's problems, I imagine... The division amongst their own. I'd think that this event will end part of that, either via death or via moral division.

*nods*I think that's part of the problem,if you will, MC will set out to solve; the division among many of the Xmen has been brewing for ages-I think I saw the mild dissension way back when Mystique asked to join the team...wondered how all those different opinions and views would play out in the longrun...seems we're close to an answer to that!

 

[Xmenfan527]

some one should start a fill-in the blank thread

 

[Canemacar]

Or a Mad-Libs.

 

[DarthCyclopsRLZ]

Huh, they actually bothered hiding that Cyke was gonna win the power struggle...?

 

[Slant]

So Archangel just shows up and happens to notice that Rogue is gone?

Ahahaha, how long has he been away, because I doubt Rogue being gone is the only thing thats changed since he last appeared.

 

[DarthCyclopsRLZ]

Come to think of it, wasn't I poking fun at how he'd most likely just drop by out of the f****n blue at the beginning of MC? And now they have him get PISSED on top of that? Funny.

 

[Specter313]

It's easy to promote artists. You show the art. Seems pretty simple, right? We've been doing that for the past few days, most notably on Day Three of this feature when we revealed nine pages of black and white art. It was oh so sexy.

But what do you do for writers? Do you interview them? We've pretty much extracted the critical information about Messiah Complex at this point. Plus we do those a lot and we wanted to do something special this time. We had an idea a couple weeks ago when we were sorting out this feature with Marvel - let's show the readers a script! The response was enthusiastic, but it quickly turned to questioning our sanity, as scripts often give away critical plot elements. Like in the sixth chapter of Messiah Complex when we bet you actually and then attacks highlighted this expecting a bunch of Messiah Complex Secrets which results in ... suckers!.

So we couldn't do that.


Day Four
A Killer Writing Team

But Marvel found a way around all that, and gave us something that's more fun in some respects - they gave us an outline for the first three chapters of the event. Before we get to that, we asked Nick Lowe to chat about why he's so psyched about the writing team for this project. We also asked him to comment about how the writers worked together to get this project off the ground. Then the outline - we promise.

Nick Lowe: "We couldn't ask for a better team than the one we already had in place. We've got Ed Brubaker. He's got to be the hottest rising star writer in the books. With a red hot runs on CAPTAIN AMERICA and DAREDEVIL. He's kicking ass with Matt Fraction on IRON FIST (the best book you're not reading). And on the side he's writing what might be the best crime comic ever, CRIMINAL. And when we'd started planning the crossover he was hip-deep in his Uncanny work.

"Then there's Mike Carey. He's quietly become one of the most influential and prolific writers in the business over the last few years. He's helming Ultimate Fantastic Four, rocking Ultimate Vision, while writing novels (The Devil You Know, his latest has been shortlisted for the British Fantasy Awards), and writing some killer Vertigo and Minx books (Re-Gifters being my favorite). And at the beginning of Messiah Complex planning he'd started a run on X-Men that had introduced some amazing new villains and put together the most brutal team of X-Men I can remember. We were so impressed by Mike's X-Men that we knew he was the guy to write the Endangered Species stories leading up to the big crossover. And he wowed us with that, too.

"Peter David is an institution. Everyone knows his landmark run on Hulk. Everyone. He's written more than I've ever read of anything. His first run on X-Factor included one of the best single issues of any comic I've read (#87). And his new run on X-Factor has everyone talking. X-Factor was something that we wanted in the mix of Messiah Complex to add a whole other texture to the event. And Peter really brought it.

Craig Kyle and Chris Yost, mark my words, are going to explode in 2008. They came on to New X-Men with #20 (after writing the kick-ass X-23 miniseries) and launched that book into the stratosphere. They reinvented the book and brought a breakneck energy that I think made it one of the best X-Books, period. Their balance of great characterization and stomach-churning plot twists made that book so special. We knew the kids needed to be in the crossover and we knew we wanted Craig and Chris in on it.

As for the planning of the crossover, it started with some emails popping around way back in August of 2006, but it really got kicking when we had our creative summit in January of 2007. Everyone came to New York and we sat down for two days and nailed down the plot. Everyone brought their A-Game and contributed awesome stuff. There were moments when Chris Yost would whisper something to Craig Kyle and the two of them would bring it to the group and we'd all get a stupid smile on our faces. There were several moments where soft-spoken Mike Carey would get the floor and say something. Two minutes later, what he said would hit us and change everything. Peter threw in great character stuff and some great concepts that none of us saw coming. And Ed brought some action to the table that will make this event remembered for a long time coming."

Thanks, Nick! As promised, the outline to the first three issues of Messiah Complex, spanning the one-shot Special, Uncanny X-Men #492 and X-Factor #25.

What's that? Blanked out portions? Damn... the IGN system must have screwed up again... You'll probably just have to read the series to find out what's in black.

And trust us. You don't want to miss it.

We'll be back tomorrow with the next day of our Messiah Complex coverage. To be honest... we're not entirely sure what will show up in our Inbox tomorrow. But we're sure it'll be worthwhile.

So there you have it! Day Four - The Writing Team. Stay tuned for more!


http://comics.ign.com/articles/827/827571p4.html

 

[Specter313]

Over the last couple days we hope we've given you reason to anticipate some of the cool moments that are coming in Messiah Complex. We've hit interior art as well as the writing. We also touched upon the fact that this is the first X-event in 10 years, and Marvel intends to get it right. Even Ed Brubaker said that this team intends to take the best ambitions of the '90s events but do them with a modern sensibility and accessibility. No Operation Zero Tolerances here!

Before we start moving into the villains and some other more meta concepts, we wanted to touch upon one more artistic element in Messiah Complex - the covers. David Finch creates some of the best covers we've ever seen, and he's not alone when it comes to crafting imagery for Messiah Complex. We could elaborate more, but we'll let the enthusiastic Nick Lowe pick up in our place. Nick?

Day Five
OMG Look Teh Coverz!!!

Nick Lowe: "We knew we wanted David Finch as soon as we saw his killer X-Men #200 cover (which RULES!!!). So the idea of David doing all the Messiah Complex covers was a no-brainer. No one does drama like David. Anyone and everyone he draws looks badass.

"And the variants have been cool, too. We haven't shown too many of them (wanted to surprise all you lucky readers!). But getting covers from J. Scott Campbell, Simone Bianchi, Jim Cheung and Marc Silvestri just put the icing on the cake. CHECK THEM OUT!"

Wow, Nick. Enthusiastic much? We get the idea - show the art. Who are we to argue with the editor of the X-books? Enjoy!

 

[Specter313]

Boom. More kick ass art. More exclusive kick ass art. And we're just on Day Five - OMG Look Teh CoverZ!!!. Be sure to check back next week when we take a closer look at the villains. If you're good we'll review the first issue. Maybe.

Stay tuned!

http://comics.ign.com/articles/827/827571p5.html

 

[Colossal Spoons]

No way X-23 is beating Lady Deathstrike

 

[Specter313]

That's an awesome shot of her standing over the fallen X-Men though. Can't wait to see it in color.

 

[Canemacar]

Still no clue who the guy on 206 is supposed to be?

 

[OutcryX]

methinks Bishop will be the one to infiltrate the Purifiers

 

[Slant]

That's an awesome shot of her standing over the fallen X-Men though. Can't wait to see it in color.

It does look awesome. I see Wolverine, Gambit, Rogue, and Cyke, and I guess thats Emma too. Bit of a weird grouping, but I like it.

 

[Canemacar]

t:

 

[Slant]

Do I even want to ask?

 

[Canemacar]

Who says Black Panther isn't worth buying?

 

[Slant]

Pretty much a fanfic goldmine, eh? Minus the slash.

 

[DJSCARLET]

Pretty much a fanfic goldmine, eh? Minus the slash.

i'll say.
LMAO
what the hell issue is this?

 

[UraniaChang]

I don't even know why that woman even bothered to get married.

 

[UraniaChang]

Huh, they actually bothered hiding that Cyke was gonna win the power struggle...?

Yeah, like there's someone who actually hasn't gotten the idea.

So Archangel just shows up and happens to notice that Rogue is gone?

Ahahaha, how long has he been away, because I doubt Rogue being gone is the only thing thats changed since he last appeared.

And it's not like Angel is that close to Rogue anyway, why would that be the first thing he noticed? Guess it's an excuse to let Angel get involved in this battle.