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John Byrne
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Chris greatly resented the plot threads he inherited from Len. Most especially the death of Thunderbird, but also the departure of Jean. The latter was a bit curious. Roger Stern interviewed Chris for FOOM, asking about his plans for the X-Men, and he noticed that Chris kept mixing up which one was Jean and which Lorna!
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Paul Wills
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Now, the bad news: I have come to the realization that I AM going to have to skip posting pages for a month. Various contributing factors have stripped away too much of my lead time, so I'm only a couple of months ahead of what I'm giving you here. Not enough for me!------------------------------------- A month is perfectly acceptable. I half expected you to say until beginning of the year (we've gotten a little bit spoiled because you've been so consistent). On a side note - I went back and read this series from the very start. It has settled in so organically since then. Like it's been around for years (well, it has but you know what I mean). I can't wait to see what's next!
Edited by Paul Wills on 12 October 2020 at 8:49am
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 12 October 2020 at 9:03am | IP Logged | 3
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Sometimes I feel tempted to delete the “first issue”. After all, it began as the scratching of an itch in my mind, and aside from a few fun bits, it really doesn’t have much to recommend it as a STORY. In many ways, the “second issue” does a better job of introducing the characters and their various dynamics, as well as establishing the X-Men’s “world”. And, yes, it flows more organically into the following “issues”.
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Eric Sofer
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Mr. Byrne, thank you for all this wonderful entertainment! This has been a gift that we are honored to have - and for free no less. You don't even demand the collecting of a few laurel leaves. Any more.
Enjoy your hiatus, and I hope we'll hear from you in the rest of the forum. Thank you!
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Steven Queen
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Yes, I'll echo Eric's thanks.
I am not complaining (far from it), just curious---why do you like to have a month or more of reserve pages?
Is it because you like time to look over what's in the pipeline for a while and consider changes/tweaks?
From your description (not knowing Jean from Lorna!) Mr. Claremont sounds a bit "mercurial" to put it kindly.
Edited by Steven Queen on 12 October 2020 at 9:52am
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Scott Wagahoff
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With the news that JB would take a month off I too thought I'd go back and re-read from the beginning. Noticing that 1-3 aren't available anymore...? Are they gone or am I doing somethinig wrong?
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Eric Sofer
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Scott - I ran into the same problem until I reset how long back I'm looking. It's over a year now, you know!
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Paul Wills
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I'm not so sure John B is taking a hiatus - just getting a bit of a 'buffer' while continuing to work.
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Scott Wagahoff
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Holy crap! Over a year? That's awesome.
And problem solved. Thanks Eric!
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Mark McKay
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Sometimes I feel tempted to delete the “first issue”. After all, it began as the scratching of an itch in my mind, and aside from a few fun bits, it really doesn’t have much to recommend it as a STORY.In many ways, the “second issue” does a better job of introducing the characters and their various dynamics, as well as establishing the X-Men’s “world”. And, yes, it flows more organically into the following “issues”. -- I think the first issue is still a good bridge from the Phoenix: Untold Story issue, and sets up Lilandra's story nicely.
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Paul Gibney
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John Byrne wrote:
Sometimes I feel tempted to delete the
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It would be nice if you could at least 're-number' them
and start with issue 0. That's a sort of 'practice'
issue.
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John Byrne
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I think the first issue is still a good bridge from the Phoenix: Untold Story issue, and sets up Lilandra's story nicely.•• I created that "bridge" after the "issue" was done, and I decided to "publish" here. It would be easy enough to shift those pages to what is now the second "issue".
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