Chris Claremont Interview

Comic Book Syndicate has posted video segments of Chris Claremont's panel at the Motor City Comic Con, which includes Chris talking about how much detail he puts into scripts. He uses as an example Rachel and Kitty's room End of Greys (Wand'ring Star), and goes on to explain how he uses small details like this so that readers can identify with the characters.

The specific part relevant to Rachel starts at roughly 2:30.

Marvel December Solicitations - X-Men: Kingbreaker #1

CBR has the December X-Solicits early, including the Kingbreaker solicit:

X-MEN: KINGBREAKER #1
Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST
Penciled by DUSTIN WEAVER
Cover by BRANDON PETERSON
WAR OF KINGS lead-in!

The X-Men have been defeated. Havok , Polaris and the Starjammers are being held and tortured in the most secure prison in the universe. Marvel Girl, Korvus and Lilandra are being hunted by the Imperial Guard. Vulcan is Emperor of the Shi'Ar Empire and his expansion has begun. No King will stand when Vulcan and his armies are done. Join Christopher Yost (X-FORCE) and Dustin Weaver (Star Wars:KOTR) as they spin the story of a fight against insurmountable odds. Do not miss this mini-series that will change the shape of the Universe and pave the way for the War of Kings.
32 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ ...$3.99

The solicit says it is a One-Shot, but this is probably a mistake since previous articles stated it was a four part mini series.

Update: Chris Yost confirmed on CBR that it is indeed a mini-series, not a one-shot.

Also, Kingbreaker will hit stores on December 17th, just in time for Christmas. :)

X-Men Kingbreaker #1 Cover

Marvel released the cover of X-Men: Kingbreaker today. The cover art is by Brandon Petersen, who recently drew the covers of the X-Men: Divided We Stand mini-series.

You can view the cover here.

Dustin Weaver will be the interior artist for Kingbreaker. He previously worked on several Star Wars series for Dark Horse, including Star Wars: Rebellion and Knights of the Old Republic.

You can see some of his work on his blog here: http://dustinweaver.livejournal.com/

News Bites for the Week of 9/5/08

It's been rather quite on the Marvel War of Kings & X-Men Kingbreaker front the past few weeks. After the Kingbreaker announcement in August, there's still no definitive word on what series will be a part of Marvel War of Kings or when it will start.

It is possible that this week there was a War of Kings planning session at Marvel with Nova & Guardians of the Galaxy writers Andy Lanning and Dan Abnett.

Dan Abnett reported on his blog that he and Andy are in New York on Wednesday for "a script conflab with Marvel".

So, maybe all the details for War of Kings has yet to be hammered out?


The Quarter Bin posted an interview with Andy Lanning, but few details were given about War of Kings:

Q: You’re going to be tackling another space opera later this year with War of Kings. What can we expect in the battle for the skies?

Andy Lanning: We’re planning a truly epic cosmic tale of warring species: it’s a battle for succession and territory. For the first time since we started writing the cosmic books, we get to link the Kree Empire and the other parts of the Marvel universe we’ve been playing with, with the Shi’Ar Empire from the X-Men titles. We’re also adding the Inhumans to the mix which should result in a unbelievable levels of action and excitement which will have ramifications throughout the Marvel Universe.

Q: Please tell me there’s a chance for a Starjammers/Guardians of the Galaxy team-up.

Andy Lanning: Given the playground we’re working in, that’s distinctly possible!

In this week's MyCup o' Joe (with fill-in C.B. Cebulski), a reader asked a question about Rachel, Alex and Lorna, but received a vague answer:

Posted by Jason on Aug 12, 2008 5:26 AM

3) Will Havok, Marvel Girl and all the other heroes captured by Vulcan be returning to an X-Man series?

JQ: Jason, thanks for the kind words, some good questions here.

3) Sooner than you think! Keep an ear to the ground.

This question was asked a while ago and it seems like this MyCup o' Joe included a bunch of old questions Joe answered before Fan Expo, when Kingbreaker was announced.


If Kingbreaker is on schedule and the first issue comes out in December, it will be solicited in two weeks. So hopefully there will be some sort of big announcement about the artist and possibly the lineup of titles for War of Kings before then.