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The future of the X-Men is getting clearer. What’s got you interested?

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Cyclops. Scott Summers. Current X-Man. Always a Champion.

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Hello, I don't know if you saw, but yesterday on YouTube they released a video on the next series of X-Men comics (From The Ashes) that's coming out this summer. It looks like they're just going back to the classic storyline of the X-Men fighting to protect a world that hates and fears them. What I liked about Krakoa was that instead of mutants just struggling to survive, it gave them a place of their own where they could thrive and reach their full potential. However, it seems like no matter what they do, the X-Men always get kicked back to square one.

Yeah, I saw that. I think it's a bit more complicated than "going back to the classic storyline of the X-Men fighting to protect a world that hates and fears them." (To a significant extent, that's just describing the basic premise for the X-Men for most of their publication history.)

Rather, I would describe From the Ashes as evocative of the post-Outback, pre-Blue Team/Gold Team period at the tail end of the Claremont run, but with an aesthetic that's inspired by both the 90s comics (which makes sense, with X-Men '97 only days away) and the Bendis era.

For example, I would describe a scenario in which there is no Xavier School and there are multiple teams spread out from Alaska to Chicago to New Orleans to New York all pursuing different strategies for fighting for mutantkind as "back to basics."

Scott's team based out of Alaska is a more classic mutant rescue team, but it's being led by a visibly older Magneto in an Xavier-like chair, so there's definitely aspects of the "Revolutionary" Cyclops era there too. Kate and Emma's more youth-outreach team is somewhat evocative of the New Mutants or Generation X or Academy X, but the Chicago setting is more reminiscent of Claremont's somewhat controversial Mekanix book. And god only knows what NYX or X-Force or X-Factor are going to be about.

That being said, I am immensely excited about the new creative team. Marjorie Liu aside, women are almost never given the chance to write flagship X-books and here we have both the superb Gail Simone and the equally talented Eve Ewing (who is the first black woman to write a flagship X-book). And Jed MacKay has more than proven in his Black Cat and Moon Knight and Doctor Strange books that he's got an incredible knack for taking classic characters in compelling new directions.

I know you might be concerned about the marketing pitch, but this is not a team that's going to churn out meaningless nostalgia-bait fluff rather than tell real stories.

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[samasmith23]

I love how when Peter Parker & Kamala Khan briefly got body-swapped during Eve L. Ewing's arc of Ms. Marvel Team-Up, Peter actually developed a taste for Strawberry Cotton Candy flavored lip gloss (amusingly to Kamala's dismay)!

It certainly adds more evidence to the fan-theories that Spidey is actually trans-femme!

From Marvel Team-Up (2019) #2 & #3 by Eve L. Ewing & Joey Vazquez.

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New X-Men: From The Ashes details have emerged out of SXSW, including flagship titles by @gailsimone , @jedmackay and @eveewing as well as new art and a trailer teasing the next mutant era!

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Did you know that much of the Newberry's public programming is streamed for free on Zoom? Even if you can't join in person, you can sign up at newberry.org to watch upcoming live events on topics such as the craft of writing, 1950s Chicago nightlife, and one of the first interracial comedy duos. Or you can wait to watch the events on demand on YouTube, such as this recent sold-out conversation between award-winning poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib and Chicago writer, scholar, and community organizer Eve L. Ewing.

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[jadore-adanna]

shuri finally made her first appearance in black panther (2023) in issue #2!!!!

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looking over the plums, one by one lifting each to his eyes and turning it slowly, a little earth, checking the smooth skin for pockmarks and rot, or signs of unkind days or people, then sliding them gently into the plastic. whistling softly, reaching with a slim, woolen arm into the cart, he first balanced them over the wire before realizing the danger of bruising and lifting them back out, cradling them in the crook of his elbow until something harder could take that bottom space.

from I Saw Emmett Till this week at the grocery story by Eve Ewing

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Eve Ewing has two free digital books this month! The PDF and epub of Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side is available for free with code "BHMEBOOK," and 1919 is free without any code.

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NYCC 2022: Marvel's Voices: Wakanda Forever coming February 2023

NYCC 2022: Marvel's Voices: Wakanda Forever coming February 2023 #comics #comicbooks #nycc #nycc22 #nycc2022 #blackpanther #wakandaforever

Announced at New York Comic Con, the Marvel’s Voices anthology series returns in February 2023 with Marvel’s Voices: Wakanda Forever.   The special one-shot arrives just in time to celebrate Black History Month and puts the spotlight on iconic heroes of Wakanda. Black Panther, Shuri, Okoye, and more star in all-new stories by an incredible lineup of both fan-favorite creators and talent fresh to…

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Eve L. Ewing, "Sightseers" from 1919.

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Black Panther #10 Review

Written by: Eve L. Ewing Art by: Chris Allen, Craig Veung, Oren Junior, Chris Allen Colors by: Jesus Aburtov, Andrew Dalhouse Letters by: VC’s Joe Sabino Cover art by: Taurin Clarke Cover price: $3.99 Release date: March 20, 2024 Black Panther #10 brings Black Panther’s Burnin T’Chaka fight against Kivu’Ma to a close with a climactic battle to save the soul of the new leader of the Nkisu…

[samasmith23]

Lol! That time Peter Parker & Kamala Khan body-swapped definitely gave us one of the more out-there instances of the Ol’ Parker Luck striking back against Spidey!

From Marvel Team-Up (2019) #2 by Eve L. Ewing & Joey Vazquez.

[thevindicativevordan]

Any thoughts about the reveals on the new relaunch of the X-Men ?

Didn’t excite or interest me to be blunt.

Solid creative teams here, but the premise of every one reads the same, despite Breevort claiming he wants every book to have their own tone. A mutant returns to their home hoping to find peace/shelter in the wake of Krakoa’s fall, only to be sucked back into super heroics because the world hates and fears mutants, and there are some new mutants who need protection. Every single book has that basic premise, only difference is who and where (Cyclops returns to Alaska, Rogue & Gambit return to Louisiana, and Kitty returns to Illinois).

It all feels aggressively nostalgic and unambitious, not helped by the 90’s throwback logos and team costumes. Not saying it won’t be good but it doesn’t excite me or make me want to get back into the X-books. It’s the setup the X-Men have always had, a back to basics approach that’s not going to get someone who isn’t a hardcore X-Fanboy - which I’m not - to jump on. And if you are a hardcore X-Fanboy, seeing yet more new X-Men be created is probably going to irritate you, we all know most of these OCs are going to be wallpaper status at best when this era ends, yet more cast bloat added on to one of the most overinflated casts in comics.

The other solos don’t interest me either. I’m seeing a lot of doom and gloom in response to this announcement, but I’m going to make a prediction. Despite having no interest myself, I could see this initiative doing quite well sales wise. We’ve got the X-Men ‘97 cartoon releasing prior to this relaunch, I bet that will cause plenty of newcomers and old heads to check this back to basics approach out. Everything here screams that it was designed to try and draw in fans of the cartoon to check out the books, and unlike live action we have seen some success in getting people who engage with superheroes in animation to try out the comics. Wish the teams involved the best of luck and if I hear raving reviews, maybe I will check out some books down the line.