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Darren Taylor
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Great structure to that drawing and a beautiful drawing too!
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John Byrne
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I know (via previous interviews) that you never intended to kill off Jean, but once she was dead, did YOU ever intend on bringing her back? (I know there was some sort of mess with how she ended up coming back for X-Factor)•• When Jean died at the end of 137, as far as Chris and I were concerned that was the real Jean, making the "ultimate sacrifice". But years later Kurt Busiek suggested that perhaps the Phoenix Entity had copied Jean for its purposes, and the real Jean was in a force bubble at the bottom of Jamaica Bay (where the shuttle had crashed). When it was decided to "get the band back together" for X-FACTOR, Roger Stern suggested this as a way of getting Jean into the group, so he and I concocted an AVENGERS/FF crossover that did just that. Given the way the character was subsequently messed up--too many cooks!--that may not have been a great idea. In ELSEWHEN, however, I am unencumbered by the whims of other writers.
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Richard Palmgren
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| Posted: 19 March 2019 at 10:48am | IP Logged | 3
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Given the way the character was subsequently messed up--too many cooks!--that may not have been a great idea. In ELSEWHEN, however, I am unencumbered by the whims of other writers.-------------------------
And your true genius can shine!
I CAN NOT wait for Elsewhen to exist; in ANY form!
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John Byrne
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Y'know, even tho I coined it, I'll admit I am not totally in love with "Elsewhen" as a title. Don't hate it, it just doesn't SING for me.Free lifetime membership in the JBF to anyone who can suggest something better.
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Scott Barnett
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How about simply 'John Byrne's X-Men'?
Although, your own lawyer might accidentally send you a Cease and Desist... ;)
(There's a little devil on my shoulder that wants to mock that up as a logo, using the font style of JBNM...)
*Okay, I'll go back to the drawing board...
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Geoff Lander
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The Unencumbered X-Men
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Richard Palmgren
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How bout:
"X-MEN: The way it should've gone had the world not been filled with small-minded people 40 years ago"
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Scott Barnett
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Re: "X-MEN: The way it should've gone had the world not been filled with small-minded people 40 years ago"-----------
That ain't gonna leave much room for artwork!
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Matt Hawes
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| Posted: 19 March 2019 at 11:19am | IP Logged | 9
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ALTERNATE X-MEN
X-MEN: DIFFERENT PATHS
UNCANNY X-MEN: TAKE TWO
X-MEN: ANOTHER ROAD
I can't really think of something yet that really works and sounds right, but in my examples above I figure the title should still give some suggestion of book's deviation from the established continuity after #137.
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Richard Palmgren
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For real titles, I'm drawn to Frost's "Road not taken" as inspiration for the theme of the series:
X-MEN: DIVERGENCE
Or how bout emphasizing the uniqueness with adding the old byline as the title:
X-MEN: ALL NEW, ALL DIFFERENT
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Matt Hawes
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Even if the title JB chooses to go with does not include "all new, all different" officially, that would be a good phrase to include somewhere on the cover as a blurb. It not only serves as a nod to the older issues of the then new team era, but it informs readers this will not be a reprint series.
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Eric Sofer
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The All-New All-Different X-When
X-Men: Alternate Tracks
X-Men: New Factors
Master of Kung-Fu: WHOOPS! ;)
The Alternative X-Men
The Uncanny X-Men: Parallels
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