Marvel Announces Greg Pak and Mike McKone on Astonishing X-Men

Marvel.com: You’ve worked on the X-Men before Greg, but never at this scale. What do you have planned for ASTONISHING X-MEN to live up to the name?

 

Greg Pak: While reading and re-reading X-Men stories from various eras while prepping for this project, I came to a shocking realization: No other characters in comics have a better shot at making this grown man cry. There’s just something about the way they relate to each other that kills me every time. And I think that emotional resonance is a huge part of how Joss Whedon and John Cassaday’s ASTONISHING X-MEN dazzled me and you and everyone else in the planet. We were astonished not just by that absolutely gorgeous Cassaday art and the snappy dialogue, but because every brilliant quip was based on deeply compelling and suspenseful conflict between characters we love.

 

So with this new storyline, we’re striving to blow minds with Mike McKone’s incredible art and a wild scenario with big ideas and shocking implications for the X-Universe. But most importantly, I’m shooting for an emotional story that remains entirely true to the characters while exploring their relationships in ways we’ve never seen with repercussions we never imagined.

 

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