Epic tales: ComiX-Fan updates its coverage of Friday's Epic Comics announcement with quotes from Rob Worley ("Young Ancient One") and Mike Sangiacomo ("Phantom Jack").

From Worley: "As reported, myself and the rest of the 'Young Ancient One' creative team received an e-mail on Friday informing us of Marvel's intention to combine the four unpublished Epic comics into one anthology title. The news came as a shock and disappointment. A shock, because I had been assured just weeks earlier that the three-issue series would be published as promised. A disappointment, because the chances of the anthology succeeding seem miniscule."

From Sangiacomo: "Marvel's move was completely unexpected and incomprehensible. It came after almost a solid year of hard work by people on the 'Phantom Jack' crew and at Marvel. It doesn't make much sense."

Sangiacomo also confirmed an earlier statement that none of the "Phantom Jack" creative team has been paid yet.