Monday, March 01, 2004

Mutant menace: Marvel's Joe Quesada and Mike Marts talk to Newsarama about the big plans for X-Men: Reload (although Quesada doesn't understand why everyone keeps calling it Reload). They also discuss trying to fill Grant Morrison's shoes, which apparently is editor-speak for "We're going to undo everything Morrison accomplished over the past couple of years":

"We also can’t say enough about Grant Morrison’s role in revitalizing the X-Men world. Obviously, when Grant left, we had big shoes to fill, and we’ve been very, very blessed in being able to fill those shoes, but also, I think that Grant did a great job of redefining the franchise in a lot of ways, and almost sort of cleansing the palate for fans of the overwhelming storylines and gigantic crossovers that X-fans were sort of getting tired of for a while. I think that Grant did a great job with that, as well as bringing in new characters, and creating a whole new feel for the book."