Tuesday, May 04, 2004

X-Statix: the end: In its May edition, Tastes Like Chicken interviews Mike Allred, who says they're "wrapping up" X-Statix:

"We want to go out with a bang, and I don’t know what’s ever going to be bigger than The Avengers arc, which starts this month. ... Peter, Axel [Alonso, the editor], and I ... you know, Marvel has always kind of regarded it as a creator-owned X-Men, although it’s not creator-owned, truth be told. But we’ve always controlled, with one horrible exception, which was the Princess Diana story.

"... I won’t go into the politics of it. I just wanted to make clear that, in my opinion, Peter was going to make something really special, and it didn’t happen. We wanted to do something big and special and fun, and I don’t know if it was gratitude for our efforts, but we were given permission to play with The Avengers. By that point, I think everybody -- everybody at Marvel, us -- just decided, 'Okay. Now’s the time.' So we're gonna do this arc, have an epilogue issue, and say goodbye."