PHILLIPS TALKS UNCANNY WRITER CHANGE

[Eric J. Moreels]

<a href="http://x-mencomics.com/xfan/images/previews/uncanny_x_405.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://x-mencomics.com/xfan/images/previews/uncanny_x_405t.jpg" align=left alt="Uncanny X-Men #405 preview"></a>Upcoming Uncanny X-Men fill-in artist Sean Phillips recently shared with fans here on the X-Fan Forums (http://x-mencomics.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=6246#post6246) his thoughts regarding the recent announcement of his regular collaborator Joe Casey's departure from the title.

As previously announced, Casey's final issue of the title will be July's #409. Writer Chuck Austen will take over as regular series writer with issue #410. (See "UNCANNY SHAKE-UP: CASEY OFF, AUSTEN ON (http://x-mencomics.com/xfan/showarticle.php?threadid=575&postid=6056)" for more details.)

"I'm drawing {issues} #404, #405, then Joe's final three issues," Phillips posted. "I'm also scheduled to draw three of Chuck's issues this year."

"I'm sorry to see Joe go," Phillips continued. "I've always enjoyed working with him and I think he is a very good writer. Drawing his X-Men scripts over the last few months has been a pleasure, and we will be working together again in the future."

[ManolisV]

yay first post! wheeeeeeee

lol

anyways, let's do the math: seamn phillips will draw: #404,405,407,408 and 409... that's half a year of stories with one fill-in by Ron Garney! :p

[Amberman]

Originally posted by ManolisV
anyways, let's do the math: seamn phillips will draw: #404,405,407,408 and 409... that's half a year of stories with one fill-in by Ron Garney! :p

Sounds good to me. I'm not a big fan of Garney's art, at least, not anymore. It always appears lifeless and dull to me, particularly his backgrounds.
Mind you, I don't really know enough about Sean Phillips' work to compare it with anything. Does anyone have any links to any previous / previews of art that he's done?

Sam

[seanphillips]

Manolis, Garney isn't doing #406, it's being drawn by Aaron Lopresti I think

[Michael Heide]

Perhaps in a few months, the internet lynchmob will realize what they're missing...

[bowenfan]

You know the old saying -"you can please some of the people some of the time and none of the people all of the time"

[ManolisV]

Originally posted by seanphillips
Manolis, Garney isn't doing #406, it's being drawn by Aaron Lopresti I think

really? thanx for the info sean/mr phillips (how would you prefer?). i remember ron garney was pretty good with a monthly schedule, and it was one of the things they said about him when he was brought on, that he could manage a monthly schedule. now he's going from #403 to #410? that's 6 months between issues :( looking forward to seeing your art (what sequence did you do in #400? i haven't bought any wildcats and there wasn't an artist named in each sequence)

[xtremexman]

I am curious - what else has Sean Phillips worked on besides Uncanny X Men?

[Michael Heide]

This might help.
http://www.popimage.com/feb00/interviews/phillips.shtml

[xtremexman]

Originally posted by Michael Heide
This might help.
http://www.popimage.com/feb00/interviews/phillips.shtml

So he is a big fan of Spider Man, huh? That's cool. But I believe the person giving the interview made a little mistake. There was never a SPIDER MAN: WEBSPINNERS series. It was actually called WEBSPINNERS: TALES OF SPIDER MAN ... and it sucked big time.

No offense, but everybody knows that it along with SPIDER MAN: CHAPTER ONE were the biggest mistakes Marvel has made since the Clone Saga.

[Ken Boehm]

Is Phillips gonna be dubbed "co-penciler" like Kordey is over on New ??

[Michael Heide]

No offense, but everybody knows that it along with SPIDER MAN: CHAPTER ONE were the biggest mistakes Marvel has made since the Clone Saga. Have you read the Jenkins issues? It was a three-parter with the chameleon. The first two issues were by Mr. Phillips, the third one by JG Jones. They, along with the Mysterio story in issues #1-#3 were the highlihghts of the series. And the concept wasn't bad. The two Phillips-issues could have been a part of Tangled Web.

[xtremexman]

Originally posted by Michael Heide
Have you read the Jenkins issues? It was a three-parter with the chameleon. The first two issues were by Mr. Phillips, the third one by JG Jones. They, along with the Mysterio story in issues #1-#3 were the highlihghts of the series. And the concept wasn't bad. The two Phillips-issues could have been a part of Tangled Web.

Trust me. WEBSPINNERS: TALES OF SPIDER MAN and SPIDER MAN: CHAPTER ONE were VERY bad.

[Michael Heide]

Trust me. Not all Webspinners issues were.

[xtremexman]

Originally posted by Michael Heide
Trust me. Not all Webspinners issues were.

Fine. If you say so.

[BarbelithXavier]

I really hope this has nothing whatsoever to do with the internet!
'Cause I know Quesada's on this site and I hope our opinions have no bearing whatsoever. Whenever Jemas or Quesada say we don't count everyone flips out, well I for one sincerely hope we don't count to them at all.

Casey was getting better all the time and I was really getting drawn into his world. All the legendary runs take time to get established. Joe was slowly building ideas and a mood that could have given years of great stories. I have a feeling by the time he's done his run with Sean (one of the coolest teams EVER) all X-Fans are going to be sad to see him go. I mean that annual was one of the best X stories ever. That's not to say Austen may not be brilliant.... But I don't want Casey's loose ends tied up so fast and I don't want his team disasembled. I don't wanna always wonder where it might have gone.

I geuss I'm spoilled, because my comic reading history consists of Claremont's X-Men, back in the day, and in the interim titles like preacher, invisibles, sandman and Casey's wildcats. The only writer change I'v ever gone through was Claremont leaving the core titles last year, and that was eased by Extreme. I guess you guys have been going through this for years!

Please let the say fifty of us who post online never affect the decisions at Marvel! I know a lot of people are being introduced to the X-Men through Casey right now, casual comic readers who don't go online, they check out the book because of Ashley Wood or Sean Phillips or they liked Wildcats or 'cause its got an indy kinda feel. These people's voices cannot be heard online but they can be felt in sales.

The best thing i can see coming out of this is if Austen works with and around Morrison the way Claremont does we might get a real good crossover going, not with holograms and gimmicks and variant covers but a cool story that affects all three core titles.

Hey Sean I hope Joe knows that he's got a few fans online despite the purists who would say otherwise. Any hints on what we can expect from you two in the future? The further adventures of Maul and Voodoo? Dude, I'm gonna miss your voodoo.

[CPunkDude]

So far, I'm encouraged with the new developments on Uncanny. The new writer looks promising, and I'm looking forward to seeing what mr. Philips has in store for the title's work. I agree that the current artist's work has appeared a bit lifeless recently.

[xtremexman]

Originally posted by CPunkDude
So far, I'm encouraged with the new developments on Uncanny. The new writer looks promising, and I'm looking forward to seeing what mr. Philips has in store for the title's work. I agree that the current artist's work has appeared a bit lifeless recently.

I can't wait until my next paycheck comes. I am going to make sure I work more often than I should, because the more I do the more I get paid. If I get a pretty hefty check this Friday, I might be able to afford two subscriptions. And can you guess what those are going to be? :)

[ManolisV]

Originally posted by xtremexman


So he is a big fan of Spider Man, huh? That's cool. But I believe the person giving the interview made a little mistake. There was never a SPIDER MAN: WEBSPINNERS series. It was actually called WEBSPINNERS: TALES OF SPIDER MAN ... and it sucked big time.

No offense, but everybody knows that it along with SPIDER MAN: CHAPTER ONE were the biggest mistakes Marvel has made since the Clone Saga.

xtremexman, no personal bias, but every time you say "everyone knows..." it's always your personal opinion, which you feel should apply to everyone! (that did come out a little biased right?)

webspinners is about the same concept as tangled web, with a different less-marketable name. i loved the last three issues, especially issue 12. i also liked the art on issue 11, very drak and moody ;)

[shadowwave]

Originally posted by ManolisV


i remember ron garney was pretty good with a monthly schedule, and it was one of the things they said about him when he was brought on, that he could manage a monthly schedule. now he's going from #403 to #410? that's 6 months between issues :(

Not exactly. You forgot that Uncanny is for bi-weekly for a few issues.

[Erwin Rafael]

Originally posted by ManolisV


really? thanx for the info sean/mr phillips (how would you prefer?). i remember ron garney was pretty good with a monthly schedule, and it was one of the things they said about him when he was brought on, that he could manage a monthly schedule. now he's going from #403 to #410? that's 6 months between issues :( looking forward to seeing your art (what sequence did you do in #400? i haven't bought any wildcats and there wasn't an artist named in each sequence)

i think they're doing it like what they did with the Hulk. remember when Jenkins was announced to be leaving? the incomparable JRJr. stopped drawing for months and returned with a bang when Jones came onboard. it gives a nice fresh "start" for the debut of the new writer :)

and unless you missed it in the orig column, Austen said that Garney is already doing Austen's first script ;)

[Erwin Rafael]

Originally posted by shadowwave


Not exactly. You forgot that Uncanny is for bi-monthly for a few issues.

it's bi-weekly, my friend. bi-weekly :D

[shadowwave]

Originally posted by 3rdsummers


it's bi-weekly, my friend. bi-weekly :D

Sorry, it's late. Let me get some more caffine in me and I'll go fix it.

[adolfo]

Nobody can say "everybody" says as far as there will always be someone with a different opinion. For example I read in a comics book a letter of somebody who had enjoyed the famous Chapter One of John Byrne. And in other place a fellow asked for a tradepaperback of the clone saga in the collection of master pieces( in it there things like Born Again or Dark Phoenix Saga)
Speaking about the change, it will made lose interest to the serie in Spain because when Joe Casey's run arrives here all we will be talking about Austen. It happened the same with Claremont´s run, everybody asked Prof. Loki about Morrison and Casey.

[Firelion]

Nobody can say "everybody" says as far as there will always be someone with a different opinion.

Well, you could always say, "everybody says something different because everybody has differing opinions of any subject matter." But, that's really here nor there.


I was all for Phillips pencilling Uncanny when that was announced and still am. I just truly hope that Austen's issues are worth the money to see Sean's art. I just can't see myself buying anything for the art alone. Sorry.

[Erwin Rafael]

Originally posted by Firelion


Well, you could always say, "everybody says something different because everybody has differing opinions of any subject matter." But, that's really here nor there.


I was all for Phillips pencilling Uncanny when that was announced and still am. I just truly hope that Austen's issues are worth the money to see Sean's art. I just can't see myself buying anything for the art alone. Sorry.

i thought Phillips is going to pencil the remaining Casey issues and Garney would illustrate Austen's work?

[Firelion]

No, Phillips stated that he'd be drawing three of Austen's issues this year, as well.

[xtremexman]

Originally posted by ManolisV


xtremexman, no personal bias, but every time you say "everyone knows..." it's always your personal opinion, which you feel should apply to everyone! (that did come out a little biased right?)

webspinners is about the same concept as tangled web, with a different less-marketable name. i loved the last three issues, especially issue 12. i also liked the art on issue 11, very drak and moody ;)

When I said everybody knows, I did so because it is the truth. Way back when Marvel's website had its own message boards, people were always talking about the most horrible comic books that were ever published. Some of those that were brought up were the ones I mentioned. I am sorry, but it is a common fact. The general public hated those books.

[Erwin Rafael]

Originally posted by xtremexman


When I said everybody knows, I did so because it is the truth. Way back when Marvel's website had its own message boards, people were always talking about the most horrible comic books that were ever published. Some of those that were brought up were the ones I mentioned. I am sorry, but it is a common fact. The general public hated those books.

nope. it's the VOCAL online public who stated their hate for these books, which is not even a percent of people who buy Uncanny. that is NOT a reliable representative sample, if i may say...

[xtremexman]

Originally posted by 3rdsummers


nope. it's the VOCAL online public who stated their hate for these books, which is not even a percent of people who buy Uncanny. that is NOT a reliable representative sample, if i may say...

Oh, ok. Very well then. Have it your way. Let's just change the subject and be done with it.