The General Section: Feedback/Review-1/09

As for Iceman - check my avatar. I've been dying to write Iceman for years, you think I'm passing up this chance? ; ) Robert appears in the Age After #2.

Great to see an AoA story. I'm surprised we don't have more. Great to see a Grief story too :-). I remember trying to do my own AoA stuff back for 617, and the potential for stories is huge. I mean there are dozens of characters that have appeared in comics since the AoA was first published like Cecelia Reyes, the X-students etc. There's also non x stories that didn't get addressed, like is Captain America still in ice, what about when Iron Fist left K'un L'un and so on.

Most of the things you brought up about Secret X-Men are answered in the next issue Secret X-Men #3 Arcadia Rising. That one will also reveal the origins of Deadhead & Jenny, the mutant canine Cu, what Thunderbird's words meant, and who Eliza is exactly. It will also explain more about what the holographic system Arcadia is. As for the characters, at the moment with the exception of Thunderbird, Kid Colossus, and Moira, they are all my own creations. Deadhead was actually the first x-man type character I ever created back in '91 when I was younger, although his origins have changed a lot since then. The most recent of them was Ciel, who I created when I started writing Secret X-Men.

As for the New World, the characters are going to be expanded on, the just haven't been yet. A lot of the character development, even for the deceased happens as the story progresses. As for Emma's interest in Sally is due to the fact that a thirteen year old girl has been rapidly aged to approximately 80. Once again there is more to that than seen at the moment, Emma's story isn't quite finished despite her apparent death. As for the Spiderman/Strange sequence, Issues 5 will have the survivors of Xavier's School, the remaining heroes of New York City, and a few others encounter each other so Issue 4 will feature the characters of New York City so as per the continuing thing, each Issue ends where the next issue begins. There are only 9 Issues for the main story of Decimation and the rest is told in the tie-ins. I already have most of the main story written so I've been working on the tie-ins, I have already finished three of the six one-shots I had planned, and all the Preludes which will be released after the Decimation.

Much of the idea of killing off characters who seem important before revealing information about them was inspired by this one series I either watched or read when I was younger. I don't remember what it was called or about, but I remember them using that literary device.

Well there is quite a bit of character development in Issues 4 & 6, so you'll probably enjoy those... granted #4 doesn't feature the X-Men...

Oh Cecilia Reyes! Yay!!! I <3 here and she doesn't get enough fan fiction love.

I also like that you're approaching this in a "This is the world, these are its people" not "These are the people, this is their world." I do think there is a difference. One is about the world and the people affected by it, the other is about the people and the world affected by it. The former really works best for AoA.

If you all can't tell, I'm really excited about this title, especially after having read the upcoming Age After #1.

Edited by XtremeOne1 - 12-Jan-2011 at 3:43am

Wow...it's been nearly three weeks sincer I've logged in to UXN, and it feels good to be back! My life has been pure chaos these past three weeks (and I'm just getting over a four-day fever), but hopefully now I can get back on track and give you folks some much deserved feedback tonight when I get off work. Also, mad props to you, Xtreme, for getting another update out there. Way to go! I also appreciate your feedback on my third issue of ANG. You always bring up things that I often never think of while I'm writing, and that's great.

Thanks for the read booty! Glad you enjoyed it. Yeah I really enjoyed writing the kids together again. It's when I enjoy writing the series most. Season 4 will be very focused on that relationship, no breaking up this time! And yeah I'm glad you liked Betsy too. I was surprised that while writing I enjoyed her parts the most out of the MLFers. Her story isn't over yet for sure.